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Corporate HUMMER Team Hits the Trails

No matter what your job is at HUMMER’s corporate office, annual off-road training at AM General’s training grounds is essential. Today, HUMMER’s design, product planning, and marketing teams are all hitting the trails in South Bend, IN – where as of noon today, the temperature was 7 degrees with a …

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HUMMER Knockoff or Competitor?

If you happen to be at the Dubai Motor Show next week, be sure to stop by and check out the newest HUMMER knockoff from an automaker you’ve never heard of. Abu Dhabi based Alanqa Motor Company will use the venue to introduce their company and their vehicles to the …

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New HUMMER Racing Video from the 2009 Baja 1000

Racing by insane pedestrians, passing slow-moving FJ Cruisers, avoiding giant boulders in the road, nudging slow-moving opponents with the front push bar, navigating through narrow trails next to dangerous cliffs – it was all part of HUMMER’s latest winning Baja 1000 run, and all in the latest video from Rod …

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HUMMER Holiday Helpers

It’s the season of giving, and HUMMER owners and organizations are giving back to their local communities in a variety of ways. Below the jump you will find just some of the initiatives of a HUMMER community near you. If your HUMMER organization would like to be added to the …

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Revisiting the HUMMER H3T Concept

Five years before the production version of the H3T came to market, and two years before the H3 came to the market, HUMMER showed off a two-door pickup truck concept called the H3T. It had many of the styling cues that would eventually find their way into the production version …

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Live Video: Bob Lutz’s Speech at the LA Auto Show

Bob Lutz stepped in to deliver GM’s keynote speech Wednesday from the LA Auto Show after the automaker ousted its CEO Fritz Henderson on Tuesday. After a lengthy intro, Lutz announced that he would not be taking any questions about the “real story” behind Henderson’s departure, and joked that everyone …

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HUMMER Purchase Approval Unlikely This Week

HUMMER’s self imposed goal of wrapping up the brand’s sale to Chinese company Tengzhong this week is unlikely to be fulfilled. In November, HUMMER CEO Jim Taylor said that approval process was expected to take four to six weeks, and the week of December 1st would mark week six. According …

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Fritz Henderson Stepping Down as GM CEO

Details are just now coming that General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson will step down from his post, and Ed Whitacre will act as interim President and CEO. Whitacre held a live press conference Tuesday afternoon and read a prepared statement with the news. According to officials at the Treasury Department …

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HUMMER HX Video Game Debut in DiRT2

HUMMER’s are known for their strong performances in off-road races in real life, and now they’re becoming more and more common in off-road video games. We’ve seen H1s, H2s, and H3s in video games before – but the HUMMER HX makes its video game debut in DiRT 2, the newest …

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Five HUMMER Things to be Thankful For

Whether you’re a HUMMER owner, enthusiast, or future owner, there’s plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. A year ago, HUMMER fans were smack in the middle of GM’s “Strategic Review” of the brand, which actually provided more questions than answers about HUMMERs future. Just in the last 60 days, …

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