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Dear ......,

By now, you may have heard the news that General Motors will be retiring the Holden brand in Australia and New Zealand. This announcement will be felt deeply by the entire Holden family, our customers and our fans.

While we understand the impact that this decision may have on you, we want to provide assurance that Holden will continue to support customers in the following ways:

• Honour all existing warranties and guarantees
• Honour all free scheduled servicing offers
• Ongoing call centre support
• Provide servicing and spare parts for at least 10 years, through national aftersales networks in Australia and New Zealand
• Recalls or safety-related issues if they arise

We have a long transition in front of us and we are focused on supporting our customers and our Dealers through this change. The doors do not close tomorrow. In fact, your local Dealership remains in operation and any existing bookings and agreements remain in place.

We are commencing work with our Dealer partners on timing to cease sales of new vehicles, as well as transitioning dealerships to authorised service outlets. Any future changes to our Dealer network that have a direct impact on you, will be communicated at that time.

This decision has not been taken lightly, especially considering the iconic status of the Holden brand. Holden will always have a special place in the development of our countries. As Australia and New Zealand grew, Holden was a part of the engine room fuelling that development.

This announcement will be felt deeply by the many people who love Holden, drive a Holden and feel connected to our company which has been with us for 160 years.

Kristian Aquilina
Interim Chairman and Managing Director
GM Holden
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im surprised it lasted this long, it should have just retired when the last commodore was done. We had a good run 160yrs and made a few saddles along the way to.
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it was anything but holden anyways so its of no real consequence, but sad to see!

its funny how things can change so quickly!
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It's this greedy new world ... Single point manufacturing!

Before long y'all will be driving re-branded/bodied vehicles built in the same factory and instead of reducing the cost to the consumer, it's pocketed!

It's a shame ...
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