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Model families

The archive already moves from first-built milestones to Bathurst heroes, family workhorses, and final-era icons. Every model family gets its own page, and more generations will keep landing as the coverage deepens.

48-2151948-1953

Holden 48-215

The model that started Australia’s full-scale local car-production era.

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XK1960-1962

Ford XK Falcon

The first Australian Falcon and the start of Ford’s local family-car dynasty.

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AP51963-1965

Chrysler AP5 Valiant

The Valiant that properly planted Chrysler Australia in the local family-car fight.

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Tiara1963-1966

Toyota Tiara

Toyota's Australian manufacturing story starts here.

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HK Monaro1968-1969

Holden HK Monaro

Holden's first great coupe muscle icon and an early Bathurst legend.

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XY1970-1972

Ford XY Falcon

Family transport at one end, GT-HO folklore at the other, the XY defines the Blue Oval supercar era.

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HQ1971-1974

Holden HQ

A turning-point Holden series that spanned everyday family transport and the era's most desirable coupe muscle variants.

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VH Charger1971-1972

Chrysler VH Valiant Charger

One of the icons of the supercar era and the home of the E38, E49, and E55 story.

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LJ1972-1974

Holden LJ Torana

Compact, sharp, and immortalised by Bathurst, the LJ Torana is one of Holden’s great heroes.

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P761973-1975

Leyland P76

Ambitious, unusual, and still loved today, the P76 is one of Australia’s great what-ifs.

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HJ1974-1976

Holden HJ

An evolution of HQ that kept Holden's large-car dominance alive while carrying familiar trims into the middle of the decade.

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HX1976-1977

Holden HX

Short-lived in period but essential in the full lineage, especially when visitors want to compare HQ, HJ, and HX evolution side by side.

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VC1980-1981

Holden VC Commodore

The first Bathurst-winning Commodore and an early cornerstone of Holden’s modern performance story.

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Sigma1980-1987

Mitsubishi Sigma

The Mitsubishi line that set up Magna and gave the brand a real local family-car presence.

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910 Bluebird1981-1986

Nissan Bluebird

One of Nissan Australia's key local family sedans before the Pintara years.

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TM1985-1991

Mitsubishi TM Magna

A locally built game-changer that made the medium-size family car feel properly Australian.

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Camry AU1987-2017

Toyota Camry (Australian production)

Toyota's local mainstay and one of the defining Australian-made family cars of the modern era.

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VN1988-1991

Holden VN Commodore

The big late-1980s Commodore that restored Holden's family-car confidence and set up the modern V8 chapter.

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U121989-1992

Nissan U12 Pintara

A late-era local Nissan that carries a surprisingly important manufacturing backstory.

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Avalon2000-2005

Toyota Avalon (Australian production)

Toyota's locally built large-sedan step between Camry and Aurion.

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BA2002-2005

Ford BA Falcon

A major modern-era Falcon that brought Ford Australia back into sharp focus.

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Territory2004-2016

Ford Territory

Ford Australia's home-grown SUV hit and one of the standout family vehicles of the modern era.

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3802005-2008

Mitsubishi 380

Mitsubishi Australia's final local passenger car and one of the most important end-of-era stories.

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Aurion2006-2017

Toyota Aurion

Toyota Australia's local six-cylinder flagship of the final manufacturing years.

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VF2013-2017

Holden VF Commodore

The final Australian-built Commodore and the last great local Holden hero.

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