The Russians are…not coming BUT the Chinese are! Times have changed and how. The Chinese are all set to acquire joint ownership of that most venerable of American icons – a gas guzzling monster not fit for road travel. The gas guzzler in question is the Hummer – the civilian version of the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (Humvees) built by AM General. Though what the Chinese Hunan Chengfeng Motor Company hopes to achieve with the purchase is known only to them. They have stated that the vehicle will continue to be marketed as an off-road brand in the U.S; will Chinese materials and manufacturing technology be used? I don’t think so!
Or do the Chinese have some technology to make the Hummer more fuel-efficient. At its present fuel-economy rate of around 17 L/100 km, the H2 invites ire from several circles. The SUVs, more than any other vehicle type, see a dip in sales when oil prices fluctuate and oil prices in the long term are going to go only in one direction. Popular consensus in the U.S is that the Hummer should be allowed to die a natural death or at least given the small quantities that this niche vehicle sells maybe AM General could have bought the whole thing from General Motors instead of inviting a partner to bid along with it.
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