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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Boggert on February 26, 2010, 10:06:40
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Hummer brand to die
General Motors' Hummer brand will be wound-down following an unsuccessful attempt to sell it to Chinese firm Sichuan Tengzhong Industrial Machines Co. Ltd. (Tengzhong).
The Hummer brand has always courted controversy, chiefly from environmental protesters who questioned the validity of the huge gas-guzzling 4x4s.
Even the Chinese government seems to agree, it not willing to help Tengzhong in its bid to buy the American brand.
John Smith, GM's vice president of corporate and planning alliances said: "we are disappointed that the deal with Tengzhong could not be completed."
GM has stated it will continue to honour Hummer warranties and provide service support and spare parts to its worldwide customers.
Until the announcement, Hummer produced the H2 and H3 production models for sale in the UK.
The £50,000 Hummer H2 is powered by a 6.2-litre V8 engine, which offers a combined fuel consumption figure of just 16.2mpg and 412g/km of CO2.
http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/25022010/36/hummer-brand-die-0.html
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YEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dance:
You won't be saying that when "the foreigners" stop making the Defender !.
The death of any 4x4 brand is sad news.
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It's only the h2 and h3 which have been stopped. The h1 went out of production in 2006 and the HMMVV is still in production in the USA.
Neither the h2 or h3 were anything special, they were just rebodied chevvies.