Start with what the Holden Brougham is: a 4-door sedan with 4,093 , built from 1968 to 1971, in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. What it meant takes a little longer.
Where it came from
The Holden Brougham is a full-size luxury car produced by Holden from 1968 to 1971. It was a hasty response to Ford Australia's successful Fairlane. It was based on the Holden Premier, but with a lengthened rear body. The boot was extended by 8 in (200 mm), rather than increasing the 111 in (2,819 mm) wheelbase. It retained the Premier's four-headlight grille.
Under the skin
The engine is 4,093 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 3097 lb. Drive goes through a 2-speed Powerglide automatic (HK, HT). The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 111.5 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
In the Holden line-up the Holden Brougham has a clear place: it replaced the Pontiac Parisienne; it handed the line to the Statesman. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Toyota Hilux, the Peugeot 504, the Range Rover Range Rover. Nearby in the Holden catalogue sit the Holden 48-215 and the Holden Adventra.
Owning one today
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Holden Brougham has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.