HUMMER H2 production suspended

General Motors and AM General have announced that 200 workers at the Mishawaka, Indiana, plant where the HUMMER H2 and military versions of the HMMWV are assembled will be temporarily laid off until at least March. All of the affected workers assemble civilian HUMMERS, though it's rumored that the company may move some of these displaced employees to the military side of the operation.

This round of cuts can be attributed to slow sales of large, fuel-thirsty SUVs in general and the aging H2 in particular. AM General spokesperson Craig Mac Nab was quoted as saying, "Nobody knows what's going to happen with the H2 plant." In fact, nobody at either company is talking about when these employees may be called back or when H2 production will resume, leading some of us to wonder if it will pick back up at all.

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2005 GeigerCars Hummer H2 Kompressor

(from GeigerCars Press Release) The World's Fastest HUMMER Comes from GeigerCars.de!
250 km/h with 700 hp / 515 kW and 3.1 Metric Tons Curb Weight

A top speed of 250 km/h: The world's fastest HUMMER comes from GeigerCars.de (Website: www.geigercars.de ). The leading European tuner of American automobiles equips the SUV with a 7.0-liter V8 supercharged engine delivering a maximum power output of 700 hp / 515 kW and a peak torque of 904 Nm. Added to that is an exclusive GeigerCars.de luxury equipment package with 28-inch chrome wheels, sport suspension, high-performance brake system, pearl-effect special paint and an exclusive interior complete with multimedia system.

To make the HUMMER H2 the fastest of its kind the specialists at GeigerCars.de replace the standard 6.0-liter engine with a V8 from the current Corvette C6, albeit with a bored-out displacement of 7,011 cc. Numerous additional modifications such as precision-machining the two cylinder heads, the installation of a sport camshaft and a reinforced valvetrain are also part of the GeigerCars.de power treatment as is a cogged-belt driven supercharger with high-capacity intercooler. A fully stainless-steel high-performance exhaust system with high-performance manifold and metal catalysts completes the engine conversion.

With these modifications the supercharged eight-cylinder engine produces a maximum power output of 700 hp / 515 kW at 5,500 rpm and a peak torque of 904 Nm at 4,260 rpm. Power is transferred to all four wheels via a modified four-speed automatic transmission. Despite a curb weight of 3.1 metric tons the HUMMER H2 7.0 Kompressor from GeigerCars.de achieves performance on the level of a purebred sports car: The sprint from 0 - 100 km/h takes just 6.5 seconds, top speed is electronically limited to 250 km/h.

The GeigerCars.de high-performance brake system offers enormous stopping power and durability. It features 380-mm vented and perforated discs with eight-piston fixed calipers on the front axle.

GeigerCars.de adds numerous shining highlights to the HUMMER H2 that are a fitting match for the giant chrome wheels: Chrome-plated bumpers front and rear including the trailer hitch, a chromed air inlet for the hood or the tubular sill guards with integrated running boards and many other accessories such as the chrome tank lid are part of the stunning GeigerCars.de look as is the sky-blue pearl-effect special paint.

The world's fastest HUMMER H2 is hand-built by GeigerCars.de and starts at 200.000 Euros.

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2009 HUMMER H2 and H2 SUT will be E85 compatible

In Dallas, a businessman has spent half a million dollars to install nine pumps that dispense E85, E10, and biodiesel. The catch: the businessman is a HUMMER dealer, and the pumps are next to his dealership. The station is called Classic Clean Fuels, and it is intended to make a statement for next year's H2 and H2 SUT, which will be the first production models to be Flex-fuel capable.

You won't need to drive a HUMMER to get E85 at the station. The pumps are open to the public, a first for a dealer-owned gas station. By 2010, GM has said all HUMMERs will be biofuel-capable. GM plans to market 15 Flexfuel models next year, but only one percent of the country's service stations sell E85. GM is using that as an opportunity to open the public's (and dealers') minds to putting alternative fuel stations in alternative places.

Said GM's Larry Burns, "Down the road we may even want to consider hydrogen dispensers at dealerships."

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