I don't think it would be worth a cracker.
Holden will still be hear but just not made hear.
Valiant had the last bastard signed in the boot what will the last holden commodore have ?

The Motor Museum here in SA is lobbying for the last one to be donated to them. So I would say that no one is getting it.

Exactly. The next great debate in 20 years time. Which one really is the last one. Who cares.

Hi all.
Byron, I strongly believe last one made is it. The VIN sequence is just a number on a list but it would be significant if GM-H actually put the last VIN Sequence on the last car built. I'm sure that could be done.

Crowe. I've had a deep interest (and have been quite active owning and selling)in collectable cars for four decades. A million dollars is simply not attainable in the near future. The people who were cavalier and setting unheard of records for prices have vanished in the perfect storm which was the GFC. I have several popular models of muscle cars and although I consider them rare and collectable I NEVER EVER consider them as real investments. Classic cars have historically and consistently grown in value over the last 50 years but that is the bonus. New cars don't carry even a fraction of the desirability of the cars they evolved from. The last Holden will always have a place and will probably grow in value. like Falcons, Holdens are more popular than any Mitsubishi 380 or Leyland.

...Utility 8 is correct. But at the moment even property is tenuous.

Castellan. I wonder about the future of Holden as a brand. The word is that post Aussie production the next big platform model will be Chinese using the Buick badge. Taking a good look at the VF Commodore, GM have changed (i.e. softened) its look compared to the VE. I reckon this is evidence that GM have had their mind made up that sooner or later they would chop Aussie production and were softening buyers up with this softer look. I had a conversation with a senior staffer at Fishermans Bend shortly after the VE release and was told that there would be one more model after the VE and then large car production was "highly unlikely". Most people have forgotten or don't even know that Chris Gubbey took over from Denny Mooney as General Manager of GM-H in 2007 Gubbey was Vice Pres of GM Shanghai and it is understood he had a hand in the softening up of the VF. He was also keen to see Chinese SHYTE brought into Aust wearing a Holden badge. It is amusing that the media have not said a word about this guy and everyone is blaming Labor or the Libs.....my money is on this bloke (even though the final decision was from Detroit) and the unions. Devereaugh replaced this bloke with instructions to turn things around within 5 years....time's up....decision made. Very sad. The times, they are a changing.
Nick.

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Wasn't the last Monaro given the tag number (which forms part of a modern VIN) of something like L999999 ??
Surely this could be repeated for the last VF down the line.

Having a special VIN, not a regular VIN, would actually mean something, and could be the decider in the ultimate "value" put on the last vehicle (as seen with the last Monaro).

The 'last' Monaro was not actually the last monaro. The people I know there tell me there were at least 5 built after that 'last' one.

http://www.tradeuniqueca...cars/holden/monaro/3815

Looking at that and the fact that it is not selling would tell you that the people that bought these things for 'investments' had better bunker down for the long haul. This guy would have paid about that for it brand new, he would be paying insurance and has rego'd it at least once in the last 8 years he has owned it. So all up his investment has cost him over $5k, yet it is worth no more now than it was when he picked it up 8 years ago.
Would have been a whole hell of a lot smarter to put the coin off his mortgage, than to have this thing sitting in the shed.

Early versions are holding their price pretty well compared with the 4 door brothers. 20 - 25k will get you into a mint low K version, but they are still on the way down. If these things do decide to go sky ward, I would not expect it to happen for another 10 - 15 years.

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I wonder how low the Commodore sales will drop now. Not many people are going to want to get caught buying a new Commodore now for fear of next to no resale value.

The Falcon was the same ol FG when the sales were down the first couple of months.
Holden still have the VF to keep sales going.
Funny how there was the occasional commercial here and there on the radio or tv for the commodore.
Now they are pushing the crap out of them through the media.

Might be the other way, dealers would have tried hard to get their hands on Monaros, Crewmans and Tonners after they stoped making them because you can only get one second hand.

WB commercials were high in value for a long time, until the VG came out.

Warren