Hummer: Dead five years - LeftLane News
The last Hummer ever built, an H3 model, rolled off the line at GM's Shreveport, Louisiana, factory on May 24, 2010. Not a glamorous end, the last batch of 849 H3s were built to fulfill an order for the Avis rent-a-car company. Looking to build upon that go-anywhere reputation, GM bought the rights to the Hummer brand in 1998. Although GM continued to market the Humvee, albeit under the H1 banner, the company's attention turned to creating SUVs for the civilian market. GM announced in 2009 that it would sell the Hummer brand as part of its bankruptcy reorganization. GM initially struck a deal with China's Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company for $150 million, but the deal ultimately fell through after several delays. In February 2010, GM announced that it was closing Hummer for good. Hummers are getting harder to find a half-decade later, but luckily a recent report has revealed just were all the Hummers have gone. Source: www.leftlanenews.com
