I saw in the news today(MSN, i think) that General Motors had sold the Hummer Division to a Chinese corporation. Does this mean that a Chinese owned company will be manufacturing vehicles for the U.S. military? Are there different divisions that do civilian and military versions?
Sorry if this sounds like a foolish question but I haven't been keeping up with the news and Hummers were introduced long after I got out of the Army.

The Hummer and HMMWV are made by two different companies altogether, Hummer by GM and the HMMWV by AM General. A Chinese company will just be making the civilian model.

Not the greatest of references, but it's something:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummer#Owner_efforts

I guess they'll name it the "Hum-Dinger"?

i think i have read some where that the chinese were making a copy of the hmmvw

The original Hummer, now that was awesome. The H2... glorified Expedition that you pay more for so everyone can see how rich you are.

Not a great loss.

Originally Posted by major liability

The original Hummer, now that was awesome. The H2... glorified Expedition that you pay more for so everyone can see how rich you are.

Not a great loss.

GM is making a glorified Ford?

Sorry, it uses the Tahoe chassis. In either case, not worthy of the Hummer name, none of them live up to the original. Poser vehicles, in my opinion... I'd rather have an Escalade for that purpose.

Yea they are pretty suck. Any troop who has driven a real hummvee wants to spit on a h2. A h2 would get stuck in a pothole. A hummvee would climb out of hell.

Edit: From personal experience I have ran a 1025 "gun truck" so deep into a mud pit that I had water coming across the hood and I still climbed out of it.

Originally Posted by Big_Z

A h2 would get stuck in a pothole. A hummvee would climb out of hell.

Now thats what I call a good quote.

Originally Posted by Big_Z

Yea they are pretty suck. Any troop who has driven a real hummvee wants to spit on a h2. A h2 would get stuck in a pothole. A hummvee would climb out of hell.

Edit: From personal experience I have ran a 1025 "gun truck" so deep into a mud pit that I had water coming across the hood and I still climbed out of it.

Been there, done that, not a 1025, had a Navy one.
Now I have a 89 Chevy S-10 Blazer that will follow a Humvee anywhere, I use it to yank the bumpers off H-2's and H-3's when they get stuck