General Motors’ Hummer brand has been under ‘strategic review’ for several months now, but it appears as though the off-road brand may be running out of life support. Hummer H2 producer AM General announced on Monday that it is suspending production until at least March.
In addition to idling its Hummer H2 production line, AM General also announced the layoffs of 200 employees. In the past AM General has been able to shift workers from its H2 line to its military production line, but the worsening economic climate is making that a tougher proposition. However, the Indiana-based manufacturer will move some workers from its H2 line to its military line in March, according to HummerGuy.net.
So what of the Hummer H2? As of now, the fate of the once-popular SUV hangs in the balance. Neither GM nor AM General has given an indication of when H2 production will ramp up again, with AM General’s Craig Mac Nab simply saying: “Nobody knows what’s going to happen with the H2 plant.”
GM announced on Monday a plan to cut 2,000 jobs and cut production at 10 North American plants.
01/27, 1:08 PM
posted by:
iluvamcars
Don’t restart production!
AMERICAN, NOTHING ELSE
01/27, 1:19 PM
posted by:
yarddog82abn
Say what? NO MORE HUMMERS? But I just asked a stripper for a Hummer the other night, and she said… Ohoo… you mean the SUV’s… O.K. my bad… LOL….. I pledge the 5th…
01/27, 1:38 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
Somehow I always pictured Hummer being swallowed up.
01/27, 2:11 PM
posted by:
Borat
Johnny, somehow I thought that Wagoner and Putz are more spitting types.
01/27, 2:19 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
Borat, that explains why they need your tax dollars to wipe their chins.
01/27, 2:48 PM
posted by:
SJMURRAY
The sad thing is that this is a capable vehicle and has a place in the market. It has turned into the poster child of overkill and waste, but that is really more the fault of the wanna-be rappers and soccer moms that cruise the mall parking lot in their Hummers. I hope the brand lives on as a specialty brand like the Ford SVT or Chrysler SRT product lines.
01/27, 3:08 PM
posted by:
mulletmaster
The H2 is not a capable off road vehicle
01/27, 3:11 PM
posted by:
Need more oil for GM
You’re an ass^ Hope you get urs run over by a Hummer you unAmerican bigot
01/27, 4:14 PM
posted by:
Dante_JoseCuervo
mulletmaster…
this is true, as proven on top gear when it was outdone by a porsche cayenne. Although both were outdone by an old land rover *shrugs*
01/27, 4:28 PM
posted by:
winnipegjets
i thought that they stopped production like last fall, i guess i stand corrected
01/27, 4:47 PM
posted by:
yarddog82abn
Hay need more oil, check this out…
Over a year ago out in Glamis Sand Dunes, I had a tug-a-war with a Hummer, I had my FX4 Ford F-150, at the time I had a 6′ inch lift, 22″ wheels, and 32″ BF-Goods, he had 22″ wheels, 32″ ToYo’s, so the same grip, the had 3.73 gears, I had 3.73 gears, so for the most part both trucks are the same… He blow-out his rear-end… 3 months later I see the same guy, he want’s a rematch, now he has a Daina with 4.10 gears, he blow-out his trans… A month later he’s driving a New FX4 Ford F-150, so I had to one up him, I got the Roush Charger and 3.55 gears. His brother had a stock Z71 Diesel Chevy 2500, I dragged him all over the the Dumes, I even did doughnuts with him chain to me…
And yes It’s a true story, and the guys brother finally got a lift kit and tire’s, and no I’m not giving him a rematch…
01/27, 5:39 PM
posted by:
C6Racer
yarddog, Ford still sucks. Your little story isn’t gonna change my mind. I use my DMax for towing. Ford’s turbos just self destruct, and Dodge’s transmissions fall out. In it’s 140,000 miles of service, I’ve only had to replace a clogged EGR valve. Yea, I’m stickin with Chevy.
01/27, 6:30 PM
posted by:
PassingGear
Mulletmaster – Tru dat man..
The H3 is passable offroad but sorry to say there pro-GM sheep, all the H2 is is the unofficial Global poster vehicle for all male ego enhancement products. It’s also a symbol of why this country is in the shi&&er – pointless posuers who think the implied military toughness that rubs off the H1 makes them driving an H2 = being a bad a@@.
Better sneak back to your bathhouse fellas…
01/27, 8:09 PM
posted by:
shane train
Yeah, the H2 is a gigantic, lumbering, piggy expression of icapable excess. I won’t miss it.
01/27, 9:13 PM
posted by:
Gundy
Dang, if I had an extra $65k, I’d get an orange H2 SUT, those are pretty sweet. And that coming from a guy that hates SUVs, in general.
01/28, 10:46 AM
posted by:
shaver
Good ridance. Hummer needs to produce Suzuki Samarai and Sidekick size 4×4s too be relevant. GM needs to put the coming 1.4L and present 2.0 Turbo from Solstice in everything, from Colorado to Malibu.
01/29, 3:03 AM
posted by:
fan
weird how need more loans sputters at people who just state the truth… oh, and for “being a fan of gm is american” … i always thought the american way of life was betting on the winning horses, not those that croak before they even get to the start…
anyway, gm will be gone for good soon; went the way of the dodo..