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Don’t cry for me Argentina

Hummer H2

So, what does the title of one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s best known songs have to do with Hummer? Well, there’s about as much relevance there as there was of Hummer being a legitimate option in the automotive marketplace. In case you’ve missed it, earlier this week came the unsurprising revelation that General Motors could not find a willing buyer for the Hummer brand. This led the once mighty US car giant to commence winding down the SUV marque. My question to the readers out there is, does anyone really care?

I feel for the families of any workers that may be affected through job losses, but really, the Hummer was the best example of the worst aspects of the American car industry. It was a big fat ugly waste of space, and they take up a lot of space, too, that only seemed to work in blinged up junk time over produced “rap” videos.

Still, I guess we have much to thank GM for with their decision to remove Hummer from the automotive landscape. All of a sudden the car industry is a better place.

6 replies on “Don’t cry for me Argentina”

I for one am sad at the demise of our once proud leader. Who/what will now lead us into defending the right to consume, to give us a beach-head into rejecting the tree-hugger punks that block our path.

We’re all piston engined freaks here, we need to defend our freedom. At what sized cc does pollution stop? 2 ltr? 1.2 ltr? Don’t let anyone tell us we’re all a little bit pregnant, because somewhere there’s a magic line that turns us into ….. GREEN!

Can someone please tell me where that line is so we can deploy the troops to attack it? I’m all for 5 litre V8 as being declared green. Any other volume that’s cleaner than this???

Lima,

Glad to see you feel for the families of the workers etc. Unfortunately they are not the ones who made bad decisions to build these vehicles!

You should take a look at the HBO documentary “The last truck”. It is about the closure of a GM factory. One of the best documentaries I have seen in a long time. If you can watch it without shedding a tear then you are a better man than me!

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