Filed under: SUV , GM , Hummer , Earnings/Financials , Off-Road Although it has been evident for some time that General Motors ‘ sale of its Hummer brand to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co., Ltd., we didn’t expect for word...
General Motors’ plan to sell the Hummer brand to a Chinese heavy equipment maker has been delayed by a month. The rest is here: GM’s plan to sell Hummer brand delayed Read More →
NASCAR star Robby Gordon–who finished third in last year’s Dakar Rally–has taken his first stage win on this year’s event in his Hummer, beating rally leader Stephane Peterhansel (BMW) by a mere second. View original post here: Dakar...
Hummer, the off-road vehicle that once epitomized America’s love for hulking trucks, is now in the hands of a Chinese heavy equipment maker. Read more: GM reaches deal to sell Hummer brand Read More →
General Motors Co. is poised to sign a deal to sell its Hummer brand to a Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer as early as Thursday afternoon, a person briefed on the deal said. Excerpt from: Source: GM nears completion of Hummer sale Read More →
Are Americans using the Cash for Clunkers program to dump their gas guzzlers for fuel sipping vehicles? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. The rest is here: Some clunker cash buying not-so-green vehicles Read More →
China’s planning agency is likely to reject a Chinese company’s bid to acquire GM’s Hummer unit, in part because the gas guzzlers conflict with Beijing’s conservation goals, state radio reported. View original post here: China...
With pump prices again nudging the $3-a-gallon mark , it’s anybody’s guess what will happen to light truck sales, especially including SUVs. See the rest here: Future for SUVs remains murky Read More →
Freed from the burden of having to sustain underperforming nameplates, such as Saab and Hummer, GM should become lighter on its feet. It could also become … well, kind of chic. View post: The Big Money: Could GM be cool again? Read More →
Just yesterday we announced General Motors filing chapter 11 bankruptcy and just today they have found a buyer for the Hummer brand. Hummer will continue to live on through a Chinese industrial firm. General Motors has reached a preliminary deal to sell...
General Motors says it has entered a tentative agreement to sell its Hummer brand, a day after the U.S. automaker filed for bankruptcy protection. Read more: General Motors in deal to sell Hummer Read More →
Whether or not General Motors files for bankruptcy protection, the carmaker has made clear that its future plans do not include two once-promising brands, Saturn and Hummer. Originally posted here: GM trying to unload Saturn, Hummer Read More →
A company touting an electric Hummer that it says gets the equivalent of 100 mpg is showing off the vehicle on Capitol Hill Wednesday. But whether it really delivers is up for debate. Originally posted here: This Hummer gets 100 mpg — more or less Read More →
May 1: Kraig Higginson of Raser Technologies explains how his company has managed to help the Hummer SUV perform at a rate of 100 miles per gallon. (CNBC) Read the original post: Video: Video: 100 mpg hybrid Hummer? Read More →
General Motors Corp.’s Saturn brand will be either sold off or phased out by the end of this year. Earlier announcements said that it would have been at least 2 years before Saturn would technically “go anywhere”. Saturn’s General...
Okay, the economic situation was already pretty serious. Now it is really hitting big companies like General Motors, very hard. General Motors is preparing to announce the closure of the Pontiac brand. Yes, that is right; there will be no more Pontiac....
Who said Hummers are one of the most gas guzzling and uneconomical SUV’s around? I actually use to say that all the time until now. A Utah company, Raser Technologies, has converted a Hummer H3 into a 100mpg extended range vehicle good for about 40...
