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The Hummer H1 is a full-size four-wheel-drive utility vehicle based on the M998 Humvee, which was developed by AM General when it was a subsidiary of American Motors Corporation (AMC). [2] Originally designed strictly for military use, the off-road vehicle was released to the civilian market.
Hummer H1, H2, and H3. The H1 is a civilian derivative of the HMMWV, while the H2 and H3 are based on regular GM truck chassis and styled after it. Humvee clone manufacturing in China; Humvee replacement process; Interim Fast Attack Vehicle; List of "M" series military vehicles; Sandstorm, an HMMWV modified into an autonomous vehicle.
In 1992, AM General began marketing the HMMWV to the civilian market under the Hummer brand. In 1999, GM acquired the rights to the brand and continued production of the original civilian Hummer as the H1 until June 2006. [12] In 2002, the Hummer H2 went on the market, and was produced until January 2009. It was designed and marketed by GM, and ...
The Humvee replacement process was an effort by the U.S. military to replace the current AM General Humvee multi-purpose motor vehicle. The Humvee had evolved several times since its introduction in 1985, [5] [6] and is now used in tactical roles for which it was not originally intended. [7]
The first vehicle in the Hummer range was the Hummer H1, based on the Humvee. Released for the civilian market in 1992, this vehicle was designed by American Motors ' AM General subsidiary to meet U.S. Military specifications that were issued in 1979. [ 38 ]
When the vehicle was first built, the EQ2050 included the Hummer H1 chassis. [3] It was powered by a Dongfeng-built Cummins EQB150-20 110 kW/2,700R turbo-charged diesel engine, but it came with the option of using a U.S.-made V8 diesel engine instead.
The original Hummer was basically a military vehicle for the streets. Now, GM wants to take its new electric Hummer back to its military roots. GM plans to build a military prototype of the GMC ...
As the largest 4WD vehicle ever built by Toyota, its design resembles that of the Humvee and Hummer H1. [2] Like the Humvee, the Mega Cruiser was originally designed primarily for military use [3] with the vehicle seeing duty as a transport vehicle in the Japan Self Defense Forces (see ja:高機動車). [4]