Hummer

Hummer History and specifications Hummer. HUMMER brand originated in the United States in 1992 in the wake of the success of the first Iraq campaign. Throughout the war one of the main characters of Operation "Desert Storm" was cumbersome military HMMWV-M998 off-road vehicles of various modifications, produced in 1986 by AM General.And the leadership decided to launch the production version of the civilian all-terrain vehicle, which received a consonance with the abbreviated name of the military model of sonorous HUMMER ("Hammer").In 1998 General Motors has bought the rights to commercial use and distribution of brand HUMMER. First there was a model of the H2-based Silverado, and the spring of 2005 began production of the compact (by the standards of HUMMER) model H3. The volume of office HUMMER in 2006 amounted to 72,442 cars (down 11.2%).The main market for HUMMER, of course, is North America, and in 2006 became the most successful ever produced - sold 75,959 vehicles (an increase of 27.6%).As expected, consumer preferences have shifted toward a relatively compact model H3. Sales in foreign markets are small - in the EU, for example, was sold in 2006 only 708 cars, while sales increased by 3.5 times.
Since 2004 HUMMER SUVs have begun to collect on the technology SKD plant in the Kaliningrad "Avtotor" - at first it was the H2, and from 2006 started to assemble H3.

In Russia, in 2006 sales have doubled, reaching 360 cars.New HUMMER in 2007 - modernized the family SUV and SUT H2 with a completely new interior, and the most anticipated of the new HUMMER - compact model H4, which is expected to premiere in 2008.At the plant in Mishavake (Indiana), who remained in the ownership of AM General, in limited quantities continued production of the legendary H1 for the U.S. market.Lineup: H3, H3 Alpha, H2, H2 SUT, H1 Alpha