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Hummer is a brand of off-road vehicles currently produced on platforms owned by General Motors. Originally owned by AM General, the brand began selling the Hummer, a civilian version of the military-spec HUMVEE, in 1992. GM bought the Hummer name in 1998 and renamed the model the H1 before adding two more smaller models called the H2 and H3. Hummer models became a symbol of environmental irresponsibility because of their poor fuel economy, and the brand was one of the first to be offered for sale by GM before the automaker entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2009. The brand's sale to a Chinese company is now pending approval from the Chinese government.

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The Baja 1000 - and Hummer vs. Toyota - has been decided 29 days ago on Autoblog

The 672.85-mile-long Baja 1000 race is over, and 328 starters were boiled down to just a handful of winners in various classes. The premier events were taken by Andy and Scott McMillin in the trophy truck category, in a modded Chevrolet Silverado. Andy won the race three years ago as a year ago ...

REPORT: Hummer getting plans in order for H4 and H5 models 1 month ago on Autoblog

As a brand, Hummer has been in limbo since General Motors announced it was selling the downtrodden marque to China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. Ltd. Speculation remains that the sale could be completed on or around December 1, pending approval from GM and the Chinese ...

Hummer grinds gears: production of 2010 H3 and H3T resumes 1 month ago on Autoblog

Although the Hummer sale isn't officially official – which is to say, the Chinese authorities haven't told Tengzhong "Proceed!" – it is official enough that GM has restarted production of the 2010 H3 and H3T at its Shreveport, LA plant. General Motors didn't want to be stuck with ...

Not Done Yet: Hummer H3, H3T get biofuel capability, new colors for 2010 1 month ago on Autoblog

Can a Hummer be green? The brand that most obviously represents American excess in the minds of environmentalists – though Hummer's vehicles aren't actually worse than any other large SUV – has seemingly been fighting off its negative stigma since shortly after the introduction of ...

SEMA 2009: Hummer quartet is a pretty sweet swansong 1 month ago on Autoblog

We almost skipped the Hummer section of the General Motors booth this year at SEMA, concentrating instead on the plethora of Chevrolet Camaro concepts all around them. When we went back for a second look at the day's new design for the Graphics Camaro, we saw the truck above and figured we ...

Shreveport, LA mayor lobbies D.C. to close the HUMMER deal, already 2 months ago on Autoblog

Cedric Glover, the mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, went to Washington, D.C. to plead his case for the sale of Hummer to Tengzhong. The only thing is, we're not sure why he went. To be more precise, we do know that he wants to protect jobs at GM's Shreveport plant that builds Hummers. The plant ...

AM General to build VPG MV-1 people-mover at Hummer H2 factory 2 months ago on Autoblog

Remember the Standard Taxi from the Vehicle Production Group? It's now called the MV-1, and production is slated to begin next year at the AM General plant in Mishawaka, Indiana. That's the same assembly location where the Hummer H2 is built, which makes sense since the MV-1 is based on the same ...

Recork the Champagne? China says Hummer paperwork not submitted yet 2 months ago on Autoblog

Last week, it was reported that General Motors had signed a definitive agreement to sell Hummer to Chinese machinery manufacturer Tengzhong. The Chinese company and its partner in the deal, Lumena Resources Corp., would pay $150 million and receive Hummer and its intellectual property, ownership ...

Top 10 Hummer Moments in History 2 months ago on Autoblog

Ah, Hummer. We hardly knew ye. Well, we actually knew ye real well, but we just stopped liking you. Most of us, anyhow. Still, we have some pretty fond memories. Like when you and General Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf gave us great hope during the first Gulf War. And we loved when Arnold ...

BREAKING: GM officially sells Hummer to China's Sichuan Tengzhong 2 months ago on Autoblog

General Motors has reached an agreement to offload Hummer onto China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, with Tengzhong taking an 80 percent stake and a private investor consuming the rest. Details on the deal (available in the press release after the jump) include Hummer contacting ...

REPORT: GM close to offloading Hummer for as little as $150 million 2 months ago on Autoblog

Not so many years ago, Hummer appeared to be one of General Motors' most potentially lucrative brands. Now, the fallen brand looks poised to fall into the hands of the Chinese very soon. Bloomberg is reporting that a deal to sell Hummer could be finalized in the coming days as Sichuan Tengzhong ...

