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Hummer H1 retires from duty next month

Filed under: SUV, Etc., HummerGeneral Motors announced yesterday that the Hummer H1 will be discontinued sometime next month. About 12,000 have been sold to the public since the civilian version first...

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Autoblog Podcast #31

Filed under: Podcasts, HummerWe're back from a short hiatus and Chris is all rested up from his week+ long trip across the country working on this year's One Lap of America. He and I talk about the...

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Mod eliminates Hummer mileage problem...or does it?

Filed under: Gadgets, GM, HummerHigh gas prices combined with the Hummer's bottom-of-the-barrell gas mileage should spell doom for sales for the boxy SUV, right? Well, two Hummer dealerships may have...

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Owning a HUMMER has never been so sweet

Filed under: Etc., HummerEven if a HUMMER is not a sweet sight for a lot of folks, this post from sibling site Luxist is almost guaranteed to bring a smile. Artist Heidi Hesse has created a full-sized...

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Hartge gives BMW 1 Series the hot rod treatment

Filed under: Aftermarket, Tuners, Hatchback, BMWBMW tuning specialists Hartge Engineering are very familiar with the first rule of hot rod builders everywhere - there's no replacement for displacement....

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Get a HUMMER in your Happy Meal

Filed under: SUV, Marketing/Advertising, HummerWhy is Ronald smiling? Because he has the new HUMMER Happy Meal toys before everyone else. Starting tomorrow, one of eight toy HUMMERS will be packed in...

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Another toy HUMMER! Ninth exclusive toy available at dealerships

Filed under: SUV, Etc., HummerFathers jealous of the HUMMER Happy Meal toy will no longer have to resort to ordering lunch in a colorful cardboard box to share in the fun. HUMMER announced today that a...

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H2 factory shuts the line down for two weeks

Filed under: SUV, Plants/Manufacturing, GM, HummerGM has recognized that dealers are suffering from a severe glut of H2s on their lots and has determined that the best way to avoid adding to the...

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Cartalk names Top 10 Scariest Cars

Filed under: Etc., SafetyWhat do the 1980 Chevy Monza and the 1973 VW Microbus have in common? They are among Car Talk hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi's Top 10 Scariest Cars list. Of the Monza they say, "...

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Hummer H4 headed for Detroit

Filed under: Concept Cars, Detroit Auto Show, SUV, GM, HummerAmong the many showstoppers General Motors has planned for the North American International Auto Show in January, its military-inspired...

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AM General to lay off 160 more workers

Filed under: SUV, Plants/Manufacturing, HummerAM General says because of Hummer-sized dropoff in sales, it will cut 160 jobs at its Indiana plant by year end. Company officials say expensive gas and...

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eBay Find of the Day: Tupac Shakur's H1 gets around

Filed under: SUV, Auctions, Hummer, Celebritiesclick image above to see more pics of Tupac's H1Like the rapper himself, his accouterments also refuse to die. Tupac's H1 is for sale on eBay, after...

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HUMMER attacks perception problems with "Purpose Built" campaign

Filed under: SUV, Marketing/Advertising, HummerHUMMER's image has always been one of excessive excess. While much of that portrayal is due to GM's own marketing, the people who purchase the imposing...

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Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja

Filed under: Government/Legal, Technology, Military Now that the Hummer -- the original Hummer H1 -- is distinctly out of flavor, the U.S. armed services are busy looking for its replacement. Having...

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Determined man builds HUMMER H1 from tired Ford F-150

Filed under: SUV, Etc., Hummer, Lifestyle, Canada Click above for a high-res image gallery of the homemade HUMMER H1 Life is stranger than fiction. If anyone tries to tell you differently, simply point...

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HUMMER ends sponsorship of Rod Hall Racing

Filed under: Motorsports, SUV, GM, Hummer Click above for high-res gallery of our time embedded with Team HUMMER The swan song (or would that be swan hummer?) has come for HUMMER's involvement with Rod...

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eBay Find of the Day: Hummer H1 gets beaten with aerodynamic ugly stick

Filed under: Aftermarket, SUV, Auctions, Hummer Custom Hummer H1 on eBay Motors - Click above for image gallery It takes a special talent to infantilize the brute strength of a Hummer H1, but someone's...

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STUDY: Hummer owners believe they've made "a highly moral consumption choice"

There probably isn't any one passenger vehicle on earth that earns more ire from environmentalists than the Hummer H2. While the reality of the matter is that most Hummers aren't really much worse...

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BREAKING: GM announces Hummer sale cannot be concluded, brand to be wound down

Filed under: SUV, GM, Hummer, Earnings/Financials, Off-Road Although it has been evident for some time that General Motors' sale of its Hummer brand to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co.,...

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SEMA 2010: Zero South Biodiesel Electric Hummer shows its guts

Filed under: SEMA Show, SUV, Hummer, Off-Road Zero South Biodiesel Electric Hummer - Click above for high-res image gallery Zero South, a company that popped up at SEMA in 2008, is back again with its...

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