Hummer History
Hummer was an American off-road vehicle brand of General Motors. From 1992 to 2010 civilian versions of the military vehicle were produced.
History
The Hummer brand originally consisted of only one model for the US Army and has been building it since 1985 until today. First model of the brand, technically largely identical with the military vehicle HMMWV. Until the introduction of the H2 Hummer was used as a model name, from then the model was renamed H1.
Already since the late 1980s, the company planned to sell a civilian version of the Humvees. In 1992, AM General began selling a civilian version of the M998 HMMWV under the Hummer brand. In 1999, AM General sold the brand name to General Motors (GM), but continued to produce the vehicles, which GM then resold. In the following years GM presented two in-house models under the brand Hummer, the H2 and the H3. In addition, the original Hummer has since been sold as H1. AM General continued to produce the H2 for GM, the production of the H1 was discontinued in 2006 and GM sold thereafter only remaining stocks. The H3 was manufactured by GM in Shreveport.
From 2004 Hummer was sold internationally through selected importers and distributors in Europe and other markets. Although only small numbers were sold, Australian importers went over to convert the H3 to right-hand drive - although GM did not officially sell the brand in Australia. From 2006, GM also manufactured the Hummer H3 at its South African plant in Port Elizabeth. The H3 produced there were intended for the South African market and for export to other countries with left-hand traffic, such as Australia, Great Britain and Japan.GM announced on February 24, 2010, stop the production and handle the brand. 2011 Spaniard Carlos Enrique Costa Jr. wanted to buy the brand, but this failed because GM did not sell the licenses for Hummer.
Without distinguishing the individual models, the standard Hummer SUV, with an actual fuel consumption of up to 30 litres per 100 kilometres, is today often considered a symbol of oversized and polluting automobiles. With up to 470 g CO 2 per kilometre from the vehicle’s negative peak values for production cars. Some workshops are bidding against alternatively installation General Motors own Duramax turbo diesel engines with improved fuel economy and performance of 220 up to 590 kW. In May 2008, the brand's sales figures slumped by more than 60%, or 4636 units, compared with the same month of the previous year, to just 1843 vehicles. The smallest H3 is still there best, as the only model, the paragraph has "only" halved. GM therefore questioned the existence of the mark at that time. In early 2010 finally the last copies were made.
