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Old 06-08-2009, 05:06 PM   #1
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Chinese Hummer

I don't much like seeing Hummers on the streets unless there is some special circumstance for them being there, but it rather flips me out that the division of General Motors associated with the production of what is the civilian version of one of our main military vehicles has been purchased by a company located in the nation of China...What is your opinion?
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Old 06-08-2009, 05:10 PM   #2
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I don't see it as an issue at all.
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Old 06-08-2009, 05:25 PM   #3
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I am disappointed as I had hoped that the entire Hummer brand would just die and go away once GM said they were done with it.

I find it totally ironic that it's moving to China as the Hummer is a truly non-viable vehicle there. I remember reading a story about a year ago about a Hummer support group for Chinese owners. Not a car club - a support group - where the few of them would get together and talk about how impossible it is to park it, or to get it onto the majority of the roads anywhere in the country, and how much it cost to fill it up.
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Wasn't around went that one went on . thanks...
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yup just figured you'd get better discussion there
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Old 06-09-2009, 12:20 AM   #7
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I don't much like seeing Hummers on the streets unless there is some special circumstance for them being there, but it rather flips me out that the division of General Motors associated with the production of what is the civilian version of one of our main military vehicles has been purchased by a company located in the nation of China...What is your opinion?
Kind of shows where wealthy people will be living in the future.... another possible Chinese takeover will come from Buick, which today is one of GM's flagship lines in China.

As far as Hummers being a problem in China. There are places where Hummers would make a lot of sense in China, especially in areas without paved roads.

The US has been buying boots, uniforms and other military wear from China for a long time. Especially bugged me hearing that we were buying boots form them. Boot patterns are how you ID people. Imagine if you will Chinese soldiers wearing "American" pattern boots in a skirmish/war with us. Not cool.

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The Chinese already have a Hummer clone,
http://www.chinacartimes.com/2006/11...ngfeng-eq2050/
Now they can rebadge them as the real deal.
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Old 06-09-2009, 07:11 AM   #9
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So will their version be called a "Chummer"?
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