RIP Hummer
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- SteveJobs
at long last!
http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/24/…
"General Motors' deal to sell its Hummer brand to a Chinese automaker fell through Wednesday and the company said it now plans to shut down the brand.
GM did not give any details about why the agreement to sell Hummer to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co. Ltd. could not be completed, saying only that it was disappointed it was unable to close the deal.
The large SUV brand is based on the Humvee military vehicle. It was always a niche vehicle but its image and sales were hit particularly hard by rising gasoline prices earlier this decade. Last year, GM only sold 9,046 Hummers, down 67% from 2008."
- lambsy0
- hah. true.akrokdesign
- That's dumb. Like the Hummer is the only vehicle that can go off-road?404NotFound
- and is the only vehicle that pollutespersona_non_grata
- it has about the LOWEST MPG of any car/truck available on the market. hurp derp.lambsy
- __TM0
about fucking time
- utopian0
It's Obama's fault.
- fugged0
good fucking riddance.
- ETM0
I can haz clean air now?
- unfortunately no. just no more media hype about hummer's impact on itpersona_non_grata
- akrokdesign0
great. now it will cost half the price and double as many will buy the shh.
- GeorgesII0
I just ordered 5 of them ,
wtf...
- MrT0
They will live on only in stretch versions ferrying drunks around town.
- they will probably live on as classic cars and collectibles actuallypersona_non_grata
- nah.MrT
- Sandder0
Bummer.....
- pillhead0
Yeahhhh, Gutted?
- alex0
This is really great news!
- pillhead0
Even the Chines don't want the thing, hahaha.
- mydo0
I heard the Chinese government stepped in and told the company there were not allowed to buy Hummer. good stuff.
- tOki0
I love watching the idiots who drive these things realise they can't park them anywhere.
- Projectile0
common sense win!!
fuckin hate those things!! if you gonna have a hardass car at least get the military version not some sparkly, shiny bullshit! it's like putting a diamond necklace on a rhino!
- nice picture.....please illustrate that for me!El_Montr0
- blaw0
Sure they're ugly, but that this is some huge environmental win is laughable.
- Actually I think they are bad-ass looking. Right on with the second comment though.404NotFound
- my god. if you think the hummer looks good, you have the taste of a 9 year old.iCanHasQBN