What Australian company began as a saddlery business in 1856 and produced the first "Australian Car" in 1948?

Question

Who was born in Cowley, Oxfordshire, and in Oxford built and sold bicycles, motorcycles and, in 1912, his first car, the Morris Oxford?

Answer 1

Holden
The design of the first Holden, the "48-215" and unofficially called the "FX" and marketed simply as the "Holden" was based on a previously rejected post-war Chevrolet proposal.