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Speaking in Detroit today, General Motor’s president and COO Fritz Henderson said that GM expects to give financial information to prospective buyers in the next few weeks. Henderson maintained that he would like to wrap up a sale by the end of 2008, but expects the process will most likely …

Frank Hublou and John Schottenheimer were landing their seaplane on Lake Tahoe last Thursday when the 1946 Seabee flipped and began taking on water. The two were able to avoid tragedy, and called resident Carl Cooper a ‘saint’ after speeding out to the wreck in his boat, and later assisting …

Late last week outside a hotel in Arizona, an astute observer saw a truck load that had some interesting cargo: the ‘NEST’ HUMMER H3T and Optimus Prime from the movie “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”. The pictures were snagged using a blackberry – and the poster came back later to …

The 2009 HUMMER H3T began production in Shreveport, LA late last week on the same grounds where the H3 is produced. Pictured above is one of the first production vehicles being constructed just prior installing the standard bed liner. Dealers may see their first sellable vehicles arrive as early as …

Earlier today Team HUMMER raced two trucks in the Terrible’s Primm 300. Chad Hall, and Rod Hall with the help of Emily Miller, both finished third in their respective classes. Finishing the race was crucial for both maintain their points lead in the SCORE series. The complete race recap coming …

Team HUMMER is back in the Nevada desert for the Terrible’s PRIMM 300, and Rod and Chad hall will be fighting to keep their number one spots in the SCORE points championship. Chad will be piloting the H3 whilte Rod will be sharing the driving responsibilities with Emily Miller, who …

Today we were invited to be part of HUMMER’s 10 city ride-and-drive tour in which the H3T and some of its non-GM competition. Since the HUMMER H3T is in between a mid-size pickup and full-size pickup, it was paired against the mid-size Toyota Tacoma and full-size Ford F-150. To make …

This November, HUMMER owners will have a new place to learn off-road driving techniques while taking in some incredible scenery at HUMMER’s newest driving academy in Morocco. The inaugural event for the academy will be a six day off-road event in which 14 HUMMERs with two-person teams will navigate a …

At 6,000 square feet, Towbin HUMMER claims to have the largest stand-alone HUMMER dealership in the nation – but not for long. The Las Vegas dealer recently announced that after next Tuesday, September 9th, it will no longer sell or service HUMMER vehicles. Earlier this year owner Dan Towbin told …

General Motors’ COO Fritz Henderson announced earlier today that he hopes the sale of HUMMER will be complete by early 2009 at the latest, effectively announcing an end to HUMMER’s strategic review. While the details of the sale haven’t been finalized, it’s clear which direction GM is moving. Before today, …

GM’s Chief Operating Officer Fritz Henderson said this morning that GM is considers the sale of HUMMER urgent and hopes to unload the brand by early 2009. “We are trying to approach this (Hummer sale) on an urgent basis,” said Henderson, according to Reuters. “End of this year is a …