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A Last Look at Hummer
The Hummer is oh-so-close to being a bygone symbol of American excess and collector's item.
On Wednesday, the Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co. told General Motors it failed to get the necessary approval from the Chinese government to buy the Hummer brand. GM, which had been trying to offload the gas-guzzling line as part of its restructuring effort, then said the time had come to be done with Hummer once and for all.
''We are disappointed that the deal with Tengzhong could not be completed,'' said John Smith, GM vice president of corporate planning and alliances. ''GM will now work closely with Hummer employees, dealers and suppliers to wind down the business in an orderly and responsible manner.''
So before the Hummer vanishes completely, we wanted to take a last look at the brand. In 2008, Portfolio.com published an interactive called "Hummer by the Numbers." We're a bit obsessed here at Portfolio about numbers and applying a deep-dive on the Hummer provided some awe-inspiring comparisons. A Hummer, for example, weighs as much as 265 commuter bicycles and is as big as 13-and-a-half sub-zero refrigerators,
Click here to see more real-world comparisons.
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