Hummer H4 and H5 Models: Key to CAFE Requirements

Hummer have not been able to focus on its future models since GM begun its plans to sell the brand to China’s Sichuan Tengzhong. It is assumed that the sale could be completed by December 1, giving some hope to the Hummer H4 and H5 models.

The first thing that the new owners will have to do is try and stop the fall in Hummer sales. Sales are down by 64 percent over the same period last year, so far only 8,500 units have been sold, but Tengzhong plan to sell at least 25,000 units in 2010. Engadget learned from Automotive News that the way that they plan to do this is by some aggressive marketing as well as making plans for the release of those new models.

The new owner of Hummer will be getting the plans for the new H4; this smaller model is based on the HX Concept shown at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show. It is rumored that this new smaller vehicle could be ready for production within three years.

The Hummer H5 looks as though it will be going ahead, this is even smaller than the H4 and will allow Hummer to meet its future CAFE requirements. It is the production of these smaller Hummer’s that could secure the success of the SUV brand.

There is one hurdle that the new owners have to overcome, who will build their vehicles once GM stops building them at the end of 2010?