In the 1960s, Ford's Fairlane ruled the luxury car market and Holden had trouble coming up with a model that would compete with the big Ford. The first attempt was the Brougham in 1968, in essence a ...

The engine was Holden’s homegrown 5.0-litre V8, which struggled manfully under the restrictions imposed by our exhaust emission regulations and only put out 126 kW. At first it had an American THM350 ...