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Hummer H4, H5 To Come As New Owner Takes Over

WITH THE SALE of Hummer to China’s Sichuan Tengzhong being finalised, Hummer has begun to look at ways to improve its ‘eco-image’. Future plans include hybrid powertrains and new models, namely, the H4 and H5.

The H4 would likely be based on the small(ish) HX Concept, originally developed under GM’s ownership but among the designs [...]

GM And Sichuan Tengzhong Reach Hummer Sale Agreement

DESPITE FEARS earlier this year that the Chinese Government would block the sale, General Motors and China’s Sichuan Tengzhong have reached an agreement for the sale of Hummer.

Financial details have not been disclosed by either party, but the agreement will see Tengzhong purchase Hummer through an investment entity through which it will take an [...]

Chinese Government May Scuttle Tengzhong’s Hummer Bid

HUMMER’S SALE to Sichuan Tengzhong is mere months away from being finalised, however it appears there’s now one heck of a hurdle for the two companies to overcome.

A Chinese state-controlled news outlet, Shanghai Securities News, is reporting that the central government is likely to scuttle Tengzhong’s plans for the acquisition, fearing it goes against the [...]

Hummer Expects Alternative-Fuel Model To Surface Within 5 Years

CRISIS, AS THEY SAY, is the perfect catalyst for change. GM offshoot Hummer has long been seen as a dinosaur in an increasingly eco-conscious automotive world, however the recently announced agreement to sell the brand to Chinese industrial manufacturing company Sichuan Tengzhong could be just the shot in the arm the marque needs.

Specifically, the deal [...]

Hummer’s Chinese Buyer Revealed

LITTLE-KNOWN Chinese industrial machinery company Sichuan Tengzhong has emerged as GM’s approved buyer for the Hummer brand. Although Hummer will be divorced from General Motors once the deal is finalised later this year, Tengzhong is adamant that much of Hummer’s current business structure will remain unchanged.

There will be no corporate reshuffle, nor will Hummer’s headquarters [...]

Buyer Found For Hummer, Brand To Live On Outside Of GM Empire

GENERAL MOTORS announced today that it has secured a buyer for its struggling Hummer brand, with the sale of the marque is expected to be completed sometime in the third quarter of this year.

The buyer is unknown at the moment, and the terms of the memorandum of understanding between it and GM prevents its identity [...]

2008 Volkswagen Golf 2.0 TDI Pacific Road Test Review - The Economy Run

‘Greener motoring’ is the mantra of the modern automotive age. Any manufacturer not looking for greener credentials through improved fuel economy and environmental performance in the cars it makes, is getting pounded in the showroom.

Such is the ’showroom power’ of the environmental argument that even leisurely performers - like the Toyota Prius and Civic Hybrid [...]

Victoria Police Enlist Hummer H3 To Combat Troublemakers

Under a plan announced some months ago, Victoria Police has now taken delivery of five Hummer H3s, the boxy American SUV adored by rappers and loathed by (most) motorists. The Hummers have been drafted to assist the Police with ”public order related issues”.

The five H3s will be used to combat alcohol-related crime in Melbourne’s CBD and around Victoria by [...]

GM Offers Buyout Option to Hummer Dealers

Earlier this month, The Insider took the Retro-Specto™ goggles to the Hummer H3, and while he was happy to hurl plaudits at it, the end conclusion was that the Hummer brand is doubtless on the way out. Only a few days later, TI gave us a look at the bigger picture of [...]

Hummer Your Cake and Eat it Too

According to The Insider, the Hummer H3 ain’t such a bad rock when it comes down to it. Lighter than a Patrol, fuel economy no worse than the Landcruiser, and faster than a speeding walrus, he’s pretty sure it’s not as bad as so many of us like to think. Let’s be [...]

The Insider Archives: Hummer H3

So, revelations are running bum-naked up and down the corridors of GM USA. It’s the arrival of the bleedin’ obvious that’s to blame. GM auto executives have finally realised that barge-arse Americans won’t keep buying big cars if paying for the fuel is going to send them to the poor-house.

And that little realisation is scaring [...]

Indian Automakers Want YOUR Failed Brand Today!

According to Automotive News, Tata and Mahindra may be interested in buying up the rapidly-depreciating remains of GM’s dying uber-SUV brand, Hummer.

You may remember Tata Motors as the subcontinental automaker that picked up Jaguar and Land Rover after Ford cast them off like last season’s ugh boots, and is now in the process of [...]

2009 Hummer H3T official videos

The Hummer H3T is scheduled to make its public debut at this years Chicago Auto Show. Inspired by the Hummer H3, on which it is based the H3T brings a degree of added practicality to the Hummer range as well as added length.

The four-door, five-passenger dual-cab features a standard 3.7-litre, five-cylinder engine. Production of the [...]

2009 HUMMER H3T Revealed

SEEN HERE is Hummer’s 2009 HUMMER H3T pickup/ute. Thanks to another broken embargo, we get to see the H3T a little earlier than expected.

The H3T is a dual-cab ute version of the H3 Hummer; based on a stretched version of the H3’s platform it provides that mix of load-carrying ute tray with the versatility [...]

Hummer HX concept preview

Okay, some of you may think that the average SUV is a little obnoxious, a tad unnecessary and we all agree that they are hard to see around in traffic…but forget all of that for a moment and feast your eyes on what is one very sexy looking off-roader. Not since the insane Lamborghini V12 [...]

GM shoehorns the LS7 into the H3 Hummer

The Hummer H3 is currently selling up a storm in Australia, with a waiting list that was recently stretching back six months as buyers lined up for the well priced and very capable SUV. Not one to let a little thing like Global Warming get in the way of a good time, the General has [...]

Hummer HX Concept

Its all happening at Hummer at the moment. Huge demand for their unique military inspired urban off-roaders is largely due to their no-nonsense styling which has struck a cord with many in the market for a 4WD vehicle.

Looking to the future, Hummer have handed the design crayons over to a team of relative youngsters and [...]

Hummer H3 Black Edition

Now I’m not a big fan of urban 4WD’s in the spirit of Patrol and Landcruiser. I hate the fact that I can’t see past them in traffic and don’t see the point to them as a means of commuting around urban areas…but, I think the Hummer H3 is awesome and quite probably for all [...]