Holden does not build many cars like the Holden HD: a 4-door sedan / 5-door station wagon / 2-door coupé utility / 2-door panel van with ubl, built from 1965 to 1966 in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. Its designer of record is Leo Pruneau, Don Laski.
The hardware
Under the skin sits ubl. Kerb weight is 2595lb. The gearbox is a 3-speed manual / 2-speed "Powerglide" automatic. 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 106.0 inches (2692mm). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Holden's history is not in doubt: the Holden EH came before it; the Holden HR followed it. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Nissan Silvia, the Ford Transit, the Ford Bronco. Its Holden stablemates include the Holden 48-215 and the Holden Adventra.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Holden HD — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.