If GM ever decides to cut Holden from their portfolio, and the name is offered for sale, the only possible buyer I could imagine would be Chinese. Other marques, such as MG, are now in Chinese hands and being sold internationally. However, thanks purely to GM, the Holden name has virtually no cachet outside Australia and NZ. Because of this, the brand would have little appeal to prospective buyers and, hthanks to GM having thoroughly trashed the brand domestically, a Chines built "Holden" wouldn't find many buyers here, either.
I used to hope that Holden might one day become a truly Australian owned company, designing, building and exporting cars demonstrating our capacity to make cars of international standing and quality, but now I can only see the name joining Pontiac, Panhard, Edsel and a hundred others on the automotive "dead and buried" list. I think back to the great days of the late 60's when Monaros, GT's, GTR'S and Pacers gave us all such a feeling of pride and achievement to see how far our makers had come and how exciting their products were. Today's situation could never been imagined.
