Plenty of Holden owners in Perth quietly worry that the badge winding down has taken their car’s value with it. It has not. Most advice you find when you search sell my Holden was written before General Motors retired the brand, so it misses today’s WA market. You have three ways to sell: take an instant cash offer from a local buyer like Sell My Car Pro, trade it in at a dealer, or list it privately on Carsales or Gumtree. This guide covers what the badge ending means for your resale, which Holdens still sell strongly in WA, and how to get a fair cash figure without weeks of messing about.
What Holden Being Discontinued Means For Your Resale
General Motors retired the Holden brand in 2020, so no new Holdens have been built since. That worries a lot of owners we speak to: if the maker has moved on, who is left to buy one? Plenty of buyers are, and the market has settled far more calmly than the early headlines suggested.
Servicing has not fallen away either. Independent Holden specialists and GM-trained mechanics still look after Commodores and Colorados across Perth, and both genuine and aftermarket parts remain easy to source. Because no more are being built, the pool of good used examples shrinks a little every year, and steady demand against tightening supply is the kind of pressure that holds prices up. For a well-kept car, the brand ending can quietly work in your favour.
Your Three Options To Sell A Holden In Perth
Here is how the three routes compare, from fastest to most involved, so you can match one to your priority.
Option 1: Instant Cash Offer (Fastest, Lowest Effort)
Best if you want the car gone quickly and safely, with barely anything to organise. Sell My Car Pro is a Licensed WA Motor Vehicle Dealer and Motor Trade Association member based in Malaga, so you are dealing with an accountable local business, not an anonymous online form. Tell us about the Holden online or by phone and we reply within the hour during business hours, with a free valuation and a firm cash figure, no obligation to take it. We buy any model in any condition, come to you anywhere across the Perth metro, handle the WA DoT paperwork, settle any finance owing, and pay by bank transfer that usually clears in under a minute once you sign. No ads, no strangers at your door, no weekend lost to it.
Option 2: Dealer Trade-In
Best if you are buying your next car at the same time. A dealer values your Holden against the new one and folds both into a single deal, which is convenient and quick. The catch is that the trade figure has to protect their margin, and not every dealer wants an older Holden, so it usually sits below what the car would bring on its own.
Option 3: Private Sale
Best if you want the highest headline price and have time to chase it. List on Carsales, Gumtree or Facebook Marketplace with sharp photos and an honest description, then screen buyers through the chat. You can earn more this way, but be ready for the run of “is this still available?” messages that go nowhere, the test drive booked for 9pm and then cancelled, the lowball offers, and the car sitting idle for a month while you slowly drop the price. The paperwork and the safety at handover are on you.
What To Prepare Before You Sell
A little preparation lifts every offer, whichever route you choose, and it speeds ours up: the more you can show us, the tighter and faster our valuation lands.
Finance check: if money is still owing, ask your lender for a payout letter so the balance can be cleared at settlement. Service records: dig out your stamped logbooks and receipts, because a proven history is worth real money on a Commodore or Colorado. PPSR check: run one against your VIN so you know the car is clear of finance or write-off history. Keys and manuals: have both sets of keys and the owner’s manual ready. A clean car: a wash, a vacuum and a cleared boot all nudge the figure up.
Which Holdens Still Sell Well In WA
Some Holdens barely pause between listings here. The Commodore is still the one everyone recognises, and clean VE and VF sedans, wagons and utes move quickly whether they land in Rockingham or Midland. Families keep hunting the Captiva and smaller Trax as affordable runabouts, while tradies and weekend adventurers chase the Colorado, especially a diesel 4WD dual-cab with genuine service history and sensible kilometres, built for a run to Margaret River or a boat ramp at Mandurah.
At the other end, last-of-line and performance Holdens have not just held on, some have climbed. V8 SS and SS-V Commodores, anything wearing an HSV badge like a Clubsport, GTS or Maloo, and the final VF Commodores built before the Elizabeth line closed are now treated as future classics. Perth’s Holden and HSV owner community hunts these out, and low-kilometre, unmodified examples with clean paperwork draw the strongest interest. Factory wheels, an unmolested engine bay and a complete service book can lift one well above a modified equivalent, so if you own an SV6 or SS, resist the urge to rush.
How To Get An Accurate Valuation
An accurate number starts with honest detail: have your VIN, build year, exact trim and current kilometres ready, because a VF Commodore SS with a full logbook and 90,000 km sits in a very different bracket to a tired base model that has skipped its services. Our appraisers value Holdens across Perth every week, so Raina and the team price against the live WA market, what similar cars are actually selling for across the state this week, not a stale book average that unravels on inspection.
Case Study
| Grant from Gosnells had owned his 2017 Holden Commodore SV6 from near new and looked after it properly, but when the time came to sell he almost talked himself out of it. With Holden gone, he was convinced nobody would want a large sedan any more, and he pictured it sitting unsold for months while the price crept lower. That worry is common, and it is usually wrong.
He rang Sell My Car Pro on a weekday morning and spoke with Raina, who ran the details, factored in the complete service history and sensible kilometres, and had a firm figure back to him inside the hour. Raina met him in Gosnells that afternoon, looked the SV6 over in his driveway, and the number held. Grant signed the transfer, we cleared the last of his finance, and the money was in his account by bank transfer that same day. He had braced for weeks of stress and got an afternoon instead. It is the same run other Perth sellers describe in our reviews, like Jesse N. from Morley, who left us one after a sale that went exactly this way. |
Frequently Asked Questions
A few questions come up on almost every call, so here are straight answers.
Can You Still Sell A Holden Now The Brand Is Gone?
Absolutely. Holden being retired stopped new cars being built, it did not stop people buying used ones. Demand for Commodores, Colorados, Captivas and Trax stays solid across Perth, and we buy them every week.
Does A VF Commodore Still Hold Its Value?
A well-kept VF Commodore, particularly an SS or a low-kilometre example, tends to hold value strongly and can attract collectors. Originality and a complete service history make a real difference to what it is worth.
Do You Need A PPSR Check To Sell A Holden?
It is smart to have one. A PPSR check against your VIN confirms the car is free of finance or write-off records, which reassures any buyer. We handle this as part of our process, and we also settle any finance still owing.
Will You Buy A Holden With Finance Still Owing?
Yes. We settle the outstanding finance directly as part of the sale and pay you any balance by bank transfer, so a loan on the car is not a barrier to selling it.
Do You Buy High Kilometre Or Damaged Holdens?
We do. We buy any make, model or condition, so high-kilometre, mechanically tired or damaged Holdens are all welcome, and we still come to you anywhere in the Perth metro.
Conclusion
The Holden badge may be history, but your car is not. The trick is knowing what you have and selling it to someone who values it properly, rather than someone hoping you do not.
When you want it sorted the straightforward way, tell Sell My Car Pro about your Holden and we will give you a real figure today. You get a free, no-obligation valuation and an instant cash offer on any model in any condition, we come to you anywhere across the Perth metro, we handle the WA DoT transfer and the paperwork, we settle any finance owing, and we pay by bank transfer that clears in under a minute. Prefer to drop in? You will find our team at 3 Montgomery Way, Malaga. No ads, no time-wasters, just a fair price and a clean handover.
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Japanese, European, Korean, and American. Light commercials, SUVs, utes, weekend classics, and near new stock. Late model or twenty years on the clock, registered or not, a runner or a non-starter. If the car has a VIN, we can quote on it.
