Rod Hall Racing, formerly “Team HUMMER,” will be returning to this year’s Baja 1000 race with a HUMMER in their fleet. Rod Hall, Sam Edgar, and Emily Miller will all take turns behind the wheel of the #861 H1 in the Stock Full Class. Hall brothers Josh and Chad will …
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American Team Narrowly Misses Top 10 Finish in African Offroad Race
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 …
Read More »HUMMER: It’s Not Over Yet
GM announced Wednesday their plans to wind down the HUMMER brand after a failed attempt to unload the brand to a Chinese company – but for those quick to jump on the “R.I.P HUMMER” band wagon, here are a couple things to consider. First, HUMMER’s wind-down process is going to …
Read More »Financing, Regulatory Obstacles Surface in HUMMER Deal
(Updated 12:02 ET — Bloomberg is now reporting that GM has “failed to win approval from Chinese regulators to sell its Hummer brand to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co.” At this point as the news is breaking, we think its important to note that we’ve heard no official word …
Read More »U.S. Team Entering HUMMER H3 in Moroccan Offroad Race
No Cell Phones. No GPS. No trail support crew. Many offroad racers would say, “no thanks,” to such a race, but two American women are up to the challenge and traveling to Morocco in a few weeks to take on the Rally of the Gazelles – the only all-women offroad …
Read More »HUMMER Brand Sale On Track & Stage 10 Dakar Update
While we’ve been spending most of our time covering Team HUMMER and Robby Gordon’s trek at the Dakar race, we haven’t brought you much in regards to General Motor’s plans to unload the HUMMER brand to China’s Sichuan Tengzhong – mainly because there haven’t been any updates other than GM’s …
Read More »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, …
Read More »HUMMER Race Trucks at 2009 SEMA Show
The SEMA show was the first time we got to see Robby Gordon’s Dakar HUMMER H3 in person (and Robby, for that matter). While it more closely resembles an unlimited class race buggy, it still uses several H3 design cues. More closely representative of a stock HUMMER H3 is Rod …
Read More »HUMMER to Refocus Brand on Capabilities, Resume Racing Contracts
HUMMER’s appearance at the 2009 SEMA show will be a defining moment for the off-road brand which becomes independent of parent company General Motors in the next few months. HUMMER will be showcasing four vehicles at the SEMA show this week, all focused on recreation and off-road performance. In addition …
Read More »Be the First to Drive the HUMMER HX Concept!
Even though the HUMMER HX is a just concept vehicle, ever since its debut in Detroit in 2008 its garnered worldwide attention and is largely believed to be an indication of where the HUMMER brand is going in the future. Now fans will be able to drive the HUMMER HX …
Read More »HUMMER to Compete in Australian Off Road Race
After HUMMER’s sponsorship of Rod Hall Racing ended in early 2009, several of the famous race trucks were put up on the auction block, including the SUT that we rode along in during the Terrible Town 250 in 2008. The HUMMER SUT ended up in Aussie hands, and the new …
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