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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 01:27 PM
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AP source: GM to sell Hummer to Chinese company

06/02/2009 10:44:19 AM

By TOM KRISHER and BREE FOWLER AP Auto Writers
General Motors Corp. took a key step toward its downsizing on Tuesday, striking a tentative deal to sell its Hummer brand, while also revealing that it has potential buyers for its Saturn and Saab brands.
GM has a tenatative agreement to sell its rugged Hummer brand to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. of China, said a person briefed on the deal.
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 01:33 PM
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I saw this earlier as well...next the hummer will have a 2.0 DOHC 4 cylinder in it
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 01:37 PM
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"If i wanted a hummer, i would have called your sister"
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 01:46 PM
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I wounder if they sell it with the power train also? Sad week in history for GM now will be known as Government Motors from now on still GM
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 01:47 PM
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drifting hummers........
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeGibbSilverado
drifting hummers........
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 02:01 PM
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i need to photoshop a hummer with all the goodies...
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 02:48 PM
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so you can have stuff like this plaguing the streets even more?
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 03:42 PM
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Maybe China is going to convert them into military-spec hummers and use them when they invade us.
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Neil 6.0
Maybe China is going to convert them into military-spec hummers and use them when they invade us.
Good luck at that... Just means they are more grouped together and less ammo for us to use.
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