Hammer can be recycled
The Hummer's size has made it a target for green activists, but Richards defends the car.
A deal planned by General Motors to sell the military brand to a Chinese company fell through this week, but GM is still considering the possibility of several other potential buyers showing interest. Hummer Club Australia founder Tom Richards, 36, has expressed confidence that the iconic brand will either be bought or, in the worst case, shelved for a few years before being revived when economic conditions are more suitable.
“I fell in love with them the first time I saw them,” said Richards, who owns the H3 Luxury with “lots of XNUMXxXNUMX accessories.” This is a serious SUV that will withstand any off-road. I love the look. It's different and I don't like to follow the pack."
The Hummer's size has made it a target for green activists, but Richards defends the car and finds no contradiction between being the owner of Reverse Organic Recycling and owning the Hummer. “There is a big misconception about the environmental impact of a car,” he said.
“H3 is more economical than gasoline Prado. I haven't come across insults, but you get rude gestures from some people; how I really care. The positives outweigh the negatives. Little kids just love them."
Richards founded Hummer Club Australia early last year and has about 240 online members worldwide. GM Holden stated that if the Hummer is retired, they will continue to honor warranties and provide service support and spare parts to current Hummer owners.
Richards said there is also a "huge range of aftermarket accessories". "If it is removed, it could add value to the car because enthusiasts will still want it."
History
The history of Hummer began in the early 1980s, when AM General developed the M998 series (HMMWV, pronounced Humvee) highly mobile multi-purpose wheeled vehicle. The US Army was awarded a contract to build a massive four-wheel-drive vehicle that fought in the first Gulf War in '4.
It is unlikely that he became the star of television coverage of the first Gulf War, and Schwarzenegger asked AM General to build him a civilian version with a Corvette V8 engine. This attracted so much attention that they began to make civilian versions as serious off-road vehicles.
GM took over in 2002 and renamed the car the Hummer H1 and then released a new, smaller model called the H2, which has been imported to Australia in small numbers since 2005 by right-hand drive conversion companies such as Performax International's Gympie. .
That was the year GM launched the H3 midsize SUV, which arrived here in right-hand drive two years later, delayed by several issues with Australian design standards.
GM Holden created a premium division to sell Hummers and Saabs, with 273 H3s sold, rising to 2007 in 1078 and just 2008 last year. This year, GM sold Saab to Dutch sports car company Spyker.
