Archive for the ‘Hummer’ Category

GM recalls over 1.3 million vehicles for fire hazard

Auto giant General Motors has recalled more than 1.3 million vehicles in the United States over fears that an electrical fault could cause them to catch fire, US government documents showed Tuesday. The problem, linked to the vehicles' windshield wiper fluid system, affects at least 18 models ranging...

June 8th, 2010 | Cadillac, Chevy, GMC, General Motors, Hummer, Recall News | Read More

GM recalls 162,000 Hummers over hood fault

US car giant General Motors is recalling more than 160,000 Hummers over a flaw that could cause part of the hood to break off while the vehicle is being driven. The problem could affect up to 162,129 Hummer H3 cars made between 2006 and 2010, according to documents from GM and the National Highway Traffic...

May 9th, 2010 | Hummer, Recall News | Read More

GM studying new offers for Hummer

General Motors is studying new offers for its Hummer brand of sport utility vehicles, two days after announcing plans to end the brand, a source familiar with the talks said Friday. The source offered no details on number or identity of interested parties but said there had been "offers" for the...

February 27th, 2010 | Hummer | Read More

GM to end Hummer Brand

General Motors said it would end its celebrated and scorned Hummer brand of sport utility vehicles after a deal to sell the nameplate to China-based Tengzhong could not be finalized. "We are disappointed that the deal with Tengzhong could not be completed," said John Smith, GM vice president of corporate...

February 25th, 2010 | Hummer | Read More

GM’s plan to sell Hummer delayed

China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery said Monday it had agreed with General Motors to extend the deadline for a deal to acquire the US firm's Hummer brand until the end of February. A definitive agreement announced by the two companies in October 2009 allowing Tengzhong to buy the US...

February 1st, 2010 | Hummer | Read More

Tengzhong yet to submit application for Hummer

China's commerce ministry has not yet received an application from heavy machinery maker Tengzhong for the acquisition of the iconic Hummer brand from General Motors, an official said Thursday. "The commerce ministry has not received any formal application from Tengzhong," commerce ministry spokesman...

October 15th, 2009 | Hummer | Read More

GM sees Hummer sale to China’s Tengzhong

US auto giant General Motors on Monday said it is making headway in finalizing a deal to sell its Hummer sport-utility vehicle brand to Chinese machinery maker Tengzhong. "Negotiations continue to progress," GM spokesman Nick Richards told AFP, adding that the finalized deal would be announced "as soon...

August 24th, 2009 | Hummer | Read More

GM sells Hummer brand to Chinese firm

General Motors, fresh from filing for bankruptcy protection, reached a deal to sell its Hummer brand to a Chinese industrial machinery firm, Sichuan Tengzhong, the companies announced Tuesday. Tengzhong "will acquire the rights to the premium off-road Hummer brand, along with a senior management and...

June 2nd, 2009 | Hummer | Read More

Hummer Owner Gets Angry Message

On a narrow, leafy street in Northwest Washington, where Prius hybrid cars and Volvos are the norm, one man bought a flashy gray Hummer that was too massive to fit in his garage. So he parked the seven-foot-tall behemoth on the street in front of his house and smiled politely when his...

July 24th, 2007 | Hummer | Read More

Hummer H4 In The Pipeline for 2010

HUMMER will consolidate its upcoming H3 range in Australia from 2009 with a variety of new models that will include a compact SUV, diesel, ethanol and hybrid power, and a new full-sized H2. Central to this will be engineering and design input from General Motors’ global outposts, including Holden,...

April 23rd, 2007 | Hummer | Read More