Hummer, after a failed attempted salvation at the hands of the Chinese, begins its shutdown.
Hummer, after a failed attempted salvation at the hands of the Chinese, begins its shutdown.
The boys at Back To The Futurama – which sounds like a combo of the best time-travel movie franchise and a great cartoon series – have taken a Hummer H2 and pimped it out to a Hoover Car.
We can pretty much figure out why Hummer lost all of it’s sale audience – rising gas prices, the green/hybrid trend and a failing economy.
What happens when you take a Hummer H3, strap 4 Caterpillar snow treads in place of the wheels and take it to Nurburgring? It gives the almost-diseased brand one last great ride.
This is the end, my only Hummer friend, the end. Bad news for those who love the H make. Hummer’s sale to China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. has failed, and GM is liquidating the brand.
Via The New York Times: Hostility from Chinese regulators and bank financing problems have raised two potentially insurmountable obstacles to plans by an obscure Chinese machinery company to buy General Motors’s Hummer division, people close to the negotiations said on Tuesday.
After this year, The Pentagon has decided they will no longer purchase Humvee’s as their escort vehicles or military mini-tanks.
Hummer, the brand that even General Motors and the eco-terrorists couldn’t kill, is going ahead with its sale to the Chinese. But for now, don’t expect to get a word from the SUV maker.
I don’t know what gets under my skin more – entitled, power-crazed “peace” officers or entitled, white college kids with smart mouths.
Yes, Hummer is still around for the time being