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Posted on 03/30/2009 7:15:57 PM PDT by Steelfish
Fate of Hummer brand is hours away
March 30th, 2009 Matt Degen
In a day in which we’ve seen more than enough upheaval in Detroit, there comes this bit of news: The fate of GM’s Hummer brand is to be decided by Tuesday, and things aren’t exactly looking rosy.
According to an AP report, General Motors must decide by the end of the first quarter — that’s Tuesday — whether to sell the brand or let it die.
GM is reportedly still talking to buyers for the brand that made military-derived four-by-fours a common sight in Orange County, but no official word has been made.
According to AP’s report, it is possible that a Chinese automaker will buy the niche marquee.
The Associated Press reports: “The automaker has told dealers it will make an announcement about the brand’s future on Tuesday, but until then, GM will say only that it’s still negotiating with some interested parties.”
“We are cautiously optimistic,” about a sale, GM spokesman Nick Richards told AP, adding that the companies with which GM is talking are from “all different parts of the world.”
With GM on life support via federal bailout money and a push toward greener, more fuel-effecient vehicles, it’s no surprise the automaker wants to shed the Hummer brand, which has been on sale since June.
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We would probably be no worse off if congress was full of wig-wearing monkeys. We’ve got people who can’t wait to kill the preborn or the old, we’ve got people who can’t find the right hole to put their peckers, people who hate the people who founded this country, hate those who defend it, hate those who want to be able to defend themselves, and a bunch who think they deserve to have their asses kissed by us for taking our money and spending it however the hell they want.
In all my years of off roading in the mountains of California, I have only seen one Hummer off road, and I told him that he would not be able to proceed much further up the trail as his vehicle was too wide (unlike my Jeep) to negotiate the narrow trail ahead.
Reference bump! If I could fit the whole quote into my tagline I’d do it! ;-)
Nice tatas and a hummer?
It doesn’t get any better than this!!!
The best was an old Willys. Even with bald street tires, it could probably go more places.
“That’s Lake Positraction.” LOL! I hear ya.
The H2 is built under contract by AM General at a specially constructed plant in Mishawaka, Indiana, USA. Although it shares GM's GMT820 truck platform with the Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon, those vehicles differ in many ways and are constructed in three other GM plants. The H2's final frame assembly is made up of 3 sections: The front uses a modified GM 2500-Series utility frame, the mid-section is all new and is completely boxed, and the rear section uses a modified GM 1500-Series frame which is upgraded for the 8,600 pound (3629 kg) gross vehicle weight
A 60’s Landcruiser was pretty darn good.
“The H2’s and H3’s are standard chevy undercarriages”
Incorrect.
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He is correct ,, the H2 is a Suburban and the H3 is that Colorado thing ... The Hummer versions have a little less front and rear overhang but other than that everything else about their capabilities is pure Chevy .. Actually the Hummer variants with the ultrawide bodywork are damn near unusable offroad and their extra weight kills fuel economy and performance and lead to disastrous front-end failures in the Suburban/H2 models...
The only real Hummer is a H1 and even that pales in comparison to a lighter weight bare bones “real” Hummer from AM General.
If you want a real off-roader get a Rover or a Land Bruiser... leave the pretenders back at the Hummer dealership.
Had a boyhood friend (in 1950’s) whose family’s farm had a resident, WWII, GI Jeep. We would take it out in the Spring, just when it’s thawing and raining. The farm was in a bottom and was then a peanut-butter-consistency mud pit. That old jeep struggled mightily and, if it got in too deep, we’d just heave to, and lift her out. Great machine. My best 4wd for the rough was the Land Rover, all 52 hoursepower of her.
The best was an old Willys. Even with bald street tires, it could probably go more places.
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Those were REAL good ,, my great uncle had a 57 Willys wagon (like a sport ute) with the flathead 6 and 3 speed ,, I used that all over VT and NH ,, it would go anywhere (had nice fresh retread snows) and that engine was ideal for creeping.
I have a 19 year old Cherokee that has never failed to get me and my equipment to whatever peak I had to occupy.
Ain't democRat politics grand?
” a push toward greener, more fuel-effecient vehicles”
They will lose me as a customer if they intend to build that kind of crap!
Oh, come now! We would be FAR BETTER OFF if congress was comprised of wig-wearing monkeys because they would stand around jabbering all day, but wouldn't pass any laws. This nation has enough laws on the books to last another two millennia. Things would be much better if we repealed the bad laws and enacted a prohibition on new laws.
I was trying to be somewhat generous to the current circus.
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had the same experiences in MI, watched many a hummer (including h1s) turn around and go back while i kept going in my jeep.
gimme a jeep any day over an h1, for 1/4 the cost i can build a jeep that’ll do everything an h1 can do, and an awful lot they can’t.
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