Last vehicle rolls off production line as Australian car manufacturing ends

The Holden production line in northern Adelaide has shut down for the last time, ending 69 years of Australian-made car manufacturing.

Workers posed for photos with the final car made as they marked the plant's closure.

The Elizabeth plant opened in 1963 and at its peak, between June 2003 and July 2005, produced 780 vehicles per day, including the VY Commodore, the Adventra, Crewman, Caprice and Statesman, ABC News reports.

In its final year it produced 175 cars a day.

Holden enthusiasts have lined the street outside the Elizabeth factory.

Shilane Quist brought her Holden Torana to show support for the workers and their families.

"I'm just proud that Elizabeth has got something like this, and it's very sad it'll be closing today," she said.

Robert McPharlin parked his ute outside the Elizabeth factory to say "thank you to the workers [and] show that I like their product".

"It's more about the celebration of an icon that's coming to an end," he said.

"It's a celebration of the workers that actually built these fabulous cars. It's just really sad that it has to all end."

Holden said the decommissioning of the factory was expected to take about 18 months.

It said it was time to "celebrate with Australia, not commiserate".

It is the last day of work for up to 950 staff members at Elizabeth, with 800 having left since the company's 2013 announcement that it was withdrawing from Australian manufacturing.