Here's the strange thing about the greatest rivalry in Australian motoring: both sides have stopped building cars here. Ford ended local manufacturing, and the Holden badge has been retired altogether. So why does the argument still burn as fiercely as ever?
The factories may be gone, but the passion never left. If anything, the end of local manufacturing made these cars matter more. Genuine GT-HOs and Monaros now change hands for prices that would have been unthinkable when they were new. What were once affordable street cars are today blue-chip pieces of Australian history.
A Living Culture
Walk into any car show, club meet or cars-and-coffee morning and you'll see the rivalry alive and well. Owners still fly their colours. Families still pass the loyalty down to the next generation. The cars have become a way of holding onto an era when Australia designed, built and raced some of the best performance machines in the world.
Why It Endures
Ultimately, the rivalry survives because it was never really about the companies. It was about national pride, craftsmanship, and the shared memory of cars our fathers and grandfathers built and drove. That's something a boardroom decision can't switch off — and it's exactly what we're here to preserve.
Keep the Legend Alive
Stand among the cars that started it all, kept running on the Gold Coast.