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Save HUMMER Summit Still Planned in Chicago Sunday
General Motors announced to its HUMMER dealers on April 6th that their search for a company to take over the brand was unsuccessful and a wind-down of HUMMER operations would soon begin. That news isn’t slowing down an attempt to save the HUMMER brand in Chicago on Sunday for the “Save HUMMER Motors in America [...]
Continue reading...Dear Senator: Save HUMMER, Save 3000 Jobs
8. April 2010
In a time of deep economic recession it would only be responsible for our elected officials to do everything in their power to preserve American jobs. Combined, the U.S. Treasury and the U.A.W. own 77.5% of General Motors (60% and 17.5%, respectively), who’s corporate leadership failed to complete a deal with the Chinese under bizarre [...]
Continue reading...GM Turned Down Credible American Buyer for HUMMER Brand. Twice.
8. April 2010
General Motors reportedly had two credible offers from American company Raser Technologies to purchase the HUMMER brand prior to its decision to shut down the brand completely. One before GM decided to proceed with a deal to China’s Tengzhong and one after that deal fell apart. While neither anyone at GM or Raser has been [...]
Continue reading...GM to Wind Down HUMMER After Unsuccessful Buyer Search
6. April 2010
GM announced privately to its dealers this morning via conference call that it would begin the wind-down process of the HUMMER brand after an exhaustive search to find a buyer was unsuccessful. According to dealers we spoke with, GM indicated they would soon receive letters containing the announcement and an explanation of the wind-down process. [...]
Continue reading...HUMMER Sale Looking Unlikely
6. April 2010
While many of us were hoping for a last-minute miracle to save the HUMMER brand, signs from Detroit are indicating that HUMMER production will soon cease indefinitely. GM is maintaining that HUMMER is in the wind-down process, though when pushed for confirmation that they were still evaluating offers, GM would not offer comment – a [...]
Continue reading...American Team Narrowly Misses Top 10 Finish in African Offroad Race
1. April 2010
No GPS, no cell phones, and no binoculars – just an old set of maps, some compasses, and a stock H3 off the lot. That’s what Team Miller Fisher had to work with as the only U.S. competitors in the all women Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles held in Morocco, and they still managed to finish [...]
Continue reading...Goodyear DuraTrac Tires in the Water & Mud
30. March 2010
After the drought in Central Texas last year, finding anything but a dry dusty field was hard to come by – but later in the season, we tracked down some low-lying areas to give the project truck’s Goodyear DuraTrac tires a chance to let loose in the mud and water. As a reminder, you always [...]
Continue reading...GM Revisiting Four Chinese HUMMER Offers
25. March 2010
At least four Chinese companies were contacted by General Motors just days after their announcement in February to sell the HUMMER brand, according to Reuters. All four had been in discussions on the HUMMER brand previously, but only two were interested in the entire brand – the other two were only interested in tooling and [...]
Continue reading...Top GM Exec: No Progress on HUMMER Deal
18. March 2010
GM is not currently in active talks with any buyers for the HUMMER brand according to Tim Lee, GM’s president of international operations said Thursday in Shanghai. “If we have something to be talking about positively with Hummer, believe me we’d be talking about it,” said Lee. Lee indicated that after the deal to sell [...]
Continue reading...H3 Takes on Nurburgring HUMMER Style
9. March 2010
When it comes to lap-times in a sports car, perhaps no other race track in the world is more famous than the Nurburgring in Germany, also known simply as “The Ring.” Manufacturers and Media come from all over the world in order to test their vehicles against the clock, and thus every car that has [...]
Continue reading...HUMMER Plant Coming Back Online to Fill 849-Unit Fleet Order
8. March 2010
Even though HUMMER’s future is in doubt right now, that didn’t stop one fleet company from ordering 849 HUMMERs to be built at Shreveport’s H3/H3T production plant. GM wouldn’t release any info on who the mystery fleet company is, but rental-car companies are often top of mind with large, factory-direct orders. GM had previously shut [...]
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11. April 2010
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