Irony: Hummer Bought by a Chinese Farm Equipment Company
Ok, thats not totally fair. It is actually a big generalized Chinese industrial concern, and it makes a lot of different stuff. But the closest it comes currently to making cars is... farm equipment and 18 wheelers.
So I guess Hummer has a nice new home. Of course, what they do with it is open to question. Currently Hummer has two vehicles, the Suburban based H2 and the Canyon based H3. Developing their own platforms or smaller vehicles will likely be the key to success for Hummer, but I would not at all be surprised for it to pull completely out of the US market in a year or two, as the current gen vehicles become outdated (for the US).
Not to mention - the whole patriotic "I drive a Hummer, which is kind of related to the vehicle that stormed Iraq" thing does not really work when it was made by a Chinese company (albeit in a US factory, which is arguably more patriotic than a US car made in a Korean or Mexican factory).
So I guess Hummer has a nice new home. Of course, what they do with it is open to question. Currently Hummer has two vehicles, the Suburban based H2 and the Canyon based H3. Developing their own platforms or smaller vehicles will likely be the key to success for Hummer, but I would not at all be surprised for it to pull completely out of the US market in a year or two, as the current gen vehicles become outdated (for the US).
Not to mention - the whole patriotic "I drive a Hummer, which is kind of related to the vehicle that stormed Iraq" thing does not really work when it was made by a Chinese company (albeit in a US factory, which is arguably more patriotic than a US car made in a Korean or Mexican factory).
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