The Holden HT is a 4-door sedan / 5-door station wagon / 2-door coupé / 2-door coupé utility / 2-door panel van from Holden, built from 1969 to 1970, in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. Under the bonnet: 2.6L GMH '161' I6. Peter Nankervis drew it.
Where it came from
The Holden HT series is a range of automobiles which was manufactured by Holden in Australia from May 1969 until July 1970.
Under the skin
Power comes from 2.6L GMH '161' I6; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 2814 . It shifts through a 3spd manual / 4spd manual / 2spd "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 111.0 inches (2819 mm). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Holden HK; its successor was the Holden HG. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Range Rover Range Rover, the Toyota Hilux, the Suzuki Jimny — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Holden catalogue sit the Holden 48-215 and the Holden Adventra.
What it costs now
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Holden HT 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.