Hummer

Huge US Hummer Dealership Closing

Posted 10.09.2008 | Business


General Motors's quest to sell its Hummer division may get a bit tougher after Tuesday. That is when Dan Towbin-whose dealerships grabbed national at...

BIG TRUCKS GAINING SALES TRACTION ... AGAIN!

Steve Parker | Posted 10.05.2008 | Business


Steve Parker

The auto industry's US sales numbers for August are in, and Americans are again buying full-size pickups and SUVs. They are actually a "bright spot" i...

$50 Billion for the Detroit Three: Yea or Nay?

Steve Parker | Posted 09.27.2008 | Business


Steve Parker

Should Chrysler, or two of the car-makers or even all three go bust, then, this time, the American people will pay the price, both literally and figuratively.

GM Can't Unload Hummer Even On Chinese Military

Clusterstock | Corey Lorinsky | Posted 09.18.2008 | Business


Despite how badly GM wants to dump the Hummer, a looming global recession (and of course high oil prices) may be putting the kibosh on that plan. Gen...

The Hybrid vs. the Hummer Redux

Paul Peete | Posted 07.26.2008 | Green


Paul Peete

How ironic that the poster boy for gas guzzling sizeable SUVs morphed into a psuedo-democratic, Green governor just in time to see gas near 5 dollars a gallon and its effects rippling through the economy.

Gary, Indiana Mayor and his Tax-Funded Hummer (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Sean Morrow | Posted 06.28.2008 | Green


Is FOX News taking a green outlook? In a piece aired on June 20th on the normally conservative station, Neil Cavuto grills Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, In...

Ding Dong the Hummer's Dead!

Jessica Jensen | Posted 06.14.2008 | Green


Jessica Jensen

Dear Rick: we'd like to suggest you go a step further and acknowledge that the Hummer was an anachronistic tragedy whose time has come to disappear from the face of the Earth.

Cowboys, Prairie Fairies, and Mother Earth: The Political Psychology of Gendering Nature Female

Stephen Ducat | Posted 06.12.2008 | Green


Stephen Ducat

In the view of conservatives, just as women are there to serve and must know their place, so must the Earth (along with its animals and indigenous inhabitants) be used as a resource that requires no reciprocity.

Smart Car Is Coming To America

NPR | Frank Langfitt | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The Smart car is coming to America. Next month, dealers in the U.S. will begin selling the tiny vehicle best known for slipping into tight parking sp...