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The Hummer H1 is a full-size four-wheel-drive utility vehicle based on the M998 Humvee, which was developed by AM General when it was a subsidiary of American Motors Corporation (AMC). [2] Originally designed strictly for military use, the off-road vehicle was released to the civilian market.
In Australia, a Gold Coast-based company called Rhino Buggies produces replicas of the Hummer H1 based on the Nissan Patrol 4WD vehicle for around A$30,000. [180] In the U.S., four companies offered Hummer-look-alike body kits that can be mated to GM full-size trucks and Suburban chassis and, in some cases, Ford, Dodge, and Cadillac applications.
In 1984, AM General built a factory at 13200 McKinley Hwy in Mishawaka, for HMMWV production. In 1992, AM General began marketing the HMMWV to the civilian market under the Hummer brand. In 1999, GM acquired the rights to the brand and continued production of the original civilian Hummer as the H1 until June 2006. [12]
The General Motors light-truck 6.2L and 6.5L diesel engines were optional in many 1982 through 2002 full-size GM pickups, SUVs, and vans. They were also available in motor homes. The engine was standard on AM General's military HMMWV, civilian Hummer H1, and the 1980s GM military Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle.
Hummer (stylized in all caps) is an American brand of pickups and marketed in 1992 when AM General began selling a civilian version of the M998 Humvee. [1] Although discontinued in 2010, Hummer returned as a model under GMC in 2020.
AM General, sold by American Motors in 1983, is still in business building the American Motors-designed Humvee for American and allied militaries. AM General also built the now-discontinued civilian variant, the H1 , and manufactured a Chevrolet Tahoe -derived companion, the H2 , under contract to GM, who acquired the rights to the civilian ...