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The death of a car brand – 5 interesting car brand obituaries

Posted: 01/03/2013 By: Rory Deegan - Online Marketing Executive
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Categories: | Automotive Industry News | Car Review | Hummer
Look online for dead car brands and you’ll see something remarkable; there’s hundreds of them. Hundreds of people throughout the years have built interesting but ultimately doomed car brands. Some have lasted more than a lifetime and some have barley even got their first car off the assembly line. After looking at the phenomenon we decided to make a list of the 5 most interesting car brand deaths. From the spectacular to the... Read More
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A Hummbling Response: What our readers really thought about the H3

Posted: 06/05/2010 By: Bowan Spanbroek
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Categories: | Survey Results | Hummer
A week ago we blogged about the Hummer and why it seems Australians never really warmed up to the flashy SUV. We also performed a survey on some of our newsletter readers to see what everyone really thought about the Hummer. Going by the results it seems it wasn't the brash styling but rather the poor fuel consumption that was the root of the negative response. Read More
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Hasta Lavista Hummer

Posted: 22/04/2010 By: Bowan Spanbroek
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Categories: | Automotive Industry News | Hummer
After a March sales figure of 14 it seems the Hummer H3’s place on Australian roads is truly done & dusted. The doom was hanging heavy in the clouds with GM announcing earlier this year that Hummer would wind down production. But why did it never really take off in Australia? It’s fuel economy actually matchs the likes of pajero & patrol, the price is reasonable and by most reports it is a great off-roader. However... Read More
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