[jameskz28]

Originally Posted by Slack

The US market accounts for 84.5% of HUMMER sales. HUMMER sales were down 62% from May 2007 to May 2008. I'd call free falling sales a good reason to get rid of the brand.


http://www.minyanville.com/articles/...686/from/yahoo

Point well taken, but you are ignoring the other side of the arguement:

Hummer dealers uneasy as GM weighs possible sale By DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Auto Writer
Thu Jun 12, 3:34 PM ET

DETROIT - As if high gas prices, a weak economy and a strike by a major supplier weren't enough to drag down Hummer's sales, Hummer dealers are now reeling from the news that General Motors Corp. may consider selling the brand

"Hummer sales were up 42 percent in Europe through April, thanks to booming sales in Russia and a new right-hand-drive version in the United Kingdom."
"Sales in the Middle East were up 27 percent"
"sales in the Asia and Pacific region shot up 345 percent as right-hand-drive versions arrived in Japan and Australia"

Article at link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080612/...uneasy_dealers
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