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Bummer, Chinese Commies Buy HUMMER

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China Firm to Buy Hummer - WSJ.com

In another body slam to American pride the Chinese Communists are buying Hummer from the once venerable GM. Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. is the company that is reported to be buying the Hummer brand.

Bad enough to lose Hummer to the Communists but which has s lineage to the military vehicle known as the Humvee.

Supposedly the Commnists will leave two US plants open but let's face how shamefull that Communists are buying Hummer.

I am officially disgusted !! Thank all of you who buy foreign car!! Way to go!!
 
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Everyone who buys a foreign car because it has better gas mileage, more reliability, and a better price, keep on doing it. By forcing American companies to compete on the global stage, you make this world better.

The whole "buy American" motto is just nationalism and it makes no economic sense.
 
A blow to American pride?

That's funny. What is there to be proud about when it comes to the Hummer? It had incredibly poor gas mileage even after it's 3rd generation. To my knowledge it was bought mostly by city dwellers and were shown to be impractical for city life. It became even MORE impractical during the early 2000s when gas prices sky rocketed. And finally could barely fit in a normal street lane. What exatcly was there to be proud about?

I'm sure everyone here will agree that to be proud of something it has to actually have some redeeming quality about it to upset all it's faults. What kind of redeeming quality did the hummer have? It failed because it was pandering to that greedy American consumerism and it's creators completely failed to factor in the normal drops in the economy.

I mean if you were a weapons maker would you be proud of a gun line which is shown as impractical to the everyday consumer? I'm sure there's a ton of gun owners that want to buy tanks but really - what are you supposed to do with a tank when you need extensive military training to drive it and operate it's weapons correctly?

As far as I'm concerned the Chinese can have the Hummer line. Let them try to navigate a car that the average height Asian man will probably have trouble getting into.
 
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Bad enough to lose Hummer to the Communists but which has s lineage to the military vehicle known as the Humvee.

The H2 and H3 are just chevy truck chassis' with styling. Real HMMV's are still being made in the U.S.

Supposed the Commnists will leave two US plants open but let's face how shamefull that Communists are buying Hummer.

No it shameful that the capitalists were stupid enough to make something as moronic as the Hummer.

I am officially disgusted !! Thank all of you who buy foreign car!! Way to go!!

I am thrilled. If buying foreign cars will kill off brain-dead designs like the Hummer, that is just a bonus.
 
Everyone who buys a foreign car because it has better gas mileage, more reliability, and a better price, keep on doing it. By forcing American companies to compete on the global stage, you make this world better.

The whole "buy American" motto is just nationalism and it makes no economic sense.

Your statement shows the entire world that you do not have any grasp of what the economic factors are, what the effects of losing American manufacturers are, and just an unbeleivable lack of understanding of how economies work.

American auto companies have been making very reliable cars for 12 - 15 years now read JD Powers report much ?

If we keep losing American manufacturers we will only have our "nationalsm" left because we will not have or own our own nation.
 
You should have people buy whatever makes the most sense for them. If people buy American just to buy American, then they're overpaying and the US companies will not innovate. That leads to stagnation, not strength.
 
Your statement shows the entire world that you do not have any grasp of what the economic factors are, what the effects of losing American manufacturers are, and just an unbeleivable lack of understanding of how economies work.

American auto companies have been making very reliable cars for 12 - 15 years now read JD Powers report much ?
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Yeah my Cavalier I bought 8 years ago new and had to get rid off was a real masterpiece of american auto making.
 
Yeah my Cavalier I bought 8 years ago new and had to get rid off was a real masterpiece of american auto making.

How many miles did you have on it?
 
I am thrilled. If buying foreign cars will kill off brain-dead designs like the Hummer, that is just a bonus.

If the designs were so brain dead why did Americans demand them ? If big SUV's were so bad why did Americans buy them ?

No one forced Americans to buy big cars. When American Motors made small sort of fuel efficient cars in the 1960- 1980 's Americans did not buy them. Even Studebaker made small aerodynamic cars in the 1950's but Americans wanted boxes on 4 wheels !!!
 
How many miles did you have on it?


About 60,000. We had it for a little over 3 years until it got totalled, thank goodness, but had nothing but problems from the moment we drove off. Atleast we got our factory warranty put to good use.
 
If the designs were so brain dead why did Americans demand them ? If big SUV's were so bad why did Americans buy them ?

Because they never thought gas prices would hit $5 a gallon or even $2 a gallon. When they did. That hummer in the garage didn't look so good anymore.
 
F107, yes, those companies were smart to build SUVs. It made economic sense and reaped them huge profits. However, they did not have a contingency plan in case oil prices went up. They did, and they had no alternatives. Now they're slow in transforming their lineup to get better fuel efficiency.

Also, the UAW chokes American auto manufacturers. Bankruptcy may be the only way to get the leach off of the industry. The UAW is another hindrance to innovation and efficiency.
 
How many miles did you have on it?

