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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:17 pm    Post subject: No New Hummers... in 2011 Reply with quote

GM has announced that they will be phasing the Hummer out of production over the next few years! Good news, but not soon enough.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/03/gm-hummer-h2-end-of-production.php

Last year, we reported on a rumor that GM was thinking about killing the Hummer H2 (after killing the Hummer H1 two yeas ago). It seems like that rumor is now being confirmed: HummerGuy.net has been informed by official sources that there will be no "next generation" refresh on the H2 and that within a few years - not fast enough for some of us - it will finally fade to black ("Reports have the H2’s end of production between 2011 and 2014").

If history is any indication (our post about Ford killing the 19-foot Excursion had 74 comments), we will hear from people who claim to have legitimate uses for the H2. It's possible that they do, but we're not talking about them individually; What we rejoice about is the death of a symbol for GM.

There's no doubt in our minds that the vehicle that a car company picks as its iconic product has an impact on both the company itself (how it targets advertising, what the other models are like, what ideas it will reject as not fitting with a certain image, etc) and on what customers of that company expect, since the whole point of a halo product is to put a little of its DNA in the more affordable models.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

All the h2 is is a Tahoe frame with different body panels. there is no legitimate use for the vehicle, at least excursions were actually utility vehicles.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does this mean that the Hummer line of vehicles will completely phase out, or just the H2?

I might be wrong, but I thought the H2 was just one particular Hummer model...

Isn't there an H3?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PLEASE tell me this includes this bike!

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah, the h3 is likely a geo prism 3 cylinder though, which a yellow box plopped on top of it. typical gm maneuver.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

brokebike wrote:
Does this mean that the Hummer line of vehicles will completely phase out, or just the H2?

I might be wrong, but I thought the H2 was just one particular Hummer model...

Isn't there an H3?


From what I've read, the H1 is already discontinued, and GM said they have no plans to develop any new Hummer models. But yeah, there is an H3, so I guess they might be keep making it, though they aren't going to be marketing the Hummer line as much in the future because of the whole global warming/peak oil thing.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

guess it took these geniuses that long to figure that out, huh?
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

actually there is a newer hummer model thats a concept as of now, but its highly likely it will be produced. Its called the Hummer HX. Its basically just like the jeep wrangler with removable doors, top etc..


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As a person who still likes off-road SUVs (but will probably never own one), that is sexy.
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