REPORT: Chinese-owned Hummer to keep headquarters in southeast Michigan 3 months ago on Autoblog

With General Motors selling its Hummer operations to China's Tengzhong, there had been some concern that the embattled state of Michigan would lose even more jobs if the SUV brand's home base would move either overseas or out of state. But according to Reuters, that doesn't look like it's going ...

Burned-out Hummer limo spotted during wildfires in California 3 months ago on Autoblog

Cause or effect? While driving home from Supercar Sunday at VCR, we spotted this burned out Hummer H2 limo on the side of the road near the heart of the wildfires in Southern California. Was this behemoth the cause of, or alternatively, a victim of the fires? Perhaps neither. It may have just ...

Potential deal points leaked concerning Tengzhong's purchase of Hummer 3 months ago on Autoblog

As the Opel transaction takes on Biblical intrigue, the Hummer exchange goes on in another dark corner, laboriously, like the gestation of an elephant. The latest report from a Chinese news website states that General Motors and Tengzhong "might sign an agreement" this week, but that strikes us ...

St. Louis-area dealer thinks Hummers and firearms go together like Smith & Wesson 4 months ago on Autoblog

Peanut butter and jelly. Burgers and fries. Hummers and, um, handguns? That's right, where else but in the good ol' U. S. of A. could such necessary staples of everyday life be bundled together under one roof? Like many other Hummer dealers, Jim Lynch, the man behind Lynch Hummer of ...

REPORT: Tengzhong deal for Hummer expected to close in Q3 4 months ago on Autoblog

Slowly clearing one obstacle after another, Tengzhong is closer to sealing the deal to buy Hummer from General Motors. Chinese reports have come almost completely around, from the nearly certain "No" of a few months ago to "the Chinese government has little to lose giving the green light." Chinese ...

HUMMER hanging on: Tengzhong in talks with Chinese government to clear sale 5 months ago on Autoblog

Chinese National Radio recently reported that Tengzhong wouldn't be allowed to purchase Hummer due to environmental concerns. The company released a statement after that news broke saying that while there was no "definitive agreement," the CNR report wasn't based on facts from the government ...

eBay Find of the Day: Hummer H1 gets beaten with aerodynamic ugly stick 5 months ago on Autoblog

It takes a special talent to infantilize the brute strength of a Hummer H1, but someone's gone and done it with an oddly swoopy redesign. One of only two made (yes, there is another), this unique Hummer features a custom hood and front bumper, as well as a multi-section removable roof should ...

Autoblog Comparo: Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon vs. Hummer H3T 5 months ago on Autoblog

Last year, we compared the dirtside manners of the Hummer H2 and Toyota Land Cruiser. Both trucks did everything we asked of them, but at the end of the excursion we were left with another question begging to be answered: could the Hummer H3T stand up to the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon? ...

Hummer buyer to start talks with Chinese gov't to win sale? 5 months ago on Autoblog

China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, the company that recently surfaced as the top bidder for Hummer, is about to start talks with Chinese regulators to secure the deal. While General Motors has a tentative agreement with Tengzhong, the two companies have yet to receive the state's ...

REPORT: China to block HUMMER sale to Tengzhong 6 months ago on Autoblog

- General Motors' pending deal to offload its unwanted HUMMER brand may have hit a major snag. Although no official word has come from the Ministry of Commerce or the National Development and Reform Commission, state-run radio organizations are reporting that the Chinese government will indeed ...

Critics from China berate proposed HUMMER sale, rekindled automaker could be based in Nashville 6 months ago on Autoblog

- As Chinese media outlets continue to voice derision over GM's agreement to sell its unwanted HUMMER division to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co., there are real questions as to whether or not the Chinese government will even approve of the purchase. State-run media outlet ...

Red Cross HUMMER H3 wildfire photo reproduced on postage stamp 6 months ago on Autoblog

HUMMER's relationship with the American Red Cross extends back to 2005 when the SUV manufacturer first began supplying the agency with donated trucks for use in the disaster-stricken areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This relationship has been ongoing ever since, and in 2007, Brad ...

