The fate of general Motors’ former Hummer brand hung in the balance as recently as a few weeks ago, but it looks as though the iconic off-road brand is on the road to recover as production of the company’s H3 and H3T models is slated to resume next month.
Now under the control of China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company, Hummer will kick off production of its 2010 H3 and H3T models for the U.S. market next month, according to HummerGuy.net. That should be music to the ears of the remaining Hummer dealers as inventory levels of the H3 have dropped to just a few units at most store.
Hummer has already produced some 2010 H3 and H3T models for export to Canada and Mexico.
However, things aren’t looking so bright for the brand’s H2 model. Production of the H2 ceased earlier this year and won’t resume until sometime in 2010 – most likely close to mid-year. With 2011 models slated to hit the market around that time, Hummer might opt to skip the 2010 H2 model and move right to the 2011s.
10/16, 1:48 PM
posted by:
JakeK66
In it’s own way, the H3T is kinda cool.
10/16, 1:54 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
Yeah, I was following one the other night and it looked rather stylish in a gas guzzling yet still somewhat useless compared to a real truck kind of way.
… oh sh*t… was that my outside voice?
10/16, 2:28 PM
posted by:
Szabla
Woot, I’ll take a hummer….oh wait, wrong web site.
My bad. Nothing to see here.
10/16, 2:47 PM
posted by:
leftwingagenda
i think i’d rather have a militarized subaru brat than an h3t…but that’s just the crazy talking…
10/16, 2:51 PM
posted by:
A4
I have a friend with an H3T Alpha… I certainly wouldn’t complain. The thing is gorgeous compared to trucks like the Colorado, Tacoma, and Ridgeline, and much more rare than an admittedly larger full sizer like the F150, but most truck buyers really only need the capability that the H3T brings. This is a very cool truck, and you can get one for the same price as a similarly equipped Ridgeline, which is worlds uglier, less capable, less manly, and gets pretty much similar mileage. If you want a well equipped truck and don’t need a full-sizer, then get this. Everyone will shoot it down for being a Hummer, just because the whole brand has its stigma to the tree huggers out there and everyone else is afraid to admit that they would love to drive one. We’re all enthusiasts here. If we all had Hummers, I guarantee 95% of us would use them and abuse them like they should be. I know I would.
10/16, 3:02 PM
posted by:
DenverGuy217
Hertz gave me an H3 once for a rental and over the course of the week I averaged 21 MPG I was surprised.
10/16, 3:36 PM
posted by:
KarLoveBoy88
Why presume production when nobody sees the point in buying this thing? Granted its a beautiful truck and has potential to keep Hummer around, it was introduced at the wrong time in our economy. If the Chinese can find a way to fit a turbocharged I5 or I6, then they just might have something.
10/16, 4:01 PM
posted by:
ktulu
hummerts could cut down nu production o’ homo bnapiens
10/16, 4:19 PM
posted by:
JakeK66
Couldn’t have said it better myself A4. The windshield will need to be replaced 3 times a year due to rocks, but just make sure and have an insurance/maintence plan that covers them and you’re set.
10/16, 5:05 PM
posted by:
comp.mode
I myself am hoping to see a better market for all Hummers soon for the fact that I dont foresee the brand making its way back to North America soon but could eventually happen. Most likely again within the General Motors lineup, however hopefully on better purchasing terms. The only reason GM picked up hummer in the first place was only to obtain the $114,000 tax write-off on each H2 produced. That would be cool if it could just be ours because those with the funds wants it to be ours.
10/17, 1:51 PM
posted by:
Ashes to Ashes_Dust to Dust
Someone at GM has been stroking the Hummer tailpipe a bit too long. Red Rover send Humm … wait a minute … ah, Red Rover, Red Rover send … WTF? F@#k it!