• What a bummer: GM kills off Hummer after China sale falls through
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[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61N5XE20100224[/url] [quote]General Motors Co GM.UL will wind down its iconic but tarnished Hummer brand after Chinese regulators rejected a $150 million bid by an obscure Chinese machinery maker to buy the money-losing SUV line. China GM had been trying to complete the deal by the end of February after reaching a definitive agreement in October to sell Hummer to Tengzhong, a little-known heavy machinery company based in Sichuan province. The collapse of the deal represents another setback for GM, which had been working to shed unprofitable brands and focus on its four core brands -- Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC -- after emerging from bankruptcy in July. Closure of Hummer would put about 3,000 jobs at stake, including manufacturing workers, dealers, staff members, and other areas, GM spokesman Nick Richards said. The brand has 153 U.S. dealers.[/quote] [img]http://imgur.com/jxfQi.jpg[/img] [I]And nothing of value was lost.[/I]
Hummers are total chick cars anyway, and have become a symbol of upper-class arrogance. Glad to see them gone.
I think cars are for fat people, I prefer bikes.
Good. I am so sick of seeing them on the road. Hummers should stick with the Army only.
Hummers are for people who have nothing in their trousers.
I wonder if that means they're going to stop making them for the U.S military.
[QUOTE=TwinkieHouse;20417872]Good. I am so sick of seeing them on the road. Hummers should stick with the Army only.[/QUOTE] Army men are pathetic idiots, they'd most likely end up damaging it, better to let them go out and get killed instead of getting killed w/ the car. [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("gimmick" - GunFox))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=TwinkieHouse;20417872]Good. I am so sick of seeing them on the road. Hummers should stick with the Army only.[/QUOTE] Humvees, the army is starting to replace them anyway seeing as they're getting completely destroyed by IEDS and heavy weapons fire (50 cal. ect). Army is starting to replace them with MRAP vehicles. However i do see a lot of Hummer H3's being used for recruitment - they got custom decals on them, in the back they have a plasma tv with a high end stereo system, xboxs and dvd players. Personally i think some of the hummers are cool. But most people don't even use them to their full capabilities.
[QUOTE=MR-X;20417975]Humvees, the army is starting to replace them anyway seeing as they're get completely destroyed by IEDS and heavy weapons fire (50 cal. ect). Army is starting to replace them with MRAP vehicles. Personally i think some of the hummers are cool. But most people don't even use them to their full capabilities.[/QUOTE] The later hummers are expensive utilitarian vehicles dressed up with tonka body kits and the first one was half decent but way too expensive, big, and heavy The hummer served no particular purpose aside from looking posh and chugging fuel
H1 was the only model that was actually good. If you live in a ditch but have more cash that Wayne Rooney that is.
They'll come out with something worse.
That has to be the ugliest Hummer i have ever seen. Also H1 was awesome, never really like the H2 or H3
[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;20418058]They'll come out with something worse.[/QUOTE] Hummer goes sea! Hummer B1 is the new luxury boat dressed up as a 300-foot destroyer.
I never understood why they killed off Pontiac first but not Hummer. In the end they lost a shitty brand later and lost a good brand off the bat.
[QUOTE=Exploits;20418210]I never understood why they killed off Pontiac first but not Hummer. In the end they lost a shitty brand later and lost a good brand off the bat.[/QUOTE] Since shutting down Ponatiac gave them bigger savings than cutting down Hummer and their range of 1 car.
[QUOTE=evilking1;20418247]Since shutting down Ponatiac gave them bigger savings than cutting down Hummer and their range of 1 car.[/QUOTE] Yes but Pontiac was the one brand they had left which was still producing actual cars instead of damned min-vans, SUV's, Trucks, and what have you. Granted they still were, but not in excess. Could've cut Hummer, seen how things went, then cut GMC or Cadillac even. I dunno, I'm obviously no corporate moghul, I just feel they could've done things differently and spared Pontiac.
The only cool Hummer to drive is the H1, and it has to be a decommissioned military vehicle that gets 3 miles to the gallon, re inflating tires, a snorkel, and mounting area for a .50
The new hummers are nothing more than giant gas hogs
Wait a minute, that title is a pun
[QUOTE=Disagree Man;20417914]Army men are pathetic idiots, they'd most likely end up damaging it, better to let them go out and get killed instead of getting killed w/ the car.[/QUOTE] You live up to your name.
The H3 was a piece of shit, and even though they said it could off-road, I've only heard that it can't go off-road. They're turning it into a fake as crap, way over-priced fraud of a car and the only people who use it are smug about them having such a "Beast of a land vehicle".
[QUOTE=Sethorion;20417905]I wonder if that means they're going to stop making them for the U.S military.[/QUOTE] They stopped making hummers, not humvees.
[QUOTE=CommieTurtle;20418933]They stopped making hummers, not humvees.[/QUOTE] Humvees aren't even made by GM. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM_General[/url]
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;20417820]Hummers are total chick cars anyway, and have become a symbol of upper-class arrogance. Glad to see them gone.[/QUOTE] Im sorry but the Hummer h1 is pure badass (military ones too) [IMG]http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-ghi/Hummer-H1-Snow-Turn-Headlights-1024x768.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.militarypictures.info/d/183-3/US_Hummer_SF.jpg[/IMG] THe ones that people hate are the H2 and H3
Yeah i love the H1, shame it has to go.
Shame it uh ended production four years ago so you won't see it much anyway
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;20417820]Hummers are total chick cars anyway, and have become a symbol of upper-class arrogance. Glad to see them gone.[/QUOTE] Someone's bitter.
rest in peace you big, shitty car
When I was little, I use to think to myself "GOD! HUMMERS ARE SO COOL!" then I realized...I like my money..
Now what are drug dealers going to drive?
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