GM to halt Hummer production

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

General Motors Co. will halt Hummer production next week at its Louisiana plant until sale of the brand to a Chinese company is completed.

Hummer spokesman Nick Richards said Wednesday it was unclear whether jobs would be affected at the Shreveport plant, which also builds Chevrolet pickup trucks.

The plant is the only one making Hummers.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14180829

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. I hope the jobs stay to produce high mpg cars instead. (nt)

[jmowreader]

14. Those jobs were toast before today anyway

That plant is closing in 2012. It will not be part of the New GM.

http://blog.nola.com/tpmoney/2009/06/union_memo_indicates_shrevepor.html

They make four things there: H3 Hummers, Isuzu I280s, Chevy Colorados and GMC Canyons. The Hummer is going away and the Colorado/Canyon is a hard sell right now--whether it's all fuel mileage that's doing it, or that other manufacturers make a more-appealing vehicle (it's not just the imports; the Dodge Dakota and Ford Ranger are REALLY nice little trucks) I cannot say, but they're having a hell of a time moving inventory.

[donco6]

2. I laugh whenever I see one

Stupidest car ever made

[Bleacher Creature]

12. Stupid, yes. Stupidest . . .not quite.

Here is your winner.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/09/chad-ochocinco-birthday-p_n_417449.html?page=2&show_comment_id=37812791#comment_37812791

[fascisthunter]

3. the dumbest vehicle on the road today

and yes, if you drive a hummer, most likely, people have laughed at you, knowing you will spend that much money, just to get noticed on a fucking street. Dumb!

[kentauros]

17. Ya gotta be dummer to drive a Hummer!

:P

Here's my pick for the dumbest production vehicle, though: http://www.gizmag.com/go/3216



:o

[FormerDittoHead]

4. GM announces "gas saver - commuter - soccer mom" car for tomorrow's drivers!

Keep in touch, Detroit...



:-)

[RobertSeattle]

5. What will all the guys with small P****** buy instead?

:-)

[Mopar151]

11. Texas Pickups

[snooper2]

21. Oh come on, that picture was taken in Virginia..

this is a Texas truck :P

[Mopar151]

25. Hey, it was the best I could do in 30 seconds.....

And thet Freightliner is only dumb if you have to have it to fetch coffee. Yes' there are guys that dumb out there.

[high density]

13. Ford F-150 Raptor

http://www.fordvehicles.com/trucks/f150/trim/?trim=raptor

[Mopar151]

27. Nah - that's a potentially useful vehicle

Cargo box, will tow a big trailer, 20mpg hwy.
I tried to find fuel mileage for an f-350 SuperDuty with a V-10 - ain't even listed!

[BrightKnight]

24. You can install prosthetic Truck Nutz on almost anything. - n/t

[Cirque du So-What]

6. Hatred of Hummer drivers runs deep

as evidenced by this website:

http://www.fuh2.com/

Probably well over 10,000 photos of people flipping off Hummers & their drivers.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

7. I would really like an H1 Humvee... none of this silly H2 or H3 shite.

If I strike it rich, I'm going to have a Bradley style Hummer H1 and an 80's diesel Toyota Hilux.
Maybe a nice sedan and sportscar to round off the collection.

[Abq_Sarah]

20. My husband really wants an H1 as well

The "new" Hummers with all their chrome, driven by people who would freak out at a rock chip on the paint job or a little mud disgust him.

[Rapier09]

8. Another set of jobs lost

Hopefully the workers get good severance packages.

[Stumbler]

9. Great. Now what am I supposed to use to commute to work in gridlock traffic?

That is, when I'm not off-roading it w/ bitchin' tunes in the background.

[doc03]

10. Now the government should take the ones off

road a melt them down.

[llmart]

15. Oh my.....

What will Ahnold do now??? GM gave him his for free.

[Blue_Tires]

16. good...that "poseur" non-minitary Hummer was only

good for morning highway commute gridlock, rap videos, country club parking lots, magazine shoots for 26+-inch wheels, and soccer moms who damn sure HAD to show the neighborhood how well they were doing...

[tabbycat31]

18. you left out guys compensating in size for something their manhood lacks

[TexasObserver]

19. You know why they call them Hummers, don't you?

Because they BLOW!

Good riddance to the reminder of Bushian excess.

[Xenotime]

22. Yea!! Win one for the environment!!

[fujiyama]

23. This was probably the greatest symbol

of American waste and excess of the last twenty years.

The military Humvee actually served a purpose. The Hummer (especially the H2 and so on) were just stupid status symbols.

[Romulox]

26. Maybe the original. The other models are no worse than Nissan Pathfinders, or Toyota Highlanders.

Just a convenient name to latch on to, but these SUVs are no worse for the environment than the full size SUVs offered by virtually every auto manufacturer selling in the US. :hi:

[Mopar151]

28. The Cadillac Escalade.

Attracts a far lower class of quasi-rich swine than even an H2 with clearcoat paint. I contend that it is not possible to engage a forward gear in an Escalade without raising the cellphone to the talking position. It's pretty hard to prove me wrong!

[Vidar]

29. Good riddance to Arnie's Folly.