To Australia, Commodores are and always will be more than just cars.
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The age-old classic has a special place in many a car enthusiasts' heart, however on Monday the Commodore ran its final lap.
Many have grown up loving Commodores, including Launceston's Jason Brown.
"I've been a Holden fan all my life and a Commodore fan just as long," Mr Brown said.
"When my father started getting into cars I got into to them at the same time."
Mr Brown owns three Commodores: a 2000 model, 2002 and the new RS wagon, which marks the end of an era.
His wife Michelle also owns a gold V2 Commodore.
She said she wasn't really into Commodore's until her husband's love for the car rubbed off on her.
His first Commodore was a VH that he looked after when he was 15, before he could even drive.
"I wish I'd never sold it, but I did," he said.
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For Mr Brown, the gradual decline in sales for the Commodore started when more car brand began to enter the V8 Supercars.
"I think it hurt the Commodore a lot ... with V8 Australian touring car championships - whatever won on Sunday sold on Monday and then all of a sudden things start to evolve and change," he said.
"Volvo came in, Mercedes came in and it just blew everything open, which was a good thing for the sport.
"As I'm a Holden fan there's only so much Red Bull you can see winning all the time so they actually make it interesting.
"It's good now that the Mustangs have come in but with that Australia's hurt as far as the Commodore goes."
For Mr Brown, Holden's move offshore also spelled the end of the beloved sedan.
You've got a V6, a V8 and the new one is a four-cylinder turbo ... it's sort of backwards ... you can see how the muscles gone out of it.
- Jason Brown
"When Holden went offshore, as we all know sales went down in the new RS and that was it," he said.
"To compare the two Commodores on the sides to the one in the middle is like chalk and cheese.
"You've got a V6, a V8 and the new one is a four-cylinder turbo ... it's sort of backwards ... you can see how the muscles gone out of it."
As far as his favourite Commodore era goes, Mr Brown said nothing beats the Peter Brock era.
"With [Peter] Brock I don't think there'd be a Commodore and everything still kept going after what happened there," Mr Brown said.
"The last of the VF were also great."
More than three million Commodores have been sold since the model first launched in 1978. It was Australia's best-selling car for 15 straight years until 2010.
