Claim: The Holden EK was made for a year only, it was a mid-size car made by GM with a 6-cylinder engine and it had the first automatic transmission in a Holden, and just over 150,000 were made.
Evidence: The Holden EK series is a motor vehicle produced by Holden in Australia from 1961 to 1962. Mid-size Holden (General Motors) Like the FB series, all EK models were powered by a 138 cubic inches (2,260 cc) inline six-cylinder engine, commonly referred to (due to its paint colour) as a "grey motor" having been bored out .061 inches (1.5 mm) over the 3-inch (76 mm) bore of earlier models, producing 75 bhp (56 kW). The only significant mechanical change from the FB was the introduction of the first automatic transmission to be offered on a Holden. After a production run of 150,214 vehicles, the EK was replaced by the Holden EJ series in July 1962.