Hummer News

The setting couldn’t be more appropriate when the 2010 HUMMER H3T made its first public appearance last weekend on Drummond Island – a place known for challenging off-road enthusiasts with its hilly, rocky, and wet environment. The 2010 HUMMER H3T we took to the Island hadn’t seen much time on …

While we’re wrapping up in Michigan, Josh Hall is halfway around the world and running strong in the Australasian Safari – entering stage two in 17th position. Check out the video of the HUMMER H2 in action through stage one:

One normally thinks of live blogging for press conferences or unveilings, but we’re using the term loosely to mean, “where you’ll find all the posts from this weekend’s HUMMER Club event on Drummond Island that don’t necessitate an entire post.” Check back on this thread often — it will be …

As the Australasian Safari off-road race quickly approaches, the last crew members from Rod Hall Racing are arriving in Perth, Australia, and are readying the HUMMER H2 SUT race truck for the 2200 mile race. In order to comply with the Confederation of Australian Motorsports safety requirements, driver Josh Hall …

On Friday, HUMMER owners from near and far will descend upon Drummond Island, Michigan for a two-day event put on by The HUMMER Club Inc. The island’s ORV park, Turtle Ridge, has two distinct sections. The “Upper” section is primarily rocky, uneven terrain while the “lower” section designed for trail …

Tucked away in the mountain forests of Pennsylvania is Rausch Creek Off-Road Park, and it was the setting of Club HUMMER Off-Road’s inaugural national event. Rausch Creek has 1700 acres of easy, intermediate, and hard trails, and also has free on-site camping. Trails include all types of obstacles including mud, …

Tengzhong announced Wednesday that it will establish an off-shore special purpose entity (SPE) to facilitate the purchase of HUMMER. Without getting TOO technical or confusing, an SPE is typically set up by a company to separate the “sponsor” company (in this case Tengzhong) from another venture, thus reducing financial risk …

Newsweek is reporting Monday that Chinese officials are merely using their environmental concerns as a public excuse to not support Tengzhong’s bid for the HUMMER brand, while their real fear is international embarrassment if the brand fails. To be clear, there has been no official statement from either of the …

The HUMMER H3T Storm Chaser is still running strong as part of the Vortex 2 weather study, and last month caught video footage of an EF2 tornado in Wyoming. Enjoy!

On Tuesday it was reported that two of China’s regulators, the Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission (NRDC), had opposing opinions regarding Tengzhong’s bid to purchase the HUMMER brand from GM. According to Reuters, a ministry spokesperson played down those reports Wednesday. “The commerce ministry and …

Two Chinese regulators are at odds with each other on the approval process for Tengzhong’s approval to purchase HUMMER from General Motors, according to Reuters. One regulator is the Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) who seemed initially supportive of the deal saying that the bid was, “normal behavior for a company …