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skipp71 · 08-18-2008, 12:51 PM

Hummer as GM has it is just a brand name, a front company that markets vehicles. The original H1 and H2 are/were built by AM (American Motors) General who do indeed build military vehicles and licensed the rights to market the H1 to GM. The H2 (Tahoe) and H3 (Colorado) have no military versions and are GM designs so tooling could be sold with the brand (much like Chrysler and the previous gen Stratus to Russian maker GAZ) without issue. The H1 was a Civilianized Military vehicle and all that tooling and vehicle rights are owned by AM General. No conflict of interest at all with GM selling the brand.

08-18-2008, 12:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
skipp71 Walking Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4	Re: Buy Hummer? Nyet, says Russian automaker Hummer as GM has it is just a brand name, a front company that markets vehicles. The original H1 and H2 are/were built by AM (American Motors) General who do indeed build military vehicles and licensed the rights to market the H1 to GM. The H2 (Tahoe) and H3 (Colorado) have no military versions and are GM designs so tooling could be sold with the brand (much like Chrysler and the previous gen Stratus to Russian maker GAZ) without issue. The H1 was a Civilianized Military vehicle and all that tooling and vehicle rights are owned by AM General. No conflict of interest at all with GM selling the brand.