Much as I enjoyed the May article on the stars of 1948, the year of my birth, Iwas disappointed not to see any cars from Australia. Holden launched its first production car on29November 1948, and went ontoproduce vehicles until 2017, when the competition from cheapimports finally sealed the fate of locally produced General Motors vehicles.The engine production plant symbolically closed on 29November2016,68years after the launch of the 1948 Holden.