{"id":176290,"date":"2010-01-13T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T22:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/hummer-shuts-down-all-production-until-further-notice-2010-1"},"modified":"2010-01-13T17:41:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T22:41:00","slug":"hummer-shuts-down-all-production-until-further-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/176290","title":{"rendered":"Hummer Shuts Down All Production Until Further Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The sale was cleared by U.S. regulators, but the Chinese agencies on the other end have yet to complete their side of the<\/p>\n

After watching helplessly for months while product demand fell to a quarter of capacity, GM has decided to halt production of all Hummer<\/a> products until the sale<\/a> to China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Corporation is complete, Jalopnik reports.<\/a><\/p>\n

Staring January 19th, Hummer<\/a> will halt all production, including the contract manufacturing at AM General for the Hummer H2<\/a> and production at GM’s Louisiana plant where Hummer H3<\/a> and H3T’s are built.<\/p>\n

The drop in Hummer sales is attributed to a “zero ad budget,” the trend among consumers to look for more fuel efficient vehicles, and the stigma of buying products with a tainted image and an questionable future.<\/p>\n

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