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GM's Hummer Brand To Be Sold To a Chinese Company
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.
Well if any company was to own the Hummer brand, it should have a name including "Heavy Industrial Machinery Co." in it.
I love hummers, and I don't care if I get it from an American or a Chinese.
Who are these 5,013 douchebags still buying Hummers? =P
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.
My goal of getting a hummer from a cute Asian girl is that much closer to completion!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Just kinda writes itself, really.
That's about all I can say for the abomination that the Hummer became.
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China goes chumming for American brands. Who's next, ChitiBank?
I've never met a nerd who wasn't interested in Chinese hummers.
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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...
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