Holden (General Motors-Holden)

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Australian company automobile manufacturer subsidiary

Holden (General Motors-Holden) was an Australian automobile manufacturer and General Motors subsidiary best known for producing popular locally designed cars such as the Commodore.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
General Motors-Holden	5
General Motors Holden	1
Holden (General Motors-Holden) canonical	1
Holden Special Vehicles	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2962733 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Holden (General Motors-Holden)
Context triple: [VR Commodore, manufacturer, Holden (General Motors-Holden)]

A. Opel
Opel is a German automobile manufacturer known for producing a wide range of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles for the European market.
B. Chevrolet
Chevrolet is a major American automobile marque known for producing a wide range of affordable cars, trucks, and SUVs.
C. General Motors
General Motors is a major American multinational automotive manufacturer known for brands such as Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick.
D. Buick
Buick is an American automobile marque known for producing upscale, comfort-oriented vehicles positioned between mainstream and luxury brands.
E. Holden Commodore
The Holden Commodore is a popular line of large family and performance sedans and wagons produced by Australian manufacturer Holden from the late 1970s until the brand’s closure.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Holden (General Motors-Holden)
Target entity description: Holden (General Motors-Holden) was an Australian automobile manufacturer and General Motors subsidiary best known for producing popular locally designed cars such as the Commodore.

A. Opel
Opel is a German automobile manufacturer known for producing a wide range of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles for the European market.
B. Chevrolet
Chevrolet is a major American automobile marque known for producing a wide range of affordable cars, trucks, and SUVs.
C. General Motors
General Motors is a major American multinational automotive manufacturer known for brands such as Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick.
D. Buick
Buick is an American automobile marque known for producing upscale, comfort-oriented vehicles positioned between mainstream and luxury brands.
E. Holden Commodore
The Holden Commodore is a popular line of large family and performance sedans and wagons produced by Australian manufacturer Holden from the late 1970s until the brand’s closure.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian company ⓘ automobile manufacturer ⓘ subsidiary ⓘ
acquiredBy	General Motors ⓘ
acquisitionYear	1931 ⓘ
activity	vehicle assembly ⓘ vehicle distribution ⓘ vehicle manufacturing ⓘ vehicle sales ⓘ
assemblyPlantLocation	Elizabeth, South Australia ⓘ Fishermans Bend, Victoria ⓘ
brandOf	General Motors ⓘ
brandStatus	defunct ⓘ
corporateForm	subsidiary of General Motors ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
endOfBrandOperations	2020 ⓘ
endOfManufacturingInAustralia	2017 ⓘ
exportActivity	export of vehicles to other right-hand-drive markets ⓘ
formerName	Holden (General Motors-Holden) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: General Motors-Holden
foundedAs	J.A. Holden & Co. ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Port Melbourne ⓘ surface form: Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
industry	automotive industry ⓘ
knownFor	locally designed Australian cars ⓘ rear-wheel-drive sedans and utes ⓘ
market	Australian market ⓘ New Zealand market ⓘ
notableModelLine	Commodore line of large family cars ⓘ Monaro performance coupe ⓘ Ute line of coupe utility vehicles ⓘ
notableProduct	Holden Commodore ⓘ Holden ⓘ surface form: Holden Kingswood Holden Monaro ⓘ Holden Torana ⓘ Holden Ute ⓘ
parentCompany	General Motors ⓘ
predecessor	Holden Motor Body Builders ⓘ
product	automotive parts ⓘ light commercial vehicles ⓘ passenger cars ⓘ
regionServed	Oceania ⓘ
roleInGM	regional manufacturing and engineering hub for GM in Australasia ⓘ
vehicleTypeProduced	SUVs ⓘ coupes ⓘ light commercial vehicles ⓘ sedans ⓘ utes ⓘ wagons ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

VR Commodore → manufacturer → Holden (General Motors-Holden) ⓘ

GTS → performanceDivision → Holden (General Motors-Holden) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holden Special Vehicles

LC → manufacturer → Holden (General Motors-Holden) ⓘ

subject surface form: Holden LC Torana