Sunday, February 27, 2011

28 February 2011 Cruze Launch Ceremony



The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister of Australia joined Holden employees today to launch new Series II Cruze, the only Australian made small car.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Space Shuttle Discovery - Nasa's Final Launch 2011

This is a recording of the last Discovery Space Shuttle. PS: Make sure you see 5.00 minutes into clip, for debris.


Wednesday, February 23, 2011

GM Holden Guild of Excellence

This week two of my staff, Habib Dowlut and Glen Wishart, were accepted into the GM Holden Guild of Excellence.

This is part of an email they received:

Congratulations on your stellar performance throughout 2010. Your hard work, dedication & commitment has earned you a place amongst Holden’s elite 2010 Guild of Excellence achievers.

To earn your place in the prestigious Guild, you have continually demonstrated the qualities & values that are imperative to being successful in this business - from exemplary customer service to superb sales skills, attention to detail to continual training, accurate business management to outstanding operational delivery.

Your performance throughout the year has contributed to the success that your Holden Dealer & Holden as a brand, have enjoyed in 2010.

Radio interview with Blackwell Holden, Christchurch - CTV Building like Ground Zero



Radio interview with Blackwell Holden
Ross and John from 3AW Radio cross to a man in Christchurch who watched the CTV building come down two days after the killer earthquake struck the New Zealand city.

Listen to the interview while seeing images of the tragic site.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Win the test drive of a lifetime!

We'd really like to know what you think of a new Holden vehicle to be launched soon. So we're giving four lucky people (and a friend) the test-drive of a lifetime at the Holden National Media Drive Day in Victoria on 16th & 17th March 2011.




Here's the exclusive prize you and a friend could win:

 
Return Flights
From your nearest capital city and overnight accommodation in Lorne, Victoria, to attend the Holden National Media Drive Day.

Media Launch
An invitation to our special two hour media presentation launching this new Holden.

Test Drive
From Melbourne down the famous Great Ocean Road to the beach-side town of Lorne (and back again).

Launch Dinner
You and your friend will be hosted to an exclusive launch dinner in Lorne.

You'll join an exclusive group of motoring media reviewers, and be one of the first to experience this new Holden everyone will soon be talking about. And you'll get to tell us what you really think about it. As a winner your experience and comments will be recorded and could be a feature on the Holden website and other marketing material.

Here's how to enter.
Make a short video (of no more than 30 seconds) featuring yourself and a friend

Tell us what you love (or don't love) about your current car Upload your finished video to holden.com.au/bethefirst

You don't need to be a car expert, just be creative. Be enthusiastic. And be yourself. Because the best four entries will be our lucky winners. And don't forget to give us all your contact details so we know how to tell you you've won.

Good luck!

Steel to Road - Building Holden Commodore (Part 3 Holden Engine Operations)

Steel to Road - Building Holden Commodore (Part 2 Body & Paint Shop)

Steel to Road - Building Holden Commodore (Part 1)