Quote Originally Posted by HK1837 View Post
I totally get why people think a HSV is a Holden. But if a HSV is a Holden then a Lexus especially the early ones are a Toyota, a Maverick is a Nissan and a Lexan is a Holden. You might as well call a Corolla a Holden too, and an Apollo a Toyota as all of these have more in common with their cousin car than a HSV does with its Holden base vehicle.
A Lexus is made by Toyota but is not part of the Toyota model range. It was never an improved/modified production model.
A Ford Maverick is a Nissan Patrol.
A Toyota Lexen is a Holden Commodore.
A Holden Apollo is a Toyota Camry.
A Holden Drover is a Suzuki.
A Holden Nova is a Toyota Corolla.
A Ford Laser is a Mazda 323.
A Ford Telstar is a Mazda 626.

... and could go on with many, many more and these are all production models with a simple badge change and little else.

All HSV is, is a tart up division of Holden using Holden production models.
Therefore outside of the odd HSV Nissan Pulsar/Holden Astra they are Holden Cars.
If you take off a Commodore badge and replace it with a Clubsport, GTS, VRX or whatever the basis is still a Holden Commodore production car.

There is no reason to over complicate things. As already stated... if it looks like a duck!