Editing Holden Commodore (section)

== Australian production ==
Australian production of the first Commodore launched in 1978 was initially spread between Holden's Pagewood (New South Wales) and Dandenong (Victoria) plants. In August 1978, Holden announced a $6.7 million program to enable assembly of the Commodore range at the Elizabeth (South Australia) plant, which resulted in the closure of the Pagewood plant a year later.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.classicholdencars.com/holden-cars/ |title=Holden Cars History |date=8 October 2009 |publisher=Classic Holden Cars |access-date=15 February 2015 |archive-date=7 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007171136/http://www.classicholdencars.com/holden-cars/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Australian production of the Commodore was consolidated at Elizabeth in 1988, coinciding with the launch of the then new [[Holden Commodore (VN)|VN Commodore]].

The Commodore and its derivatives have been the basis of modified variants by companies separate to Holden. Officially, Holden's performance partner is HSV, although other prominent high performance brands include [[Holden Dealer Team#Peter Brock's HDT Special Vehicles|HDT Special Vehicles]], [[Corsa Specialized Vehicles]] (CSV) and [[Walkinshaw Performance]] (WP), since the first, third and fourth generation Commodore, respectively.

In December 2013, Holden announced that it would cease production of the Commodore in Australia in 2017.<ref name=termination>{{cite news |first=Emma |last=Griffiths |date=11 December 2013 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-11/holden-to-cease-manufacturing-operations-in-australia-by-2017/5150034 |title=Holden to cease its manufacturing operations in Australia by 2017 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |access-date=11 December 2013 |archive-date=9 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409043852/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-11/holden-to-cease-manufacturing-operations-in-australia-by-2017/5150034 |url-status=live }}</ref> This was followed, in December 2015, by "Project Erich" involving Belgian entrepreneur [[Guido Dumarey]]. His plans involve buying the Holden production facilities, with a view to continue producing in Australia a rebadged range of RWD and AWD premium vehicles based on the GM Zeta platform, for local and export sales. Dumarey's company, Punch Powerglide, already supplies automatic transmissions for Holden's V6-powered models made in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Exclusive: Dumarey confirms bid for Commodore and Elizabeth |url=http://www.motoring.com.au/exclusive-dumarey-confirms-bid-for-commodore-and-elizabeth-100647/ |publisher=Motoring.com.au |date=21 December 2015 |access-date=6 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126143716/http://www.motoring.com.au/exclusive-dumarey-confirms-bid-for-commodore-and-elizabeth-100647/ |archive-date=26 January 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The last Commodore - the last Holden vehicle to be manufactured in Australia - rolled off the line at the Elizabeth plant on 20 October 2017.<ref name=news-2017-10-20>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/no-tears-as-holden-has-its-last-hurrah-at-elizabeth-plant/news-story/bb9d5050f1a1031698a70b452af808b9 |title=No tears as Holden has its last hurrah at Elizabeth plant |first=Bernard |last=Humphreys |work=news.com.au |location=Australia |date=20 October 2017 |access-date=21 October 2017 |archive-date=20 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020193753/http://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/no-tears-as-holden-has-its-last-hurrah-at-elizabeth-plant/news-story/bb9d5050f1a1031698a70b452af808b9 |url-status=live }}</ref>