Update: General Motors has postponed a decision on the fate of the Hummer brand for a few weeks, a top executive told dealers in a conference call on Monday. The company previously signaled a decision would come as early as tomorrow, Tuesday, March 31st. An Associated Press story published this afternoon and cited by Leftlane erroneously indicated a decision was imminent.
“Our efforts to sell Hummer are proceeding, and there are several parties interested,” GM North American president Troy Clarke told the dealers. He went on to characterize the potential suitors as “really interested.” Although he didn’t specify how many companies are considering bidding for Hummer, he said there are “several” in the running.
GM announced its off-road Hummer brand was up for ‘strategic review’ last June, but it remains unclear if the Detroit automaker will sell the marque or simply shut it down.
According to the Associated Press, GM previously told the U.S. government that it will make its final decision of the future of Hummer by March 31st. It’s not clear if President Barack Obama’s new 60-day deadline for GM’s restructuring also applies to the future of Hummer.
GM spokesman Nick Richards says the company is “cautiously optimistic” about a Hummer sale. If GM does decide to sell the Hummer brand, it could wind up in the hands of a Chinese automaker. The Hummer brand has about 160 U.S. retail locations, which could serve as the launching pad for a foreign automaker looking to gain access to the U.S. market. However, it remains possible GM could simply kill the Hummer brand.



03/30, 7:04 PM
posted by:
Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3
Party over…easy decision.
03/30, 7:10 PM
posted by:
gugy
Kill it!
03/30, 7:55 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
no suspense here
03/30, 8:31 PM
posted by:
Madcapp
Just shut it down.
03/30, 8:32 PM
posted by:
TomF
If they do anything but kill it, they’ll be crucified. Some more.
03/30, 8:43 PM
posted by:
RaineMan
GM should have decided Hummer’s fate 6 months ago. This is way too late. They need to be headed into bankruptcy court if they haven’t figured this out by now.
03/30, 9:06 PM
posted by:
cereal
Why they haven’t made the decision YET is still bugging me.
Just kill it. Do it already.
-eat your cereal
03/30, 9:22 PM
posted by:
normljoe
I never understood why they started Hummer to begin with. Stupid GM.
03/30, 9:25 PM
posted by:
Borat
By the same token why rush? Motherloving Wagoner got 20 mils out of jerking off country for 6 months and pissing off billions of dollars. The next guy (Fritz) is thinking: what I can fix for myself here. Just think Monica Lewinsky swallowed and could barely score 1 mil out Genny Craig; this motherlover sprayed all over and got rewarded with cool 20 mils.
03/30, 9:47 PM
posted by:
desertdriver
Game over…. duh!
03/30, 9:51 PM
posted by:
maxcar
the fact that they need til tuesday to figure this one out is prolly how they ended up like this in the first place.
03/30, 9:59 PM
posted by:
save saab
Kill it. Hummer H3s are popping all over the place in my area. Hell, I’ve seen a few teenagers with these.
03/30, 10:09 PM
posted by:
andy
@normljoe: because they sold and made GM a lot of money when gas was cheap and the economy stable
03/30, 10:12 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
Borat, I see your point. If I got that much every time I let go I’d never leave the house.
03/30, 10:12 PM
posted by:
Bavarian_818
Like the Toyota Matrix/Pontiac Vibe, Toyota should re badge the H3 as the Camry CUT! I’m sure it will sell like hot cakes…
@Borat: Lewinsky really got $1mil for swallowing protein shakes?
03/30, 10:49 PM
posted by:
Speeeed3Z
Actually just heard it on the news…..so they’ve decided on it already.
HUMMER IS DEAD…….
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stupid land yachts should have been gone a longggggggg time ago
03/31, 12:26 AM
posted by:
elviososa
I think GM will sell it to the Chinese. Or…if Chinese didn’t get the Hummer, they will try to get the Jeep.
03/31, 12:37 AM
posted by:
idrinorbarsaku
i’ve driven the h2 multiple times and I have to say, it is a very comfortable ride. i hope the h2 somehow gets carried on to hummer as a hummer styled version in the future. But, as some of you might know, I am a big fan of large vehicles. It is something you feel only when you buy something as large as a hummer or suburban. They are made fun of because they get horrible gas mileage when in reality, a kia sorento averages less mpg’s than a v8 suburban! I just gotta say…F*CK ALL YOU TREE HUGGERS OUT THERE!!!
they made too many hummers when the demand for them was nowhere in sight!
03/31, 1:54 AM
posted by:
llt21
because of people like you who go to dealerships just to test drive vehicles which they can’t afford in the first place, hummer is in this situation. and because hummers suck. only thing they are good for is wasting gas.
03/31, 2:02 AM
posted by:
llt21
i don’t care for kia sorento but the worst mileage it gets is 15/21 and the best a v8 suburban is 14/20. you failed again.
