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    Official: Hummer expands to Australia

    PRESS RELEASE: 2006-10-26

    HUMMER Continues Global Expansion Down Under

    H3 comes to Australia in 2007
    HUMMER brand sustains steady, upward sales trend around the world

    SYDNEY − HUMMER will enter the Australia market with a right-hand drive version of its midsize H3 SUV next year. The announcement was made today at the Australian International Motor Show in Sydney.

    “HUMMER’s pedigree is ideally suited to Australia’s diverse and challenging off-road environments. Given the H3’s midsize proportions, it will be equally at home on city and suburban roads,” said Martin Walsh, HUMMER general manager.

    The first H3’s will begin arriving in dealerships across Australia in mid-2007. Those vehicles will be built at GM’s Port Elizabeth facility in South Africa. Earlier this month that plant began assembling the H3 for sale in South Africa and certain export markets. Both left-hand and right-hand drive models will be manufactured there. Initially, the H3 will be available with a gasoline engine, with a diesel version to be offered at a later date. Previously the H3 was solely assembled in GM’s North American facility in Shreveport, Louisiana.

    While details regarding the distribution network and pricing are not yet available, HUMMER retailers will be located in major metropolitan areas including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth.

    The H3 made its debut in North America in May of 2005, and has helped make HUMMER the fastest growing automotive brand in the United States. The H3 has made the HUMMER brand more accessible with its smaller, more efficient package, while still retaining all of the characteristics that make a HUMMER unique: iconic design and unparalleled off-road performance.

    The H3 has proven so popular that through September of this year, HUMMER’s total global sales were up by 54 percent. H3 comprised the majority of that volume, both in the U.S. and abroad. In fact, H3 sales were up 120 percent compared to the first nine months of 2005. In North America alone, H3 sales for the 2006 have grown 53.5 percent compared to the same period in 2005.

    In Europe, where the H3 went on sale in the summer of 2005, that vehicle’s sales were up more than 200 percent. And, in HUMMER markets within the Latin America, Africa and Middle East region, the brand saw an increase of more than 450 percent overall. Last year, in total 56,353 HUMMER vehicles were sold globally. Since the first H2 went on sale in 2002, the brand has experienced annual sales increases in three of four years.

    “We’re energized about our global expansion plans,” noted Walsh. “We intend to broaden the HUMMER portfolio with new models that maintain HUMMER’s trademark iconic design and superior off-road capabilities.”

    HUMMER (www.hummer.com) is a division of General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), the world’s largest vehicle manufacturer, which employs about 321,000 people globally. The HUMMER product line-up consists of the H2, H2 SUT, and H3.
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    It is tipped to cost $60,000. For something smaller than a Territory? No thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lightweight

    “HUMMER’s pedigree is ideally suited to Australia’s diverse and challenging off-road environments”.

    I suppose the Yanks thought we would like the Exploder too!
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    The H3 has proven so popular that through September of this year, HUMMER’s total global sales were up by 54 percent. H3 comprised the majority of that volume, both in the U.S. and abroad. In fact, H3 sales were up 120 percent compared to the first nine months of 2005. In North America alone, H3 sales for the 2006 have grown 53.5 percent compared to the same period in 2005.

    In Europe, where the H3 went on sale in the summer of 2005, that vehicle’s sales were up more than 200 percent. And, in HUMMER markets within the Latin America, Africa and Middle East region, the brand saw an increase of more than 450 percent overall. Last year, in total 56,353 HUMMER vehicles were sold globally. Since the first H2 went on sale in 2002, the brand has experienced annual sales increases in three of four years.
    Love percentages. “the brand saw an increase of more than 450 percent overall”
    From what to what? 1-5, 1,000 – 5,500?
    And what’s so surprising when the world has gone SUV mad.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lightweight
    PRESS RELEASE: 2006-10-26

    H3 comes to Australia in 2007
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    Never Send an American too cook a pie. You know they wont ad meat.

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    Clear the roads people. First the 300C, then the Calibur, now the H3. Will the tackiness ever stop?
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    Who will buy a Hummer? Its not exactly fuel-efficient... despite the fact that petrol was rumoured to be on sale for under a dollar (99.9c) at a couple of servos in Adelaide this week
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    Australia really is being attacked by American garbage. What's next? Mustang? (complete with live rear axle)
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    Ah come on guys the hummer isn't that bad.


    As long as you don't have to drive one.
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    cause i got it on my hands

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    Quote Originally Posted by baddabang
    Ah come on guys the hummer isn't that bad.


    As long as you don't have to drive one.
    People who do drive them will conjest the roads
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    Quote Originally Posted by ADRENALINE
    People who do drive them will conjest the roads
    Just think of it as another delivery truck
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    so i had to dump acid into the block tank today
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    Quote Originally Posted by ADRENALINE
    Australia really is being attacked by American garbage. What's next? Mustang? (complete with live rear axle)
    hahahahaha
    Quote Originally Posted by baddabang
    Ah come on guys the hummer isn't that bad.


    As long as you don't have to drive one.
    I'm scared i might be next too one on the road, It might lean over and body roll on top of me
    "Just a matter of time i suppose"

    "The elevator is broke, So why don't you test it out"

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    The H3, IMO, is actually my 'favourite' or 'least-hated' hummer.
    it was actually me who killed vasilli zaitsev, heinz thorwald, carlos hatchcock, and simo hayha

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    Haha - About time Australia got punished for their awful escapades *Insert Aussie stereotypes here*

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    the H1 was actually pretty good

    the H2 was for the "bling bling" boys

    the H3 is for those who can't afford a H2

    the H3 has a 5 cylinder version of the s10 replacements' inline 6 but has 30% less power
    it also comsumes more fuel
    but at least you get an diesel wish we had more diesels up here
    the H3 get owned in off road by the x-terra

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