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Originally Posted by roddy1960

I hope it does . Holden (Holdens) itself has a very long history even prior to cars I believe.

GMH has been an entity for such a long time too . No matter what Ford sells in Australia , the Blue Oval is the Blue Oval wherever you go on the planet where as the GM empire encompasses Holden , Vauxhall , Daewoo , Opel of course and one or two others . On the domestic U.S. market the Chevrolet , Buick ,Pontiac , Cadillac , Oldsmobile , De Soto way back I think , GMC etc, etc have morphed or disappeared under the General Motors banner over time .

Same with Ford on that front with Lincoln and previously Mercury until that was dissolved in 2010 and others over time. Around the world Ford dabbled with Jaguar , Volvo , Land Rover , Mazda etc over the years as well as we all know . I owned a Mazda 626 rebadged as a Ford Telstar that replaced the Cortina and many of us had Lasers that originated as the Mazda 323 that took over from the Mk2 Escort.

Also as we all know , nothing stays the same for too long in the turbulent ol' car industry . We were a bit luckier than many other Ford outposts in that Falcon stayed with us for so long apparently. These days though too much risk of low sales at stake to sustain stand alone models for small volume markets and sentiment or history saves or sells very little.

Just the same I hope the Holden badge adorns a few vehicles for a little while yet .

De Soto was a Chrysler brand what closed in 1961, shame they made some nice cars.

GM closed Oakland, Saturn, Pontiac