'It's all gone': Despair sets in with last car to be ever built in Australia

By Nick Toscano, Eryk Bagshaw
Updated October 15 2017 - 3:13pm, first published 3:09pm
One hundred years of Australian car manufacturing comes to an end next month, as Holden shuts its last factory in Adelaide. Richard Ferlazzo, Holden GM's director of industrial design, who will continue to lead a team out of the company' Port Melbourne HQ to work on international prototypes.. 27th September 2017. Photo by Jason South
One hundred years of Australian car manufacturing comes to an end next month, as Holden shuts its last factory in Adelaide. Richard Ferlazzo, Holden GM's director of industrial design, who will continue to lead a team out of the company' Port Melbourne HQ to work on international prototypes.. 27th September 2017. Photo by Jason South

On Friday morning, a unique group of workers will slip into their uniforms: denim jeans, dark boots and black collared jumpers. Some will make coffee, or have a bite to eat, before arriving at their factory, a bit later than usual.

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