Holden has announced the Commodore will be pulled from Australian showrooms 12 months from now – three years after switching to an imported model following the end of local manufacturing in 2017.

It will bring to an end 42 years of the Holden Commodore name, which lasted even longer than the iconic Holden Kingswood.

It is a dramatic fall from grace for the former Aussie favourite that was the nation’s top-selling car for a record 15 years in a row, from 1996 to the end of 2011.

Next year will be the last for the Holden Commodore.

However, the writing was on the wall for the Commodore a decade ago as buyers shifted to small cars, SUVs and utes – as family and fleet sedans became passe.