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‘I was battling to hold back tears’ over Holden's demise: Mark Skaife

Retired Australian motor racing driver Mark Skaife has revealed he was “battling to hold back tears” after hearing news General Motors will axe iconic brand Holden after 72 years of operation in Australia. On Monday, GM International Operations Senior Vice President Julian Blissett released a statement explaining financial woes led to the demise of Holden. The shutdown is expected to cost at least 600 jobs as General Motors ceases to make vehicles suitable for Australian roads. “I just never in my lifetime thought that there’d be a day where we would see Holden move out of this country,” Mr Skaife told Sky News host Paul Murray. The six-time Bathurst 1000 winner said despite seeing “worrying signs” about Holden’s future, it didn't make Monday’s announcement “any less sad”. “The reality around football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars, it’s been part of our psyche … it’s been part of the social fabric of Australia," he said. Mr Skaife said the announcement would impact upon “Australian culture and the Australian landscape and the DNA of what we are as a nation and what we’ve manufactured and what we’ve loved”. Image: Getty