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November 05, 2005
Hummers
Tim Iacono, who blogs at The Mess That Greenspan Made, took a lot of pics of many unsold Hummers in southern California ...
... 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. . . .When the counting was done, there were about 150 H2s in lot #2, for a grand total of around three hundred Hummers, just looking for someone to love them.
"Hummer Overfloweth," November 3, 2005
"The H2 is the ultimate poseur vehicle. It has the chassis of a Chevy Tahoe and a body that looks like the original Hummer; i.e. it's a Chevy Tahoe in disguise."
To be entirely fair, most folks are not in a budgetary position for putting a $140,000 vehicle into their garage. This immediately places the Hummer H1 into a category all its own. Approaching the civilianized military utility truck from this perspective allows one to better understand what this vehicle is all about.Buyers in this price range don't particularly care that they can purchase four full-sized Fords for the same money; nor do they care about overall practicality. They want to make a statement. Analyze the people all you want, but rest assured the Hummer H1 makes a very big statement.
"Real-Worlders Need Not Apply," By Harold Osmer, LACar.com, September 5, 2005
Southern California Hummer Owners Group
"HUMMERs in Action," slide show
Posted at November 5, 2005 12:07 PM | Categories: Economics
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