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Australia is an established automobile manufacturer and exporter, both building engines and designing vehicles. In addition to the country's booming industry, Australia has a massive racing scene including V8 Supercars and Formula 1 racing. Australia is home to such cars as the Ford Falcon, Holden Commodore, Holden Caprice and Toyota Aurion and to discontinued models such as the Mitsubishi Magna/Verada, Mitsubishi 380, Chrysler Valiant and Ford Fairlane.

Australia has been responsible for many innovations in the automobile industry, such as the invention of the ute, and the production of some of the fastest cars ever made. Examples include the Ford Falcon GTHO and several HSVs. Template:/box-footer

Holden, officially GM Holden Ltd, is an Australian automaker based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was originally independent but since 1931 has been a subsidiary of General Motors (GM). Holden has taken charge of vehicle operations for General Motors in Australasia and, on behalf of GM, holds partial ownership of GM Daewoo in South Korea. Over the years, Holden has offered a broad range of locally produced vehicles, supplemented by imported GM models. In the past, Holden has offered rebadged Nissan and Toyota models in sharing arrangements.

Peter Brock

Peter Geoffrey Brock AM (26 February 1945 – 8 September 2006) otherwise known as Peter Perfect, The King of the Mountain or simply as Brocky was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other manufacturers including BMW, Ford, Volvo, Porsche and Peugeot. He won the Bathurst 1000 endurance race nine times, the Sandown 500 touring car race nine times and the Australian Touring Car Championship three times. Brock's business activities included the Holden Dealer Team (HDT) that produced Brock's racing machines as well as a number of modified high-performance road versions of his racing cars. (more...)

SatNav System to Slow Down Speeders

2008-06-25

The NSW Government are trialling new speed detection systems in GPS units that can override a vehicle's acceleration if breaking the speeding limit; in hope that the units will decrease road fatalities. The device has every speed limit of every road in the region, and has the ability to slow down a vehicle when breaking the speed limit.

The trial is part of a million dollar project established by the NSW Government last year. Speeding is a known factor in 40% of all fatal crashes in NSW, and took the lives of 139 people last year. The Police Minister David Campbell has said that "Aside from lowering the risk of a speeding-related crash, the other direct benefit of the technology is helping motorists avoid speeding fines."

Last year 445 people died on NSW roads, which is 10% less than the previous year. The reduction has been credited to better quality roads, increased safety features in vehicles such as ABS and air bags, and other reasons.

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2002-2004 Holden VY Commodore Berlina

2002-2003 Holden VY Berlina

Ford AU Falcon

• ...that Ford Australia spent over AU$700 million on the Ford AU Falcon (pictured) of 1998-2002, but had disappointing sales that led it to be considered a sales flop?
• ...that Holden's Captiva nameplate is applied to two different vehicles, the Daewoo Winstorm and Opel Antara, and that both are sold alongside one another?
• ...that the TRD Aurion of Australia is claimed to be the world's fastest front-wheel drive production car?
• ...that the Holden Commodore started out as a mid-size vehicle line but grew to full-size with the introduction of the VN series using the platform of the Opel OmegaTemplate:/box-footer

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