Holden

This airticle is aboot the automobile marque. For ither uisses, see Holden (disambiguation).

GM Holden Ltd

Umwhile teep	Subsidiary
Industrie	Automotive
Fate	Holden marque phased out; replaced by GM Specialty Vehicles
Successor	GMSV
Foondit	1856 (1856) (as J. A. Holden & Co) in Adelaide
Foonders	James Alexander Holden (original firm) Sir Edward Holden
Defunct	31 December 2020 (31 December 2020)
Heidquarters	Port Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Area served	Australia & New Zealand
Key fowk	Laurence Hartnett Marc Ebolo
Products	Automobiles
Parent	General Motors
Diveesions	Holden Special Vehicles (50%)
Wabsteid	holden.com.au

GM Holden Ltd is an automaker that operates in Australie, based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company wis foondit in 1856 as a saidlery business, but later moved intae the automotive field, becomin a subsidiary o the U.S.-based General Motors (GM) in 1931. Efter the GM takeover, the company wis named General Motors-Holden's Ltd, becomin Holden Ltd in 1998, wi the current name adoptit in 2005.

Holden haes taken charge o vehicle operations for GM in Australasie an, on behauf o GM, held partial awnership o GM Daewoo in Sooth Korea atween 2002 an 2009. Ower the years, Holden haes affered a broad range o locally producit vehicles, supplemented by imported GM models. In the past, Holden has offered badge ingineered Chevrolet, Nissan, Suzuki, Toyota, an Vauxhall Motors models in sharin arrangements, wi Daewoo, Opel an Isuzu-sourced models sauld currently.

Currently, aw Australie-built Holden vehicles are manufactured at Elizabeth, Sooth Australie an ingines are producit at the Fishermens Bend plant in Port Melbourne, Victoria. Historically, production or assembly plants wur operatit in aw mainland states o Australie, wi GM's New Zealand subsidiary Holden New Zealand operatin a plant till 1990. The consolidation o caur production at Elizabeth wis completit in 1988, but some assembly operations continued at Dandenong till 1996.

Awtho Holden's involvement in exports haes fluctuatit since the 1950s, the declinin sales o lairge caurs in Australie haes led the company tae leuk tae internaitional mercats tae increase profitability.