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Hummer Runs Out of Gas
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It was a classic sports utility brand, and a symbol of ruin for environmentalists. Now General Motors has announced that it's moving ahead with the brand's shutdown, and is offering big rebates on existing vehicles.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his pre-governor, pre-environmental years, posed with a 2001 concept Hummer H2 at the utility vehicle's unveiling in New York's Times Square. The military-inspired car was a perfect match for Schwarzenneger's macho movie image.
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But here was another sign of the times. A sales manager in Miami posed with the Cadillac-Hummer in August 2009. By this time, the Hummer H3T was eligible for a U.S. federal rebate under the government's Cash for Clunkers program.
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In happier times, workers cheered as the first completed Hummer H3 was driven off the assembly line at the General Motors Plant in Shreveport, La. Now Hummer is going the way of Saturn and Pontiac.
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A long row of unsold 2009 H2s sit at a Hummer dealership in Castle Rock, Colo. GM started winding down Hummer production in February after the collapse of an agreement to sell the brand to China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co.
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Hummer car models are displayed for sale at a car market in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Hummer, an off-road vehicle, was an on-road favourite for limo drivers with celebrity guests to protect.
AP Photo/Andy Wong
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In this photo, a Hummer is seen on display at a Hummer dealership in Burlingame, Calif. Enthusiasts are planning a 'Save Hummer' rally for April 11 in Chicago, but GM says its committed to shutting down the line.
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The Hummer at its best: Team driver Robby Gordon and co-driver Andy Grider compete in the stage 12 of the Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally 2010 in Argentina, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010.
AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko
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A limo driver awaits his clients outside a restaurant in South Portland, Maine. The limo is 34-feet-long and seats 18 comfortably.
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And kids loved the big ride. In this June 4, 2005 file photo, students from the Waynflete School mingle in a Hummer limousine on their way to their prom in South Portland, Maine.
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