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Holden has marked a milestone in the company’s manufacturing history with the final Holden Cruze rolling off the production line at the Elizabeth assembly plant in South Australia.

Holden Chairman and Managing Director Mark Bernhard paid tribute to Holden’s employees in launching, designing and building Australia’s locally-made small car: “Those who were involved in the Cruze project have a strong, and deserved, sense of pride at what was achieved in terms of project development, management, engineering, design and, of course, production.

“Holden’s business is changing and we are building a bright future, but it is equally important to recognise and honour our people and our heritage. We’re incredibly proud of our manufacturing history and our legacy; I want to thank every Holden employee, and all those people in the supply chain, for their personal contribution to our industry and our company,” said Mr Bernhard.

The final Cruze – a SRI Z-series hatch – was driven off the assembly line at 8.30am on 7 October.

The final Cruze hatch and final sedan have been donated to Holden’s longtime charity partner, the Leukaemia Foundation, which will raffle the cars to fundraise for patient transport services and accommodation.

Holden Executive Director Manufacturing Richard Phillips said the current Cruze and Commodore models were the best quality cars Holden has ever built in Australia.

“The passion and dedication of the manufacturing workforce means they continually raise their quality standards and they are determined that the last cars built at Elizabeth will be the best quality ever,” Phillips said.

“As with any other model ending production, we hold 10 years of spare parts, and there will be no change to warranties or service agreements.”

The end of Cruze production will see around 270 Holden employees leave the business throughout the remainder of October, and into November, all on a voluntary basis.

Every Holden worker has access to a suite of transition services and up to $3000 in approved training – all part of Holden’s $15 million contribution to the federal government’s Growth Fund for specific support of manufacturing employees.


Since production at Elizabeth began in early 2011, 126,255 Cruze sedan and hatch models have been built.

 

 

 

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