Last Commodore ever made and rare Maloo ute sell for big sums in historic auction

The record for the most expensive Australian-built road car has been broken thanks to one of the rarest and one of the last Holdens.

Two of the rarest pieces of Australian motoring history sold for eye-watering figures at auction on Saturday afternoon – with one setting a new record.

The last Commodore to roll off the production line at the old Elizabeth factory fetched $750,000 – well above the expected top bid of $500,000 and despite a dispute over the legitimacy of the last Aussie made Holden.

The very last Holden manufactured in Australia, a Holden VF Series II SSV Redline.

An orange Holden HSV GTSR W1 Maloo Ute – one of only four ever made – sold for a whopping $1.05 million, making it the most expensive Australian road car ever sold.

The previous record was $1.03 million paid for a 1971 Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III.

The buyers of the vehicles – who have not been named – will also have to pay a 7.5 per cent buyer’s premium, pushing the final prices to $806,250 and $1,128,750 respectively.

The Commodore purported to officially be the last built at Elizabeth resides at the Birdwood Motor Museum.

2017 Holden HSV GTSR W1 Maloo Ute.

However, staff working at the Elizabeth plant when it closed in 2017 found it was in fact not the last car to come off the production line and closely followed the now-auctioned VF Series II SSV Redline Commodore until its build was complete and it was sent to a dealership in Victoria where they bought it sight unseen.

The limited edition Maloo was offered to and built exclusively for only four hardcore HSV fans in the lead up to Holden ceasing Australian manufacturing.

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