May 27th, 2010 by Dean Hightower
The last Hummer rolled off the assembly line just after 9 a.m. on Tuesday. The last Hummer, an H3, was built at the General Motors Shreveport, La. assembly plant, which will continue to build the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, according to Autoweek.
General Motors promised the U.S. government that it would shrink to just four core brands as part of its bankruptcy agreement and the government’s investment into the new company. The closing of Hummer leaves GM with just the Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac brands. Pontiac and Saturn have already been shut down and Saab has been sold to supercar company Spyker.
General Motors had planned to sell the Hummer brand to Chinese company Sichuan Tengzhong, but the deal fell through in February when the Chinese government did not approve the sale.
The Hummer H1, which was based on the HMMWV military vehicle, was discontinued after the 2006 model year. The H2 and H3 were still produced up until this year, and are still available at Hummer dealerships. All Hummer models can be serviced at GM dealerships and are still covered by any warranty or service contract they were sold with.
There are only seven standalone Hummer dealerships in the country, but many dealerships that sell other GM brands also sell Hummers. Hummer dealerships were sent a letter in April explaining the wind-down of the brand.