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The 'last' Holden made in Australia has sold at auction for $750,000.

The red Commodore V8 sedan wasn't the very last car to roll off the general assembly line at the South Adelaide plant in October 2017 but it was the "last body to leave the bodyshop and enter/exit the paintshop". It's also understood to have the very last serial number given to an Australian-made Holden.

Bidding for the 2017 Holden VF Series II SSV Redline started at $305,000 yesterday and after half an hour escalated to more than ten times the 2017 showroom cost of $65,000.

The winning bid was placed by an avid Holden collector on the East Coast.

While the 2017 Holden HSV GTSR W1 Maloo Ute, also auctioned today, broke the record for Australia's most expensive road registerable muscle car.

It sold under the hammer at Lloyds Auctions for $1,050,000.

"There were three bidders that bid over $1 million on the Maloo Ute with two of them being Holden enthusiasts, however the winning bidder is a group specialising in raffling off unique cars, so I don't think it will be the last time we see this car," Chief Operations Officer, Lee Hames, said.

"The two new owners of these vehicles are extremely excited to have been the successful bidders of these cars in the 4-hour auction today," he said.

The real last Australian-made red Commodore V8 is actually owned by General Motors and is currently on display in the National Motor Museum, located in Birdwood, approximately 50km north-east of Adelaide.

Three people were taken to hospital and several others were injured after a fight broke out in the carpark at Perth's Crown Casino last night.

Police say 70 people were involved in the affray, with photographs showing two people standing on cars as security guards appeared to watch on.

Injuries ranged from black eyes, to broken bones and bleeding on the brain – all in front of young children.

"The kids saw their dads getting pulled into this group and beaten so they were absolutely distraught," a witness told 9News.

A newly married couple, who don't want their faces shown, told 9News they were on tour buses with their wedding guests when they were ambushed.

"It was horrendous – there were people on the ground getting kicked, their heads stomped, it was disgusting," they said.

Multiple cars were trashed, with mirrors snapped off and used as weapons.

"It appears that both groups arrived intoxicated, both were alleged to be on these so called party busses," WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson said.

Today WA's top cop called for a crack down on the party bus industry.

"Those operators… I am putting you straight on notice right now," Com. Dawson said.

"If you're going to continue operating these businesses in this way, you'll find there is a police car following you — and your patrons will get very strong police action."

He's pushing for party bus operators and their drivers to be liable for criminal charges.

"[I'm] not trying to be anti party but this is violence, this is not partying," Com. Dawson said.