hummer for sale
Automotive News reports that GM President and Chief Operating Officer Fritz Henderson told reporters at a recent press conference in India that the
sale of the Hummer brand is on an "urgent basis." That's no surprise, since
General Motors is predicting a US vehicle market of around 14 million units for 2008, down from 16 million units last year. Why the statement was made in India, we have no idea, since
Mahindra has denied interest in buying Hummer. Perhaps
Tata could still be thinking about a purchase? [via
Automotive News, Sub. Req.]
transformers 2
It seems that the
HX won't be the only Hummer vehicle featured in
Transformers 2. At the Cinema Expo International 2008 in Amsterdam, GM shelled out some bucks for a big platform that includes the H3 logo, the Transformers logo and dual black H3's to go along with it all.
More »
transformers 2
All this time we thought that the
Hummer HX concept was going to be in the next version of
Halo, given its resemblance to the Warthog. But lo and behold, this HX appears to be some sort of character in the next
Transformers movie. Maybe the HX can use its
video recording feature to grab some video from the set and send it to us. Or would that be a copyright violation? Would they have to send a
Chinese Malibu police car after us? Do the fake Chinese also not enforce intellectual property laws?
More »
detroit auto show
Despite its relationship to the
Halo Warthog, the Hummer HX made a pretty big
splash at the Detroit Auto Show. One of its coolest features is the
front-facing camera that's integrated into the rear-view mirror. Throw in a docking slot to record your off-roading adventures directly to an iPod and you've got something quite cool, indeed. Sure, the HX is obviously
very conceptual, but this is a
feature that doesn't seem too farfetched. Of course, it's also a feature that may be destined to document tragedy, especially in this YouTube age.
detroit auto show
I had a chance to talk with David Rojas and Robert Jablonski, the exterior and interior designers of the
Hummer HX Concept with one question on the table: What's the link between the HX and the
Warthog from Halo? The answer wasn't as clear as I was hoping. I couldn't get either of the twentysomething designers to admit that the HX was inspired in any least bit by the Warthog from Halo, but I think I can still make a case, even though GM has already
openly denied any kind of a link between the two.
More »
detroit auto show
Concept cars are notorious for rarely making it to the street. But what about the enticing features that designers include in their dreamy visions of our automotive future? We combed through the files we've amassed at the show this week and come up with five features that don't stand a chance in hell of ever escaping the shimmering incubator of the world's design studios. Count 'em down, after the jump.
More »
detroit auto show
GM rolled out its Halo 3 Warthog doppelganger, the
Hummer HX concept amid considerable pomp and circumstance around E85 Ethanol and other green technologies. GM's sales VP Mark Le Neve introduced the concept as a vehicle that'll get the kids to put down their Wii controllers and start climbing rocks IRL. No word on production plans, but we've been expecting a Jeep Wrangler/ Toyota FJ Cruiser competitor for a while. This may be it, though likely without the chain gun and plasma pistol.
More »
detroit auto show
All Your Embargoes Are Belong To Us — especially now that the folks over at
HummerGuy have gone live with the embargoed information on the Hummer HX Concept. The Hummer
Warthog HX Concept will be blowing into Detroit Auto Show this weekend like it was fired out of a missile pod or something. Seriously, we cannot make enough Halo references for this thing. Now that
Hummer Forums released photos of the new Hummer concept we can tell you this concept is smaller than the H3 and is powered by an E85 FlexFuel sipping 3.6L SIDI V-6 that moves all four wheels for traction. Exactly what you want when climbing over rocks or vanquished foes. Press release below the jump.
More »