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Article: Hummer: Restore your common sense
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 15, 2009
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After marketing Hummer as the quintessence of American brawn,
General Motors is selling the mega-SUV maker to an obscure Chinese
company that promises a shift toward more environmentally sensitive
vehicles. This vow is welcome, but it also makes one wonder whether
the new owner, Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Inc.,
has any idea what it's buying.
Hummer's biggest fans would agree with its militant critics on at
least one thing: The brand sells not only vehicles, but also a
philosophical viewpoint - a declaration that drivers should be able ...