The Holden Torana is a mid-sized car that was manufactured by Holden from 1967 to 1980. The name apparently comes from a word meaning "to fly" in an unconfirmed...
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1971–1974 Holden HQ 1974–1976 Holden HJ 1976–1977 Holden HX 1977–1980 Holden HZ 1978–1980 Holden Commodore VB 1969–1971 Holden Torana LC 1972–1974 Holden Torana...
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Cadillac's V series vehicles. Holden HQ Holden Belmont Holden Commodore Holden Torana 1.^ With the exceltion of the 202-powered Torana SS, and the L67 Supercharged...
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Belmont/Kingswood/Premier (1968–1984) Holden Monaro (1968–1977; 2001–2005) Holden Sunbird/Torana (1967–1980) Holden Sunbird/Torana (1967–1980) Statesman (1971–1984)...
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opted to run a much smaller race car based upon the Holden Torana with a 6-cylinder engine. The LC Torana GTR XU-1 was a match for the larger and more powerful...
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Colin Bond (section Torana GTR XU-1)
1971, 1972 and 1974 driving a Holden Torana. Bond also won the 1975 Australian Touring Car Championship in a Holden Torana and was inducted into the V8...
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Holden is the Australian subsidiary of the automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM). Since Holden's inception as a marque in 1948, the vast majority...
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small Salisbury unit as used in the UC Torana; it used tapered Timken wheel bearings as found on all larger Holdens since mid-1971. In April 1979, the rear...
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updated versions in the Torana and Commodore ranges. The final iteration, the heavily revised HEC 5000i, was phased out of Holden passenger vehicles with...
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victory in a Ford Falcon GT under pressure in the late stages from the Holden Torana SL/R 5000 L34 of Bob Forbes and Wayne Negus. New Zealand drivers Jim...
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GTHO, Holden Monaro 350, and Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T (the smaller Holden Torana GTR was also a successful performance car of the era, but it is not...
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did the replacement of the bigger coupés with the inline-six engine Holden Torana GTR XU-1 as the chosen GM car for Australian touring car racing. The...
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1962-1980 Holden Premier 1968-1977 Holden Belmont 1968-1980 Holden Kingswood 1968-1971 Holden Brougham 1968-1976 Holden Monaro 1969-1982 Holden Torana 1971-1984...
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production of the Torana, 1979 would be the 5th and last Torana victory in the race (all bar 1976 were won by Brock). From 1980 Holden's flagship would be...
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contention after their Holden Torana ran out of fuel, forcing Chivas to push the car uphill along the pit lane to make it to the Holden Dealer Team pit bay...
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Richards, his first. The pair drove a Holden Dealer Team Holden Torana to a single lap victory over another Torana, that of Allan Grice and Formula 5000...
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affected the race. It was won by Peter Brock driving a Holden Dealer Team prepared Holden Torana, the first of Brock's record nine victories. Brock finished...
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the Holden Dealer Team before the series began and raced in a privately funded Holden Torana during the season. Colin Bond, driving a Holden Torana for...
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only been one hatchback model produced in Australia, the 1976-1980 Holden Torana hatchback, produced across the LX and UC generations. Up until recent...
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been or the larger-budget Torana teams or the Ford Falcons and Mustangs they raced against. From the late 1980s, the Holden HQ was used in Australia as...
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small adult on the jumpsuit, visible in the photographs. Their Yellow Holden Torana was also seized in Queensland and flown by military aircraft to Alice...
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The Holden Commodore is a series of automobiles that were sold by former Australian manufacturer Holden from 1978 to 2020. They were manufactured from...
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had had 500 taxis in 1978 and jumped into 2,000 in 1985. Its first Holden Torana fleet is currently in display at Bluebird headquarters. Bluebird pioneered...
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mid-size Torana / Sunbird sedans. It essentially came about in response to the 1973 oil crisis and the need to produce more fuel-efficient cars. Holden, hedging...
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The Holden Kingswood is a full-size car that was developed and manufactured in Australia by Holden, from the beginning of the HK series in 1968 through...
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Automotive industry in Australia (section Holden)
and the first Australian-designed mass production car was manufactured by Holden in 1948. Australian manufacture of cars rose to a maximum of almost half...
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the end of the season from Peter Brock after consecutive wins by the Holden Torana driver at Lakeside International Raceway and Sandown Raceway in the...
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class was won by John Bowe (Holden Torana), Pro Am by Jason Gomersall (Holden Torana), Pro Sport by Adam Garwood (Holden Torana) and the Invitational class...
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under the GM Korea marque, together with the Chevrolet 1700, a rebadged Holden Torana. After the Daewoo Group gained control in December 1982, from January...
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Sunday 25 February 1973, page 33 lists the Holden Dealer Team as the entrant of the Brock Holden Torana The Entry list for the South Pacific Touring...
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