GM's Hummer Brand To Be Sold To a Chinese Company 429
An anonymous reader writes in to note that GM will sell its Hummer brand to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. of China, a little-known industrial firm. For now, the deal will save 3,000 jobs in the US. (The military HumVees are made by a separate company and are not involved in this deal.) "As part of the deal, some GM plants will continue to build the Hummer brand for the new owner, at least for awhile. The company said its Shreveport, La., plant will keep building Hummers for the new owner until at least 2010. ... GM said it sold 5,013 Hummers worldwide in the first quarter, down 62% from the 13,050 that it sold in the same period the prior year." AP coverage has more details on GM's planned divestitures, including the shedding of Pontiac, Saturn, and Saab.
An excellent company name (Score:5, Funny)
Well if any company was to own the Hummer brand, it should have a name including "Heavy Industrial Machinery Co." in it.
Yay (Score:5, Funny)
I love hummers, and I don't care if I get it from an American or a Chinese.
5,013? (Score:3, Funny)
Who are these 5,013 douchebags still buying Hummers? =P
Re:Maybe it's just me... (Score:1, Funny)
It's not news for nerds, but it is stuff that matters (to Americans). Things like Hummers make it hard to show pride in my country. At least now we can legitimately shift a bit of the blame on someone else.
Re:Yay (Score:5, Funny)
Giggety!
Re:Yay (Score:5, Funny)
You love being able to watch Madagascar while driving and merge without looking?
Yeah!!! Rumsfeld!!!
Great news! (Score:5, Funny)
[Insert Small-Asian-Penis Joke Here] (Score:5, Funny)
Just kinda writes itself, really.
Re:An excellent company name (Score:3, Funny)
Chummer?
Goodriddance (Score:3, Funny)
That's about all I can say for the abomination that the Hummer became.
Re:Maybe it's just me... (Score:2, Funny)
If you cry into a beer, at least you have a beer.
Re:Yay (Score:5, Funny)
2011 Hummer will be 100% superglue-resistant plastic with lead paint and genuine imitation plastic leather. A fitting end for a gas-munching behemoth.
So it will actually evolve into the Canyenaro.
Re:Yay (Score:3, Funny)
American Culture: _Manufactured_ in China
Chummers (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Yay (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Maybe it's just me... (Score:4, Funny)
I've never met a nerd who wasn't interested in Chinese hummers.
Maybe... (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe they'll start using H3s as a aphrodisiac instead of rhino horn and tiger penis? Oh, wait, they'll want something that actually works...
Re:Yay (Score:5, Funny)
So it will actually evolve into the Canyenaro.
That's CANYONERO!
Can you name the truck with four wheel drive,
smells like a steak and seats thirty-five..
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down,
It's the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown!
Canyonero! (Yah!) Canyonero!
[Krusty:] Hey Hey
The Federal Highway comission has ruled the
Canyonero unsafe for highway or city driving.
Canyonero!
12 yards long, 2 lanes wide,
65 tons of American Pride!
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Top of the line in utility sports,
Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!
Canyonero! Canyonero! (Yah!)
She blinds everybody with her super high beams,
She's a squirrel crushing, deer smacking, driving machine!
Canyonero!-oh woah, Canyonero! (Yah!)
Drive Canyonero!
Woah Canyonero!
Woah!
Re:Yay (Score:2, Funny)
It looks ok from far away, but up close you can't help but notice Bryan Adams and Celine Dion.
Apparently, the Chinese still have a few ... (Score:3, Funny)
"If you try to swim in rough water, the first thing to do is _not_ to chain an iron ball to your ankle."
Re:5,013? (Score:2, Funny)
The problem with Pinzgauer, is that it doesn't have cup holders. Why would anyone want military hardware if it doesn't have cup holders?