DETROIT — General Motors plans to halt production of Hummer H3 models at its Shreveport plant in Louisiana until the sale of the brand to China's Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company closes.
According to Automotive News, GM will resume building the H3 and H3 SUT after Chinese regulators approve the sale to Sichuan-based Tengzhong, a maker of construction and industrial equipment. The Shreveport plant is slated to build the H3 for Tengzhong through 2011, with a one-year option beyond that, the paper said.
GM has said it plans to close the Shreveport plant after 2011.
AM General, the creator of the original Hummer H1 and its predecessor, the military HUMVEE, quit building the Hummer H2 at its plant in Mishawaka, Indiana, in late 2008. Automotive News said H2 production also would resume after the deal with Tengzhong is closed.
The paper reported that Hummer has 2,100 unsold vehicles in inventory, amounting to more than six months' supply.
Inside Line says: Don't be surprised if this deal continues to drag on inconclusively. — Paul Lienert, Correspondent
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dogbolter says:
01:09 PM, 01/15/2010
I'm amazed they are still building this dinosaur! I thought it went out of production last year. All I can say is good riddance to this POS vehicle, it should never have been built in the first place.
hybris says:
11:14 AM, 01/15/2010
Say what you want about the "symbol of excess and anti-environmentalism" but at its core the H1 the real Hummer is still great vehicle in class of its own.
Sadly with China buying it I guess if I want a Hummer then I'll have to go straight to AM General.
iskch says:
09:11 AM, 01/15/2010
I think the Chinese Gov. is going to apply the chinese torture to Hummer.
charlesb says:
08:43 AM, 01/15/2010
Hummer was a brand that never should have happened.
angry_mushroom says:
10:50 PM, 01/14/2010
I wonder what China will do with a Hummer. This is going to be interesting.
deadviper says:
03:39 PM, 01/14/2010
And good effin' riddance to this two ton chav hut. This thing really put the 'hoe' in Tahoe and I'm not at all sorry to see it go.
iancar says:
12:48 PM, 01/14/2010
Chineses won't buy expensive Chinese brand cars. Hummer is as dead as Saab.
firstclass says:
10:49 AM, 01/14/2010
As the Saab opera comes to an end the Hummer opera begins, like sand in an hourglass. Tengzhong can have fun with it. I thought from the start Hummer was a failed venture for GM in the long run. Perhaps china can make the company more Jeep like (i.e. - more utilitarian and affordable).