The Holden HJ is a series of automobiles which were produced by General Motors-Holden’s

Holden

GM Holden Ltd is an automaker that operates in Australia, based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer. In 1908 it moved into the automotive field, before becoming a subsidiary of the U.S.-based General Motors in 1931...

 in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 from 1974 to 1976. The HJ series was released on 4 October 1974 and was an improved and facelifted version of the superseded Holden HQ

Holden HQ

The Holden HQ series is a range of automobiles that was produced by General Motors-Holden’s in Australia from 1971 to 1974. The HQ was released on 15 July 1971, replacing the Holden HG series...

 series which had been in production since 1971.

Model range

All HJ models, aside from the One Tonner, were easily identified from the HQ by having a squared-off frontal treatment with wrap-around indicator lights. The rear of the sedan models featured a new bumper and wraparound triangular taillights, while all other bodystyles kept the previous HQ's rear styling. Sedan and wagon also had revised rear quarter panels.

The mainstream passenger car range consisted of 4 door sedan and 5 door wagon

Station wagon

A station wagon is a body style variant of a sedan/saloon with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door , instead of a trunk lid...

 models in three trim levels.

• Belmont
  Holden Kingswood
  The Holden Kingswood is a full-size car that was manufactured by General Motors-Holden's, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors , from the beginning of the HK series in 1968 through to the conclusion of the WB series in 1984...
  
   sedan
• Belmont wagon
• Kingswood
  Holden Kingswood
  The Holden Kingswood is a full-size car that was manufactured by General Motors-Holden's, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors , from the beginning of the HK series in 1968 through to the conclusion of the WB series in 1984...
  
   sedan
• Kingswood wagon
• Premier
  Holden Premier
  The Holden Premier is an automobile that was produced by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors between 1962 and 1980. The Premier was an upmarket version of the:* Holden Standard/Special: between 1962 and 1968....
  
   sedan
• Premier wagon

The Premier was distinguished from the cheaper models by a four headlight frontal treatment. Wagons rode on a wheelbase which was three inches (76.2 mm) longer than that of the sedans.

The performance orientated Monaro range included two-door coupe and four-door sedan models:

• Monaro
  Holden Monaro
  The Holden Monaro is an automobile that was produced by GM Holden Ltd, an Australian subsidiary of General Motors, between 1968 and 1977 and between 2001 and 2005...
  
   LS Coupe
• Monaro GTS coupe
• Monaro GTS sedan

The base model Monaro Coupe was not carried forward from the HQ series and the new range also saw the demise of the Monaro GTS350 Coupe and Sedan meaning that the imported Chevrolet

Chevrolet

Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...

 350 cubic inch (5.7 litre) V8 engine was no longer offered in any Holden model.
Commercial vehicle derivatives included coupe utility

Coupé utility

The coupé utility automobile body style, also known colloquially as the ute in Australia and New Zealand, combines a two-door "coupé" cabin with an integral cargo bed behind the cabin—using a light-duty passenger vehicle-derived platform....

, panel van

Panel van

A panel van is a form of solid van, smaller than a lorry or truck, without rear side windows...

 and cab chassis truck

Chassis cab

A chassis cab or cab chassis is a body style, and type of vehicle construction, often found in medium duty truck commercial vehicles.Instead of supplying the customer with a factory pre-assembled flatbed, cargo container, or other equipment - the customer is given the vehicle with just 'chassis'...

 models:

• Utility
• Kingswood utility
• Panel van
• One Tonner (cab chassis)

There were 2 x special vehicle packages available based upon various commercial vehicles:

• Sandman (option code XX7 (and XU3 added late 1975)) - available on Holden Utility (until early 1976) and Panel van and on Kingswood Utility. XU3 became the original XX7 late 1975 and from then onwards XX7 vehicles used passenger vehicle tyres.
• Ambulance (option code BO6) - available on Panel van and Cab Chassis.

The base model utility and panel van models did not carry the Belmont name which had been applied to their HQ series equivalents and they were marketed simply as the Holden utility and Holden panel van respectively while The Sandman variants were equipped with various features from the Monaro GTS models.

The cab/chassis model was marketed as the Holden One Tonner, which in base form still used its own unique front treatment introduced with the previous HQ

Holden HQ

The Holden HQ series is a range of automobiles that was produced by General Motors-Holden’s in Australia from 1971 to 1974. The HQ was released on 15 July 1971, replacing the Holden HG series...

 range, and would continue with the model until 1980. If a cab chassis or van was optioned as a BO6 (ambulance) it was fitted with the HJ Premier front and door trims.

Engines

2.8 litre and 3.3 litre inline six cylinder engines were available, as were 4.2 litre and 5.0 litre V8

V8 engine

A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes at a narrower angle, with all eight pistons driving a common crankshaft....

 units. The two Monaro GTS models were only offered with the eight cylinder engines.

Production

The Holden HJ was replaced by the Holden HX

Holden HX

The Holden HX is a range of automobiles which was produced by General Motors-Holden’s in Australia from 1976 to 1977.-Changes:The HX series was released in July 1976 and featured a range of models developed from those in the superseded Holden HJ range, which had been in production since 1974. The...

 series in July 1976, HJ production having totalled 176,202 vehicles.

Statesman HJ

• The Statesman HJ
  Statesman (automobile)
  Statesman was an automotive marque created in 1971 by General Motors Holden , the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. Statesman vehicles were sold through Holden dealerships, and were initially based on the mainstream Holden HQ station wagon platform, thereby providing more interior room and...
  
  range of long wheelbase luxury sedans developed from the Holden HJ series was also released in 1974. The two models in the range, the de Ville and the Caprice, were marketed as Statesmans rather than as Holdens.