Who is more Australian Holden or Ford?

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by imperial

Well I have many friends, and I just can’t believe how sucked in they are regarding America’s [obama] owned Holden.
It seems that unless you drive a Holden you are crap co’s Holden are the great Australian car, this is the biggest propaganda this country has ever produced and people are so bloody week mined that they would believe any bit of BS. When I hear the stupidity that comes out of their mouths my immediate thought is of ‘Hitler “and how easy his evil propaganda worked.
To me cars are all the same they all have good points, bad points and faults, hence that’s why we have great forums like this to help each other out with car issues.
I would NEVER EVER buy a Holden, I do not like to be fooled or deliberately lied too, if Holden didn’t claim that it is Australian I would have no issues with them at all.
So it just goes to show propaganda can sometimes back fire...
Holden’s are full blooded American

I wouldn't say it's deliberate lying. Stretching the truth perhaps? It's pretty hard to ignore the origins of the company itself. I mean the cars are a different story, but the fact Holden was actually founded on Australian soil and Ford wasn't has basically allowed Holden to play up the "Australian" card.

They're not really lying about being Australian. Maybe taking some things out of context, but not necessarily "lying".

James Alexander Holden was an Englishman which most Australians can relate to. Henry Ford was American and the "Ford" name has a very American image attached to it.

The most perplexing and intriguing thing is most people probably wouldn't know of Holden's existence prior to 1948. How have Holden been able to playing up the Australian image so well for the last 60+ years? If they were Chevrolet from the beginning would they have been able to maintain that image? I doubt it.

Things have changed a lot though. Holden is American owned (Ford is too) and Holden use a lot of foreign cars in their line up, but its deep roots (Deeper than the invention of the car) are as Australian as most of us are. It's pretty hard to deny that.

I would say Holden is more global these days with Australian roots. Something IMO Ford don't have. I'm not just talking about specific models of cars I mean the entire company.