Archive for 'HUMMER'
GM Takes Second Look at Hummer Bidders
Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by admin.
As GM attempts to off-load brands like Hummer and Saab, the entire process feels like the end of a horror movie when the monster keeps popping back to life. Just as Hummer’s fate appeared sealed when the Chinese industrial machinery company Tengzhong couldn’t get the sale approved by the Chinese government, the Wall Street Journal reports that a flicker of hope remains for the SUV brand. GM is apparently taking a second look at two previous suitors that made bids for Hummer before Tengzhong but were rejected as insufficient.
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J.D. Power Finds Lexus and Hummer Tops in Customer Service
Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by admin.
For 2010, J.D. Power and Associates split its Customer Service Index Study into luxury and mass market categories, with Lexus winning the luxury brand and Hummer at the top in the mass market column.
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GM Says Hummer Sale to Chinese Is Off. Brand To Be Shuttered.
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by admin.
By Dave Thomas GM’s planned sale of the Hummer brand to China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. has fallen through. GM says it will wind down all operations for the brand
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Hummer Sale to Chinese Company Falls Through
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by admin.
GM’s planned sale of the Hummer brand to China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. has fallen through
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Spied! Next-Generation Global Chevrolet Colorado
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by admin.
Photos by Brian Williams for Brenda Priddy & Company We've officially heard from Ford that it's uncertain if the company's upcoming global "T6" Ranger small truck will be available in North America after production of the U.S.-built Ranger ends in 2011. Now, the same pattern appears to be playing itself out for the Ranger's rival, the Chevrolet Colorado
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Road Test Review: 2010 Hummer H3T
Posted on 03. Jan, 2010 by admin.
Photos and words by Ben Wojdyla for PickupTrucks.com It was 7 degrees out when our 2010 Hummer H3T broke through the inch-thick ice crust hiding deep mudholes at AM General's Hummer driving school. It’s not weather for man or beast or unjustly vilified pickup truck, but the H3T plodded on, barely scraping the truck's hitch.
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Which Will Sell More Pickups In 2009? Chrysler or Toyota?
Posted on 30. Dec, 2009 by admin.
At the end of 2009, the first and second spots for overall pickup truck sales are virtually locked up. GM is set to take the top spot, with 441,472 midsize and full-size trucks (Cadillac Escalade EXT, Chevy Avalanche, Chevy Colorado, Chevy Silverado, GMC Canyon, GMC Sierra, Hummer H3T) sold through November, and Ford is expected to grab the runner-up position, with 416,658 units (Ford F-Series, Ford Ranger, Lincoln Mark LT) sold year-to-date.
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2009 in Review: Automotive Roller Coaster
Posted on 29. Dec, 2009 by admin.
We can say this about 2009: At least it’s over. Car sales plummeted then skyrocketed with the Cash for Clunkers program, and two of the largest automakers in the world went bankrupt.
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The Top 10 Concept Trucks of the Decade
Posted on 24. Dec, 2009 by admin.
With the end of 2009 just a few days away and the North American International Auto Show set to kick off the next ten years of automotive progress in mid-January, now is the perfect time to take a look back at the Top 10 Concept Trucks of the Decade. These are the futuristic and fun pickups that we dreamed we'd be parking in our driveway in 2010, though it didn't quite turn out that way for most of these rigs. No
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Consumers Avoid Brands with Sketchy Futures
Posted on 15. Dec, 2009 by admin.
The results of J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Avoider Study are in, and it looks like Chrysler is the biggest loser