03/31, 2:21 AM
posted by:
Poisnonous Cinquecento
I wonder how many ppl here 2 years ago would defend this rubbish car cause its american, but now cause its seen as uncool, throw the first stones?
This car is the true sign of America, all tough looks but hollow inside.
03/31, 2:38 AM
posted by:
fan
are they honestly publishing this as big news? this is what they should have done about a year ago. along with most of the rest of their brands
03/31, 2:54 AM
posted by:
sharpie
idrinorbarsaku, open yous eyes. It’s not the tree huggers who brought on the demise of Hummer and big vehicles, blame it on OPEC and the oil companies who made record profits. American stopped buying Hummer because it is too expensive to run. Where you got your anger from tree huggers, I don’t know nor care to know, but the death of Hummer is caused by economics conditions, not environmental policies, at least not yet until the new CAFE kicks in.
By the way, you like big vehicles? I hear they have a hard time selling RV.
03/31, 4:24 AM
posted by:
Hyperion
When I heard a story some weeks ago about Buick’s future being murky, I was very upset and worried. Too many nice Buick models of years’ past to just kill the entire brand.
AM General Hummer, on the other hand, should have remained the purveyor of its one good vehicle, the original H1. For pete’s sake, don’t allow the H1 to die but as for the rest of the lineup– kill them off!
Good riddance. This brand will never have the same history and following that the troubled Pontiac and Buick divisions have. Even Saturn probably has more brand identity than Hummer.
03/31, 7:12 AM
posted by:
DeansterTJ
^ Yes, because when I think hallowed tradition of awesome automotive engineering, I don’t think Porsche or BMW, I think Buick.
03/31, 7:34 AM
posted by:
acashshri
Sell it off, make some money out of it…n retire
03/31, 7:38 AM
posted by:
acashshri
It was a sad ass brand from the beginning….it looks pathetic and its hollow inside…Sell it to the Chinese..they will make good use of it….probably fit machine guns to it..!!
03/31, 8:11 AM
posted by:
idrinorbarsaku
llt21,
in case you didn’t know, in the year 2003, we only had 3 cars. One was a 2003 chevy suburban, a 2003 hummer h2, and a 2000 chevy express conversion van by STARCRAFT. you’re just dumb! I’m sure the people who make fun of them are the one’s who have never ever even been in one! Everyone wanted one when it first came out. It was a sin to pretty much hate it, and now, like Poisnonous Cinquecento said…
03/31, 8:13 AM
posted by:
idrinorbarsaku
i will say though, the h3 is a joke, and the h1 is too expensive:(
03/31, 8:31 AM
posted by:
F50
Good riddance, Jeep is way better, but the H1 was a nice model
03/31, 8:34 AM
posted by:
gehrhardt
Hyperion – I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the H1 has been dead since the 2006 model year.
03/31, 8:36 AM
posted by:
RaineMan
The H3 is the only Hummer that has ever made sense. Reasonably sized with decent fuel economy and tons of offroad capability (though most will never use it for that). I’d rather see a H3 going down the road than I would an Escalade or Suburban.
03/31, 8:54 AM
posted by:
idrinorbarsaku
everyone is entitled to their own opinion. you should like whatever suits you best, not what everyone wants to like/dislike because of the current trend! we do A LOT of traveling so…
03/31, 11:18 AM
posted by:
Borat
Bavarian_818, that what I read. I also read that she completed London School of Economics afterwards. That worth much more and does not leave aftertaste.
03/31, 12:10 PM
posted by:
A4
maybe i can go get an H3T Alpha for a cool $20k.
03/31, 1:15 PM
posted by:
02VortecAVALANCHE
Bye Hummer. Way to go GM for wasting money and time on Hummer. GM Success isnt how much you spend to develop a car success is how many people drive you car. The H2 is so under powered along with the H3. Goodbye
03/31, 2:21 PM
posted by:
JoseIICordero
Hummer is unfortunately a lost cause. Too bad, I liked the H2.
03/31, 2:38 PM
posted by:
Raf
Hummers are completely useless. If you need to haul ass in an SUV, tahoe/suburban or yukon/yukon XL are all that you need for passengers and cargo space.
There is absolutely no reason why H1 should have ever been available to the public, H3 is HIDIOUS, and the H2 are alright. As i said before there are plenty of other GM SUVs that can get the job done better than an H2 though.
03/31, 2:52 PM
posted by:
andy
dont judge Hummers until you drive one, they are a pretty nice vehicle… even the H3T is decent
03/31, 11:36 PM
posted by:
idrinorbarsaku
we didn’t have a single problem with our 2003 h3. the only problem was that it was a 2 year lease and we had to return it! But, it was right around the same time when our suburbans brakes started acting up, and i know they had the same exact brake setup(electronic wise). it war one smoooooth comfortable suv for driving when we went up to canada. it was awesome in winter…although the same could be said about the suburban. the express sucked on snow! it would get stuck on a rain day while driving a little hill.