The Holden Brougham is a large, luxury
automobile
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods.
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that was produced by
Holden in Australia between July 1968 and 1971.
It was based on the mainstream
Holden Premier
The Holden Premier is an automobile that was produced by Holden for Australasia between 1962 and 1980. The Premier was an upmarket version of the:
* Holden Standard/Special: between 1962 and 1968.
* Holden Belmont/Kingswood: between 1968 and ...
of the same years, but with a lengthened rear body. The boot was simply extended by rather than increasing the wheelbase.
[ Darwin (2002), p. 246.] The Premier's four-headlight grille was also kept. The model was a hasty response to
Ford Australia
Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited (known by its trading name Ford Australia) is the Australian subsidiary of United States-based automaker Ford Motor Company. It was founded in Geelong, Victoria, in 1925 as an outpost of Ford Motor Com ...
's successful
Fairlane.
History
The
HK series Brougham was launched in July 1968 along with the new
Monaro coupés, six months after the HK Series
Holden Belmont/Kingswood/Premier models. The Brougham then followed the model cycles of these mainstream Holdens: the HT series was announced in July 1969 and the HG series in August 1970.
Because of its luxury positioning, the Brougham was only available with an
automatic transmission
An automatic transmission (sometimes abbreviated to auto or AT) is a multi-speed transmission used in internal combustion engine-based motor vehicles that does not require any input from the driver to change forward gears under normal driving ...
, first a two-speed, then a three-speed after the HG's launch. The only engine available in the original HK Series Brougham was a Chevrolet V8.
The
HT series was launched with the new Holden designed and built 308 cubic inch V8, and was the first Holden to be powered by this engine (the rest of the HT range got the 307 until the 308 was made available across the HT range in September 1969). The 308 was carried over to the
HG Series Brougham.
Throughout its production life the
Ford Fairlane outsold it by a large margin. The Brougham was replaced by the long-wheelbase
Statesman models in 1971, on the redesigned HQ platform.
South Africa
From 1969 to 1971 the Brougham was marketed in South Africa as the
Chevrolet Constantia
The Chevrolet Constantia is an automobile which was marketed by Chevrolet in South Africa from 1969 to 1978.
First series
The first series Chevrolet Constantia went on sale in May 1969, along with the lower priced Kommando. It was based on the ...
.
[Restored Cars No. 174, Jan–Feb 2006, pages 26–28] In addition to the name change, the Constantia featured a unique grille and had trafficators on the leading edge of the front fenders (as did its little sister, the Chevrolet Kommando).
[ It utilised a 250 cid (4,093 cc) Chevrolet inline-six or, as an option, Chevrolet's ]small block V8
A V8 engine is an eight-cylinder piston engine in which two banks of four cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.
The first V8 engine was produced by the French Antoinette company in 1904, developed and us ...
.
Gallery
File:Holden HK Brougham.JPG, 1968–1969 Holden HK Brougham
File:Holden HK Brougham 1968-1969 02.jpg, 1968–1969 Holden HK Brougham
File:1969-70 HT Brougham+.JPG, 1969-1970 Holden HT Brougham
File:1970-71 HG Brougham.JPG, 1970-1971 Holden HG Brougham
Notes
References
Books
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Journals
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External links
Holden HK Brougham sales brochure at www.oldcarbrochures.com
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Cars of Australia
Brougham
Brougham may refer to:
Transport
* Brougham (carriage), a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage
* Brougham (car body), an automobile with a similar style
Automobile models
* Cadillac Brougham, 1987–1992
* Chrysler New Yorker Brougham, c. 1 ...
Cars introduced in 1968
1970s cars