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Originally Posted by H3AlphaGuy

- The redesign could have been a great way to work on clean diesel tech that it now touted by VW / Audi, etc. on TV right now, as well as use innovative materials to keep a stiff frame without all of the weight. As of now Hummer in the US only sells 150+- a month. 85% of all sales are H3 / H3T so the 9MPG argument just doesn't fly as well anymore.

Yep. And you could even add the 'pie in the sky' possibility of a hydraulic hybrid which could be unbelievably useful for off road as well as on road.

Originally Posted by FUTURE_OF_GM

So.... The new Hummer could only produce gas-guzzling vehicles?!?! These people don't believe in innovation or vision at all?

What a defeatist outlook... Maybe China really IS becoming westernized. Because with attitudes like that, you'd think they were american.

Wow... Do they even know the owners of the company, or is that just a 'general assumption'? < Also...... the 'ole "unnamed source" trick ........ >


Doesn't seem like that big of a jump to me... In fact, it reminds me a lot of International (Navistar) except in reverse.


Maybe this is the REAL reason that China is sour on the deal.


See above statement... THEY (the chinese government) know that they have a real opportunity to become the premier world leader now. They also know that, in the eyes of most of the world, China=cheap.

Therefore, they don't want a rogue company to overstep it's ability and ruin their chances of reinventing their image around the world. Because one failed Chinese company, especially on this continent and in this HIGHLY visible market would damage China's reputation even more.

*** I think GM should just keep Hummer and sell it along side Cadillac as a premier truck division. Use the HX as a new start to more efficient and more classy models and target LR. Then the GM car buyer could channel like this: Chevrolet-Buick-Cadillac and the GM truck buyer could channel: Chevrolet-GMC-Hummer.

Outstanding.

Exactly right.

Ditto all the rest of your following post.

Hummer got labeled.