Re: Hummers

[Wolfgang Mederle <wolfgang.mederle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 27.11.2004, at 22.42 Uhr, Tisha wrote:

> Did American Motors make the Hummer at any time in history????
>
> Thanks, This is really important to settle a debate.

Hi Tisha,

I'll forward your question to the AMC mailing list, so the listers can 
correct me if I'm wrong or add what they know about the matter. 
Listers: If you want to comment, please CC to 
<denniston_5@xxxxxxxxxxx>, she is not a member of this list.

AM General was a part of American Motors Corporation. Beginning in 
1979, Renault got more and more influence on AMC, and as the US 
government did not approve involvement of a French state-owned company 
in building equipment for the US military, AM General was sold; I think 
this was in mid-1983.

<URL:http://www.real4wd.com/content/articles/hist-humvee-02.asp> states 
that the first Humvees were delivered in 1985. Typically, it takes 
several years to design a new vehicle from the ground up. So, IMHO the 
answer is yes and no. AMC was the mother of AM General when the Hummer 
was designed. But it now longer owned the company when it started 
assembling it in numbers.

Hope this helps,

Wolfgang

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