REPORT: Sichuan Tengzhong to finalize Hummer deal in third quarter, keep U.S. production? 6 months ago on Autoblog

According to Automotive News, the deal between General Motors and Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery to offload Hummer should be complete by October. A statement made by STHIM's general manager, Yang Yi, further suggests that the Chinese company has no plans to export Hummer's ...

Is selling Hummer the morally correct thing to do? [w/POLL] 6 months ago on Autoblog

General Motors' potential sale of Hummer to Tengzhong is probably good news for those interested in seeing the company return to independent and profitable status as quickly as possible. The move should see enable GM to shed the negative political and social association of the star-crossed SUV ...

Dealer still pitching cars from the afterlife? 6 months ago on Autoblog

On April 8, 50-year-old Charles P. Dimmick died doing what he loved to do: watching his favorite driver, Jeff Gordon, run in the Phoenix round of NASCAR. Dimmick was also the marketing manager at Lund Cadillac Hummer Saab in Phoenix, and if you believe the person who wrote his obituary, he also ...

Chinese government unlikely to approve Hummer purchase deal? 6 months ago on Autoblog

According to a report from Bloomberg, state-owned Chinese news agency Shanghai Securities News is predicting that it is unlikely the Chinese government will approve the purchase of Hummer from General Motors by Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. Why? Apparently, China actually wants ...

REPORT: Independent Hummer sees alt-fuel model within five years, still looking at H4 6 months ago on Autoblog

Now that General Motors has all but officially offloaded the HUMMER brand to Chinese machinery and equipment manufacturer Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company Ltd., the next logical question is where does the brand go from here? Perhaps the best person to answer that question ...

Top 7 Good Cars From "Bad GM" 6 months ago on Autoblog

General Motors makes more than a few world-class automobiles. As true as that statement may be, that alone wasn't enough to stall the automaker's steady decline – fueled as it may have been by the global economic downturn – into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. To expedite GM's return to ...

UPDATE: Hummer reportedly purchased by Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer [w/POLL] 6 months ago on Autoblog

According to sources at The New York Times, General Motors' Hummer division has been sold to a machinery company in western China. That company, Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company Ltd., presently doesn't build automobiles, it is known for making construction and maintenance ...

Officially Official: General Motors reaches tentative agreement to sell Hummer 6 months ago on Autoblog

As expected, General Motors has announced it's entered "into a memorandum of understanding with a buyer for Hummer," but under the terms of the transaction, the purchaser hasn't been disclosed. GM's brief release (posted after the break) scratches the surface of the plan, saying only that the ...

REPORT: GM to announce tentative sale of Hummer tomorrow 6 months ago on Autoblog

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, General Motors plans to announce a tentative sale of the Hummer brand less than a day after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Although GM won't release the name of Hummer's (possible) future owner(s) on Tuesday, the WSJ's sources say that ...

REPORT: McNabb left GM premium post for Maserati position 6 months ago on Autoblog

Mark McNabb loves a challenge. After working for General Motors for 13 months leading Cadillac, Hummer, and Saab, McNabb announced his resignation last week as of June 1. His destination, it turns out, is Maserati, where he'll replace former North American CEO Marti Eulberg, Who resigned last month ...

REPORT: Cadillac/Hummer/Saab chief Mark McNabb resigns after just 13 months 7 months ago on Autoblog

Mark McNabb, the general marshaling the forces of General Motors' premium channel – Cadillac, Hummer, and Saab – is leaving the company in 10 days "to pursue other job opportunities." Only 13 months into his stint, McNabb has presumably spent most of his time trying to figure out how to ...

REPORT: GM has three possible offers for Hummer between $100-$200M; SAIC may buy Buick 8 months ago on Autoblog

General Motors has been mandated by the U.S. government to shed brands as part of its restructuring process. Recent reports indicate that the General is hard at work, as three buyers are reportedly seeking to purchase Hummer, while a Chinese company may have interest in Buick. The Hummer ...

REPORT: Hummer's fate to be decided by Tuesday in a few weeks 8 months ago on Autoblog

General Motors has been trying to unload its Hummer division for nearly a year now. Despite assertions late last year indicating that it hoped to have the troubled brand off its books for good before 2009 rolled around, we are now nearing the end of the first quarter of '09 and Hummer is still ...

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