Hummer Going Out of Production

good...

That's one I can live without. The 4 door 6,000# pickups now popular are decadent enough. The monster H-1 gets about 8 mpg.

I say good riddance. Those things are obnoxious!

May be making way for a new monster !

IMHO they're goofy, too much bulk and those little windows to try and see out of. Tahoe all the way, much better vehicle.

I assume this is just the commercial vehicles going away, the military units will still be produced.

No, actually not. The Army will take delivery of its last 2,500 HMMWV's from AM General and then it's done. The HMMWV will go the way of the Willies Jeep.

The Hummer was the Paris Hilton of the automotive world.

Overrated style, skin-deep build and those riding it only did when they could be publicly seen doing so.

<splarf> damn that's my coffee over the monitor...
Del

Depends, did the check clear from the buyer to the seller? I believ that someone bought the brand off of GM...

milo

Milo,

China nixed the deal late last week.

I say it's a damn good thing. We are only loosing the civilian hummer ie H2 and H3.

The H1, the only true Hummer, the one that the military uses, is still going strong. The H2 and H3 are just scaled down wannabee Hummers for Yuppies with too much money and and small appendages (ego problem?) They have nothing in common with the real HMMWV, except for the name and the styling, vaguely.

They don't have any of the attributes that make the HMMWV so noteable. No 4 wheel independant suspension, no extra wide track for off road stability, none of the mil-spec heavy duty componentry. They are basically just overpriced Chevy trucks with a body kit.

Needless to say, I won't miss them at all.

Exactly right! GM was just making money off wanabees by selling them a Humvee look a like using an SUV chassis and powertrain. Nowhere close to the true military Hummer's capabilities (or cost).

That's terrible: What will all those be-curlered housewives drive their 1.5 kids with now? .....so sad.....so sad.......

_{ps: they're not even true 4wd}

Well, they do still make minivans

If two 0.5 kids meet what happens???

aspirin

Bad for those who still want them. Good for everyone else.

Supply and demand. If enough people were still buying them, they would still be built. It's a tribute to capitalism!!!

As my prepubescent kid like to say "Nuthin' dummer than a hummer". !!!!!!!!

GA to all those who say it's a good thing.

If there's one subliminal message that I don't want my grandkids to be exposed to it's the philosophy which is promoted by the 'Hummer' thinking.

Rampant wastage on a grand scale.

Cheers, Stu

Likewise for the SUV mentality!

The Hummer is the answer to a pretty silly question, but I haven't figured out what that silly question was, there are so many it could be.

From a fuel consumption point of view the petrol auto Landcruiser is thirstier but it does not get the same flak, and I'm not sure why not. Maybe because it was originally intended as a real workhorse.