How long do you think Hummer...
07-24-08, 11:57 PM
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How long do you think Hummer...
With the economy getting worse and gas prices going up higher and higher and recently Ford reporting record losses how long do you think GMs Hummer will head to the scrap yards and join Oldsmobile?
Last week I went to my dealer to buy some maintainence parts and there is a Hummer dealer right next door and let me tell you it was sad, the lot of full of that thing they call suv with no customers around what so ever.
I was almost tempted to walk in and start taking pictures of the sad scene they got going on in there but I couldn't get my nerve up to do it. 
Last week I went to my dealer to buy some maintainence parts and there is a Hummer dealer right next door and let me tell you it was sad, the lot of full of that thing they call suv with no customers around what so ever.
I was almost tempted to walk in and start taking pictures of the sad scene they got going on in there but I couldn't get my nerve up to do it.
07-25-08, 04:33 AM
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No such announcement has been made.
Future of Hummer brand still under discussion by GM
Posted: July 7, 2008 06:22 PM EDT
Updated: July 18, 2008 07:45 PM EDT
SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - General Motors continues to struggle with high fuel prices, and is now said to be considering more cuts as the market shrinks.
KSLA News 12 has already confirmed the usual two-week summer shutdown at Shreveport's GM Truck Plant has been extended to three weeks this year. The plant turns out the Hummer H3, Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon trucks.
GM, which has eight brands, announced last month that it was reviewing Hummer for possible sale. The company on Monday denied that other nameplates are under review.
But a person familiar with GM's internal discussions says brands other than Hummer are being studied. The person wanted to remain anonymous because no decisions have been made.
David Healy, an auto analyst with Burnham Securities, said while Hummer is unique in terms of engineering and manufacturing and could be sold, other brands share vehicle underpinnings and manufacturing and are so integrated it would be tough to sever them.
GM spokeswoman Renee Rashid-Merem said Hummer is the only brand being discussed for possible sale. She would not comment on job cuts but said the company has made it clear that action would be taken if the U.S. auto market worsened.
This comes as the company tries to cope with the dramatic shift in consumer buying habits from trucks to cars and crossover vehicles.
Healy said GM probably will have to make further blue-collar job cuts as the market continues to decline. Its sales are down 16.3 percent this year.
Further job cuts could be considered by GM's board of directors when it meets in early August, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
GM announced last month it would close four truck and sport utility vehicle plants and boost production of several existing car models.
The stock closed Monday at $10.24, up 12 cents or 1.2 percent. It has traded as high as $43.20 in the past year.
Critics have said GM still has too much fat in its middle management, despite cutting white-collar employment to 32,000 last year from 44,000 in 2000. They also say the engineering, manufacturing and marketing costs are too high for it to keep all eight of its brands.
(Some information provided by Associated Press)
Posted: July 7, 2008 06:22 PM EDT
Updated: July 18, 2008 07:45 PM EDT
SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - General Motors continues to struggle with high fuel prices, and is now said to be considering more cuts as the market shrinks.
KSLA News 12 has already confirmed the usual two-week summer shutdown at Shreveport's GM Truck Plant has been extended to three weeks this year. The plant turns out the Hummer H3, Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon trucks.
GM, which has eight brands, announced last month that it was reviewing Hummer for possible sale. The company on Monday denied that other nameplates are under review.
But a person familiar with GM's internal discussions says brands other than Hummer are being studied. The person wanted to remain anonymous because no decisions have been made.
David Healy, an auto analyst with Burnham Securities, said while Hummer is unique in terms of engineering and manufacturing and could be sold, other brands share vehicle underpinnings and manufacturing and are so integrated it would be tough to sever them.
GM spokeswoman Renee Rashid-Merem said Hummer is the only brand being discussed for possible sale. She would not comment on job cuts but said the company has made it clear that action would be taken if the U.S. auto market worsened.
This comes as the company tries to cope with the dramatic shift in consumer buying habits from trucks to cars and crossover vehicles.
Healy said GM probably will have to make further blue-collar job cuts as the market continues to decline. Its sales are down 16.3 percent this year.
Further job cuts could be considered by GM's board of directors when it meets in early August, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
GM announced last month it would close four truck and sport utility vehicle plants and boost production of several existing car models.
The stock closed Monday at $10.24, up 12 cents or 1.2 percent. It has traded as high as $43.20 in the past year.
Critics have said GM still has too much fat in its middle management, despite cutting white-collar employment to 32,000 last year from 44,000 in 2000. They also say the engineering, manufacturing and marketing costs are too high for it to keep all eight of its brands.
(Some information provided by Associated Press)
07-25-08, 10:18 AM
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bah ... the H1 was the coolest ... it's so huge!
i cant stand the H3, what on earth are you supposed to do with it?
H2 is ok but it was always the same platform as the envoy (and like 5 other not so different suvs)
i cant stand the H3, what on earth are you supposed to do with it?
H2 is ok but it was always the same platform as the envoy (and like 5 other not so different suvs)
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07-25-08, 06:58 PM
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I could have sworn I saw on CNN or maybe read it in the paper today that GM is receiving offers from companies interested in purchasing it.
Didnt really pay attention to it though. After the H1, they lost all respect from me.
Didnt really pay attention to it though. After the H1, they lost all respect from me.
07-25-08, 07:03 PM
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I don't think anyone needed an H-1 or the people tnat did own them probably never really puched the H-1 to it's limits. I know that I really have no use for an H-1 but the darn things are so cool I just want one.
I heard that when the army first got them they played a game / contest type thing to see who would be able to get stuck in an H-1. I heard that no one was ever able to get stuck in an army spec H-1
I heard that when the army first got them they played a game / contest type thing to see who would be able to get stuck in an H-1. I heard that no one was ever able to get stuck in an army spec H-1
07-25-08, 07:40 PM
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