{"id":532,"date":"2020-05-11T12:46:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T12:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/?page_id=532"},"modified":"2026-04-14T05:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:10:16","slug":"10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hq-holden\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Facts you may not have known about the HQ Holden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/\">H Series Home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hq-holden\/\">HQ Holden<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Was the First holden car to be classed as a \u2018full size\u2019 car<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Introduced the \u2018Statesamn\u2019 luxury vairant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Introduced the \u2018One tonner\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holdens best selling car to date, with nearly 500 000 produced<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Was in production for 39 months<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HQ was not built as a left hand drive for export<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Introduced the now iconic \u2018Sandman\u2019 panelvan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rear coil springs replaced the leaf system used in the previous model (HG)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HQ introduced the \u2018one tonner\u2019 variant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HQ was Holdens first ground up redesign since the original 48-215.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>H Series Home HQ Holden Was the First holden car to be classed as a \u2018full size\u2019 car Introduced the \u2018Statesamn\u2019 luxury vairant Introduced the \u2018One tonner\u2019 Holdens best selling car to date, with nearly 500 000 produced Was in production for 39 months The HQ was not built as a left hand drive for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":580,"parent":35,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-532","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>10 Facts you may not have known about the HQ Holden - Australian Holden<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hq-holden\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"10 Facts you may not have known about the HQ Holden - Australian Holden\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"H Series Home HQ Holden Was the First holden car to be classed as a \u2018full size\u2019 car Introduced the \u2018Statesamn\u2019 luxury vairant Introduced the \u2018One tonner\u2019 Holdens best selling car to date, with nearly 500 000 produced Was in production for 39 months The HQ was not built as a left hand drive for [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hq-holden\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Australian Holden\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-14T05:10:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/australianholden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/HQ-1.jpg?fit=565%2C277\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"565\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"277\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hq-holden\\\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hq-holden\\\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\\\/\",\"name\":\"10 Facts you may not have known about the HQ Holden - Australian Holden\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hq-holden\\\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hq-holden\\\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/australianholden.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/HQ-1.jpg?fit=565%2C277\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-11T12:46:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-14T05:10:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hq-holden\\\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hq-holden\\\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hq-holden\\\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/australianholden.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/HQ-1.jpg?fit=565%2C277\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/australianholden.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/HQ-1.jpg?fit=565%2C277\",\"width\":565,\"height\":277},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hq-holden\\\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Australian Holden\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"H Series\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"HQ Holden\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hq-holden\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"10 Facts you may not have known about the HQ Holden\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Australian Holden\",\"description\":\"Specifications and Information\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Australian Holden\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/australianholden.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/48-215.jpg?fit=1024%2C768\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/australianholden.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/48-215.jpg?fit=1024%2C768\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":768,\"caption\":\"Australian Holden\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"10 Facts you may not have known about the HQ Holden - Australian Holden","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hq-holden\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"10 Facts you may not have known about the HQ Holden - Australian Holden","og_description":"H Series Home HQ Holden Was the First holden car to be classed as a \u2018full size\u2019 car Introduced the \u2018Statesamn\u2019 luxury vairant Introduced the \u2018One tonner\u2019 Holdens best selling car to date, with nearly 500 000 produced Was in production for 39 months The HQ was not built as a left hand drive for [&hellip;]","og_url":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hq-holden\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\/","og_site_name":"Australian Holden","article_modified_time":"2026-04-14T05:10:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":565,"height":277,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/australianholden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/HQ-1.jpg?fit=565%2C277","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hq-holden\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\/","url":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hq-holden\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\/","name":"10 Facts you may not have known about the HQ Holden - Australian Holden","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hq-holden\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hq-holden\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/australianholden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/HQ-1.jpg?fit=565%2C277","datePublished":"2020-05-11T12:46:37+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-14T05:10:16+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hq-holden\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hq-holden\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hq-holden\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/australianholden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/HQ-1.jpg?fit=565%2C277","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/australianholden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/HQ-1.jpg?fit=565%2C277","width":565,"height":277},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hq-holden\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hq-holden\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Australian Holden","item":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"H Series","item":"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"HQ Holden","item":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hq-holden\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"10 Facts you may not have known about the HQ Holden"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/#website","url":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/","name":"Australian Holden","description":"Specifications and Information","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/#organization","name":"Australian Holden","url":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/australianholden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/48-215.jpg?fit=1024%2C768","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/australianholden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/48-215.jpg?fit=1024%2C768","width":1024,"height":768,"caption":"Australian Holden"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4282,"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532\/revisions\/4282"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}