Wow. That's a lot of Hummers.

[Mark R]

The word around town was that the Hummers weren't moving. It looked like high gas prices and a White House reversal on fuel conservation meant that fewer "W" bumper stickers would find their exposed sticky sides mating gloriously with the smooth rear bumper of an H2, somewhere between the tow loop and the access hole for a Class 3 hitch.

We were skeptical at first. Sources can be unreliable, but the scuttlebutt was that inventory had been building for months now and the local Hummer dealer had panicked. He had begun storing his Hummer inventory at an undisclosed location, far from the dealer showroom so as not to spook jittery, prospective buyers with the mounting number of unsold H2s and H3s.

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[Shadowknight]

Maybe after all of the OTHER news articles about the Hummers, people aren't inclined to buy them? Also, companies can't get away with abusing tax laws to give them deductions for Hummers, so that's a factor too. I've yet to see anyone take into account gas prices when buying a vehicle.

 

[brigden]

Great article. Particularly the conclusion.

 

[shilala]

WTF is a "W" bumper sticker?

 

[iamwiz82]

I can drive to perhaps 10 spots like this in Metro Detroit, but it's not for storage of unsold vehicles, it's someplace to store them in interim. For example, there is a horse racing track about 15 miles from me that has hundreds of Dodge Rams, the whole parking lot is filled for proably a quarter mile. Have you never noticed a huge parking lot filled with hundreds of brand new cars before? Where do you think most dealers keep there stock, in a hidden parking structure? That's how it is done, believe it or not.

I know, shocking for those who don't know the auto industry.

:shocked:
:roll:

IMHO, he wanted to spin a story as he saw fit. If you did any research, you'd see that Oct. 2005 sales saw an INCREASE in Hummers sold.

http://www.carlist.com/autonews/2005/autonews_205.html

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
I can drive to perhaps 10 spots like this in Metro Detroit, but it's not for storage of unsold vehicles, it's someplace to store them in interim. For example, there is a horse racing track about 15 miles from me that has hundreds of Dodge Rams, the whole parking lot is filled for proably a quarter mile. Have you never noticed a huge parking lot filled with hundreds of brand new cars before? Where do you think most dealers keep there stock, in a hidden parking structure? That's how it is done, believe it or not.

I know, shocking for those who don't know the auto industry.

:shocked:
:roll:

IMHO, he wanted to spin a story as he saw fit. If you did any research, you'd see that Oct. 2005 sales saw an INCREASE in Hummers sold.

http://www.carlist.com/autonews/2005/autonews_205.html

The facts were secondary for me.
I just liked the phrase "Wow, That's a lot of Hummers."

 

[0roo0roo]

blog is less impressive if you start to read the comments. seems its bad journalism

 

[Fingolfin269]

You had me at 'Hummer'.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
I can drive to perhaps 10 spots like this in Metro Detroit, but it's not for storage of unsold vehicles, it's someplace to store them in interim. For example, there is a horse racing track about 15 miles from me that has hundreds of Dodge Rams, the whole parking lot is filled for proably a quarter mile. Have you never noticed a huge parking lot filled with hundreds of brand new cars before? Where do you think most dealers keep there stock, in a hidden parking structure? That's how it is done, believe it or not.

I know, shocking for those who don't know the auto industry.

:shocked:
:roll:

IMHO, he wanted to spin a story as he saw fit. If you did any research, you'd see that Oct. 2005 sales saw an INCREASE in Hummers sold.

http://www.carlist.com/autonews/2005/autonews_205.html

So, they went from zero to one? Your article says nothing about exact numbers and overall American car manufacturers sales are still way down. The release of the H3 has increased Hummer sales a bit but that's probably not going to last long.

 

[rh71]

H2s have AWESOME interiors.

 

[Nerva]

whatever, when the bankers get around to spending their bonus money, the "overstock" will get eatten up.