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Randy Reese, owner and operator of Left Hand Utes in Denver, Colorado, realized there may be a small niche market for utes in America, and began importing Holden ute bodies from Australia as parts vehicles, then combining them with General Motors vehicles from America, thereby making them legal to be registered in the U.S." - SAM MCEACHERN, GM.
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Holden was General Motors' Australian division. It built several trim levels of the Holden Commodore sedan, including one pickup truck variant. Until 2017, the Holden Utility was a two-door utility coupe. Holden also advertised it as the " ute " which is Australian slang for a pickup truck.
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The 1948 Holden was GM's successful proposal for an Australian car after WWII, and was a happy medium between large, powerful American cars and small, economical British cars. The 132ci 6-cylinder put out 60 hp for a top speed of 80 mph, but just as importantly it would return 25 mpg (US) - it only weighed 2280lb.
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Oct 11, 2007. Holden has released details of the new Commodore ute and GM execs are looking hard at whether this car-based unibody pickup could be added to its U.S. lineup. The ute rolls on the.
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Travis Bell, an American Holden Ute owner, recently appeared on automotive YouTube channel VIN Wiki to explain the process which, unsurprisingly, is rather complicated and expensive. The first.
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Holden currently sells a two-door ute in Australia. In the past, it also sold a four-door ute, which was known as the "Crewman.". A Pontiac version of the current two-door Holden ute is.
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— Aug 14, 2021 Sponsored Links We've recently come across a TV ad promoting the 2017 introduction of GM Australian brand Holden 's second-generation Ute, a pickup based on the Holden.
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Unfortunately, the GM brand went out of business before the American version of the UTE could roll down the production lines. And while you could try and get the Holden imported, due to government rules and regulations, the odds of it hitting the streets legally would be a huge undertaking and one with many dead ends.
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The sale of the last (and fastest) Holden HSV Maloo GTSR W1 Ute at auction in January for $1,128,750 ($855,655 U.S.), coupled with GM's total abandonment of the sixth-largest unfrozen continent in the world, drove home a poignant nail in Holden's coffin.
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The brand served as GM's Australian arm for an incredibly long time, until shutting its doors in 2020. With it went something truly special that we never got here in the States: the V8-powered Ute.
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January 16, 2010. Mark Reuss, General Motors' newly installed president of GM North America, says the Holden VE Ute may still come to the U.S. If it does, it could wear the famed Chevrolet El.
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Reese has built eleven utes so far, and is currently working on an Ivy Green 2010 Holden Maloo which is receiving a 6.2-liter engine and a manual transmission. Check out some more of his builds at.
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The Holden Ute actually has a lot in common with the now-deceased Pontiac G8, and there was even briefly talk of bringing over a Pontiac-badged Ute to America. But then GM declared bankruptcy, shed a bunch of brands, and that was that. While the rumor of a return of the El Camino has cropped up again, we aren't going to hold our breathe.
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The Holden Ute was a coupe utility built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors, since 2000.
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GM shut Holden's only assembly plant in Elizabeth, South Australia, back in 2017, the same year it abandoned Europe and sold its Opel and Vauxhall units to France's PSA Group, the maker of Peugeot and Citroën. Holden dies leaving great memories. On November 29, 1948, Holden unveiled Australia's first truly native car, the 48-215.
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Remembering GM Holden's Most Iconic Cars Home Features Remembering GM Holden's Most Iconic Cars Holden made Australian car culture unique with its '70s-era powerful sedans and coupes. GM.