Holden has announced up to 270 jobs will go from its South Australia Elizabeth plant next month, citing a reduction in demand for locally made cars.
The plant will reduce production from 290 to 240 cars per day as of May 25, leading to more than 250 redundancies, Holden director of communications Sean Poppitt says.
"This move better aligns production with demand and supports our plan of continuing to build world-class cars in Adelaide until the end of 2017," Mr Poppitt said in a statement on Monday.
"As previously announced, Holden's manufacturing operations will wind down on a sliding scale to ensure an orderly transition."
Wakefield MP Nick Champion described the redundancies as a terrible blow for Holden workers and component makers across the automotive industry.
"The proposed reduction in manufacturing from 290 to 240 cars per day is likely to have flow on impacts for the component industry," the Labor MP said in a statement on Monday.
General Motors Holden announced last year that they will stop making vehicles by the end of 2017 - ending 65 years of building cars in Australia.
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