Actually it was AM General that built the Humvee, not GM. GM bought the rights to build the military Humvee as Hummers and tied the name to further development of civilian vehicle's based on current GM chassis.
Scott Loveless wrote: > On 11/25/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Of course, the exact same thing has happened with Hummer (which >> originated as military slang for a HMMWV). >> >> > That's not quite right. When the HMMWV first started replacing Jeeps > and some other tactical vehicles in the 80's it immediately earned the > name hum-vee, at leat among Army personnel. The brand "Hummer" was > something invented by GM several years later when they had fulfilled > their government contract and started selling these things to the > public. New recruits who call them "hummers" often find themselves > the subject of ridicule as they do more push-ups. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
