GM Committed to Winding Down Hummer

Despite last-minute efforts to save Hummer, General Motors announced this morning to its dealers and employees that it plans to move forward with permanently shuttering the well-known off-road nameplate.

"GM's position is to wind down the brand," Hummer spokesman Nick Richards told PickupTrucks.com Tuesday morning.

In February, GM’s planned sale of the Hummer brand to China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. was called off after the deal failed to win approval from Chinese regulators.

Despite efforts to find a new buyer for Hummer, no suitable matches could be found.

GM says it will honor all warranties and provide service and parts through other GM dealers. This is the same process that Saturn and Pontiac went through in the past year since GM’s restructuring.

http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2010/04/gm-committed-to-winding-down-hummer.html

why the sad face? you actually like the H2/3?

Any time a car company closes, its a sad day. And yes, even though they where huge, fuel sucking, and hard to park, they where cool in my book.

i never much cared for them personally, so i say good riddance. it is a shame about all the people put out of a job because of it tho

i liked the H1's, the others were ugly. BUT, at least hummer won't die 100%, they still have to continue building humvees lol

i thought i heard somewhere the army was gonna quit usin those

i find that hard to believe.. unless they contracted someone to build something similar

yup they have a new vehicle. lemme dig up the link. i say let it die. thank the invisible man that china didnt go for it.

johnboggs21 wrote:

it is a shame about all the people put out of a job because of it tho

thats the part I'm sad about.

is always a shame when a company shuts down and lays off thousands of employees.. maybe GM will find another use for the plants/employees? unlikely, but it could happen

From what i've read, the H1 will continue to be produced by AM General for the US Military.

really? see i dont know for sure i just heard it somewhere that they're goin to somethin new. i guess not.

merlin5577 wrote:

From what i've read, the H1 will continue to be produced by AM General for the US Military.

that's what i figured.. and it's not really an H1.. the military issues are Humvees