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GM To Stop Making Hummer?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Economy, Energy, Environment, Gas, Oil, Video

CEO Rick Wagoner said Tuesday before the automakerâ€™s annual meeting in Delaware the plants to be closed are in Oshawa, Ontario; Moraine, Ohio; Janesville, Wis.; and Toluca, Mexico. He also said the iconic Hummer brand will be reviewed and potentially sold or revamped.

Wagoner said the GM board has approved production of a new small Chevrolet car at a plant in Lordstown, Ohio, in mid-2010 and the Chevy Volt electric vehicle in Detroit.

Wagoner announced the moves in response to slumping sales of pickups and SUVs brought on by high oil prices. He said a market shift to smaller vehicles is permanent.

That last sentence is telling.

And some video…

Welcome to the future.

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One Response to “GM To Stop Making Hummer?”

wj Says:
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Just curious. Will they also stop making the Chevy Suburban? Since the Hummer is, quite simply, a Suburban with a different shell — same engine, same frame, same everything. Or is this just about customers who care about appearances, rather than substance?

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