There were some bad American cars but the foreigners has some real bad stuff !!! REMEMBER THE YUGO!! WHERE DID THAT GO!!!??? HAHA
RENEAULT !!! FIAT ( now coming bACK BUT THEY SUCKED BIG TIME FOR A WHILE RIGHT !!!!

Peugot ANYONE !!!

How about a real lemon remember the Citroen !!!!!!!!!????

When Hyandae (sp) first attacked here in the US they were CRAP on wheels but cheap like bird !!!
 
F107, yes, those companies were smart to build SUVs. It made economic sense and reaped them huge profits. However, they did not have a contingency plan in case oil prices went up. They did, and they had no alternatives. Now they're slow in transforming their lineup to get better fuel efficiency.

Also, the UAW chokes American auto manufacturers. Bankruptcy may be the only way to get the leach off of the industry. The UAW is another hindrance to innovation and efficiency.

The once big three let the UAW "choke" them. There is no one simple reason for this funeral !!!

There are no simple sanaswers olutions to complex issues !!!
 
Yes, there are bad foreign cars. So what? I wouldn't encourage anyone to buy those. I think it makes the most sense for people to buy whatever is best for them, American or not.
 
If the designs were so brain dead why did Americans demand them ? If big SUV's were so bad why did Americans buy them ?

American consumers have bought hordes of moronic products over the years. If GM had realized that hummer was a fad only workable with cheap gas, they would have been fine.


No one forced Americans to buy big cars. When American Motors made small sort of fuel efficient cars in the 1960- 1980 's Americans did not buy them.

That is because they were miserable pieces of junk. Notice how many Americans bought foreign designs of smaller fuel efficient cars.
Even Studebaker made small aerodynamic cars in the 1950's but Americans wanted boxes on 4 wheels !!!

That was 50 years ago. Markets change, and if you don't adapt you deserve to die.
 
The once big three let the UAW "choke" them. There is no one simple reason for this funeral !!!

There are no simple sanaswers olutions to complex issues !!!

No, there is not one simple answer, and I have given you multiple reasons already. The UAW and lack of innovation/poor management are the biggest issues though. The only way to fix those problems are with bankruptcy. If Ford can turn it around, then that's great. If not, then that will work too.

Feel-good economics just does not work in the real world.
 
China Firm to Buy Hummer - WSJ.com

In another body slam to American pride the Chinese Communists are buying Hummer from the once venerable GM. Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. is the company that is reported to be buying the Hummer brand.

Bad enough to lose Hummer to the Communists but which has s lineage to the military vehicle known as the Humvee.

Supposedly the Commnists will leave two US plants open but let's face how shamefull that Communists are buying Hummer.

I am officially disgusted !! Thank all of you who buy foreign car!! Way to go!!

Dont be ticked off at the folks buying cars. You should be ticked at the UAW, for bleeding these companies dry. Paying folks not to work?

Let me know when that turns a profit instead of a loss.

Also, the whole "your not a patriot, if your not buying American", is a little on the :rofl side.
 
I am officially disgusted !! Thank all of you who buy foreign car!! Way to go!!

I take it ALL your products that you buy are American then? Have you checked your clothes, electronics, food, etc to see where it is coming from?

The amount of money people spend on foreign cars pales in comparison to the money they spend on other foreign products.

I'm not phased by China getting Hummer, I'd be more worried about all the other products people are buying.
 
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Nations like the United States and China don't turn on a dime, you have to look not at where they were but where the head of the snake in moving to. And over the past few decades China has been steadily moving toward capitalism, while U.S. - not so much.

At some point we'll have to stop calling them commies.

And at some point they may start using that name on us.

:(
 
Nations like the United States and China don't turn on a dime, you have to look not at where they were but where the head of the snake in moving to. And over the past few decades China has been steadily moving toward capitalism, while U.S. - not so much.

At some point we'll have to stop calling them commies.

And at some point they may start using that name on us.

:(
WHy is it that, while China is opening up toward capitalism, we are running away from it? It makes absolutely no sense.
 
WHy is it that, while China is opening up toward capitalism, we are running away from it? It makes absolutely no sense.

I say it's our education system and the expectation that everything in life should be easy. Decades of living the good life furnished to us by our parents has led us with the expectation that if we can't do it for ourselves, someone else should do it for us. Also blame the self-worth movement and other psycho-babble nonsense.
 
I say it's our education system and the expectation that everything in life should be easy. Decades of living the good life furnished to us by our parents has led us with the expectation that if we can't do it for ourselves, someone else should do it for us. Also blame the self-worth movement and other psycho-babble nonsense.
you think any of these economic troubles will fix this? At all? Like, maybe this country going bankrupt will make people see that no one has the right to be "happy", just to pursue it? I'm thinking, maybe after that, we could finally become a superpower again and out-strip china in 50 years.
 
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you think any of these economic troubles will fix this? At all? Like, maybe this country going bankrupt will make people see that no one has the right to be "happy", just to pursue it? I'm thinking, maybe after that, we could finally become a superpower again and out-strip china in 50 years.

Heh..A line of thought I have often had is I wonder how many people were lazy after the Great Depression..
 
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