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History

 

In July 1979, the U.S. Army's decision to renew the fleet. The idea was also intended to combine a variety of vehicles exclusively used off-road vehicle. The U.S. government had commissioned three car makes a prototype, the designers were three candidates: AM General, Teledyne and Chrysler DefeJuly 1979: AM General begins with designing the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV for short, pronounced "Humvee") that must meet the requirements of the U.S. Army has imposed a new series of SUVs.
July 1980: The first prototype of the AM General HMMWV is finished and tested.
July 1981: The U.S. military command to give a number of AM General's Humvee prototype build.

 

Hummer H3April 1982: AM General Humvee prototype provides 11 off to the U.S. State.
March 1983: U.S. Army contract to AM General will build 55,000 Humvee's.
April 1983: The factory for the series production of the AM General HMMWV starts.
January 1985: The Humvee has started mass production
August 1989: AM General is given a second contract for the production of Humvee's further 33.331
November 1990: The first steps to design a civilian version of the Humvee to put (the Hummer H1).
June 1991: AM General makes the public aware that soon the Burger - Humvee can be purchased privately.
March 1992: More than 100,000 were produced Humvee.
1994-1995: AM General gets additional contracts for production of 1200 and 8800 until 2000 HMMWV's.
1996: The total amount delivered to U.S. Army's Humvee and other friendly governments Surpasses 140,000 pieces. In the years that follow, more and more individuals who want a Hummer. Therefore, designing the General Motors Hummer H2, an SUV with a more friendly appearance. Then designs the General Motors Hummer H3, in America also called the mini-Hummer.
1998 Emile Ratelband import the Hummer first in the Netherlands, but can not get it registered with the highway traffic. In Belgium, succeeds him, but as a truck. Therefore he must renew the vehicle 40 inches.
2004: The official importer of Hummer in the Netherlands and Belgium Kroymans. The H2 cost in 2006 from 97 400 euros. The smaller H3 takes at least 55,000 euros.
2005: The city of Nijmegen proposes that the city of Nijmegen area to be banned for this kind of big SUVs, because of environmental pollution and "antisocial" nature. This leads to a storm of protest from fans. The ban seems legally nor practically feasible (there are more cars of this size and this consumption, think bigger and bigger MPVs Americans), but the thought would then elsewhere have regulars.
2006: General Motors gives the Hummer H1 production would take.
2009: General Motors' Hummer brand, announced today that it no longer will be made by GM. Around 8000 employees will be requested dismissal. With the decline of car sales in the luxury segment (caused by the credit crunch) is the brand no longer profitable for GM. On June 2, 2009 is General Motor announced that Hummer will be taken over by the Chinese car company Tengzhong Sichuan.
2010: General Motors is on February 24 announced that the agreement with the Chinese car company Sichuan Tengzhong not continue. This mark disappears 'Hummer'. The Humvee will however continue to be producednse.

 

 models

 

Hummer was the brand name used by General Motors. Humvee is the brand name used by AMGeneral. The Hummer H1 and Humvee rolls / rolling down the same band in the factory AMGeneral. The Hummer H2 and H3 were from General Motors factories

Humvee (6.5-liter V8 Turbo Diesel, 468.6 cm, 219.7 cm wide, about 180 cm.)
Hummer H1 (6.5-liter V8 Turbo Diesel, 468.6 cm, 219.7 cm wide, about 180 cm hoog.4.000 pounds, 1 liter diesel consumption per 4.5 km)
Hummer H2 (6-liter V8 engine, 482 cm long, 202 cm wide, 200 cm high, 2900 pounds, use 1 liter per 6 km)
Hummer H2 SUT
Hummer H3 (3.7-liter 5-cylinder inline engine, 474 cm long, 190 cm wide, 190 cm high, 2100 pounds, plant consumption by 1 liter per 10 km)

  Hummer H2

 

   Hummer H3

 

 

 Dakar-Rally

 

In 2006 and 2007 edition of the Dakar Rally Robby Gordon took part in a Hummer H3 buggy. In 2006 he fell out but still he won a stage. In 2007 he won a stage and he was eighth in the standings.