The GMT800 was a General Motors full-size truck platform used from the 1999 through 2009 model years. It is the foundation for the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups; and the derivative GMT820 and GMT830 versions for the Chevrolet Tahoe /GMC Yukon and the Chevrolet Suburban /GMC Yukon XL full-size SUVs, respectively. This platform was the successor to the GMT400 series of C/K pickups and SUVs, and was replaced for 2007 by the GMT900 line.
46-499: The GMT800 frames were manufactured by Magna International in Ramos Arizpe , Coahuila , Mexico and St. Thomas, Ontario , Canada. Trucks were assembled in Oshawa, Ontario ; Pontiac, Michigan ; Fort Wayne, Indiana ; and Flint, Michigan ; for pickup & chassis cab models, and Silao, Mexico ; Janesville, Wisconsin ; and Arlington, Texas ; for SUV models. The GMT820-based Hummer H2
92-639: A joint venture between General Motors and Chrysler , in September 2004, and combined it into Magna Powertrain. It assumed full ownership in 2007, closing the operation in August 2012. In October 2004, Magna announced its intention to unwind the legacy public offerings it had made of three divisions that it spun off as standalone companies in past years: Tesma International Inc. ( initial public offering (IPO) in 1995), Decoma International Inc. (IPO in 1997) and Intier Automotive Inc. (IPO in 2001). Magna made offers to
138-728: A $ 66.5 million plant to produce cameras and driver-assistance components. In February 2015, Samsung SDI agreed to purchase the battery pack business from Magna Steyr , an Austrian operating unit of Magna International, for $ 120 million. Magna International partnered with Argus Cyber Security after joining in a 2015 Series B funding round to access the company's security technology. The company sold its interiors business, which includes door and instrument panels, overhead systems and cargo management parts, to Grupo Antolin in August 2015. The sale to Grupo Antolin included 36 plants and 12,000 employees in Europe, North America and Asia, about 10 percent of
184-474: A civilian version of the M998 ; Humvee . Although discontinued in 2010, Hummer returned as a model under GMC in 2020. In 1998, General Motors (GM) purchased the brand name from AM General and marketed three vehicles: the original Hummer H1 , based on the military Humvee , as well as the new H2 and H3 models that were based on smaller, civilian-market GM platforms . By 2008, Hummer's viability in
230-448: A contract basis. The company is also known for using new materials for "lightweighting" vehicles. In 2017 Goldman Sachs has reported that automated features developed by suppliers such as Magna will produce a 42 percent compound annual growth rate in global revenue over the next decade. Hummer Hummer (stylized in all caps ) is an American brand of pickups and SUVs first marketed in 1992 when AM General began selling
276-399: A leaf spring suspension.) The GMT800 was the first truck application for the then-new GM Generation III V8 engines. The 4.8 L and 5.3 L versions used iron blocks and aluminum heads, while early 6.0 L version used cast iron cylinder heads. The 6.6 L Duramax turbo-diesel was introduced with the 2500HD and 3500 models that debuted for 2001. The GMT800 1500 Chevrolet Silverado
322-510: A little-known company from western China, at the same time as the potential value of the Hummer brand continued to decline, given high fuel prices and weak consumer demand. The company announced it was willing to consider offers for all or part of the assets. American company Raser Technologies along with several others expressed interest in buying the company. However, on April 7, 2010, this attempt failed as well, and General Motors officially said it
368-694: A partnership with BAIC Group in June 2018 to develop "next-generation" smart electric vehicles for Chinese consumers. Walker retired as CEO at the end of 2020, with Swamy Kotagiri replacing him in January 2021. In February 2021, the office of the governor of the state of Michigan announced that Magna plans to open a facility in the city of St. Clair to build battery enclosures for the 2022 GMC Hummer electric pickup. The battery enclosures will be produced at General Motors ' facility in Detroit and Hamtramck . The new facility
414-603: A revival of the brand with established name recognition would help reduce marketing costs. The Hummer revival on the BT1 platform was known internally as "Project O," potentially named after former Chief Camaro Engineer Al Oppenheiser (the man responsible for the return of the Camaro in 2010), who was moved from Camaro development to overseeing an EV program. Oppenheiser later confirmed this himself. By November 2019, media reports all but confirmed that Hummer would return with two electric models,
460-468: A series of short videos revealing the return of Hummers in the form of electric SUV and truck models marketed under the GMC brand. A 30-second Super Bowl ad featured NBA superstar LeBron James . The vehicle was to be revealed on May 20, 2020, but the date was later pushed back to October 20, 2020. The Hummer EV SUT was officially revealed on October 20, 2020, during the 2020 World Series . The Hummer EV SUV
506-453: A truck and an SUV, sometime in 2021. On November 21, 2019, General Motors CEO Mary Barra confirmed that GM would be releasing an electric pickup truck in the fall of 2021, but did not name the brand under which it would be built. The new Hummer line is not a standalone brand, as it was before General Motors filed for bankruptcy, but a model within GM's GMC brand. On January 30, 2020, GM released
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#1732851201310552-558: A variety of limousine versions. The Hummer H2 was cut behind the cab, and the chassis was extended to create a passenger section for 14, 16, or even 22 passengers. Criticism of Hummers mirrors the criticism of SUVs in general , but to a higher degree. Specific criticisms of Hummers include: GM is active in licensing the Hummer. Various companies have licensed the Hummer trademarks for use on colognes , flashlights, bicycles, shoes, coats, hats, laptops, toys, clothing, CD players, video games and other items. An electric quadricycle badged as
598-905: Is expected to cost $ 70 million and to create over 300 jobs for the state. An electric version of the Ineos Grenadier off-road utility vehicle is to be developed by Ineos and Magna, scheduled to enter production in Graz , Austria in 2026. Magna International Inc. (full name as certified under the Ontario Business Corporations Act ) is headquartered in Aurora, Ontario , and has 342 manufacturing operations and 91 product development, engineering and sales centres in 27 countries. Its United States operations are headed out of Troy, Michigan with its European head office in Vienna, Austria . Donald J. Walker
644-399: Is governed under a corporate constitution which calls for distribution of profits to employees and shareholders. The terms of this contract are a "fair enterprise system" according to company founder Frank Stronach . In 1957, Frank Stronach founded Multimatic Investments Ltd in a tool-and-die rented garage out of Toronto. Its first automotive industry contract for metal sun visor brackets
690-462: Is the largest automobile parts supplier in North America and the third largest worldwide. It uses mobility technology to develop customized computing for fully automated driving systems . In 2018, it introduced an Icon radar system to help automakers reach Level 5 autonomy as well as automatic emergency braking systems. Magna has partnered with BMW on electrification to produce electric cars on
736-692: The Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon compact pickup trucks. The H3 line was produced from 2005 to 2010 by General Motors. The Hummer HX was developed in 2008 as an open-air, two-door off-road concept car , smaller than other Hummer models. Raser Technologies (formerly of Utah) was to use technology similar to that of the Chevrolet Volt . The company unveiled the prototype to the 2009 Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit. The E-REV (Extended-Range Electric Vehicle) powertrain technology
782-598: The Fortune Global 500 list for 20 years in a row since 2001. It produces automotive systems, assemblies, modules, and components, which are supplied to General Motors , Ford and Stellantis , as well as BMW , Mercedes , Volkswagen , Toyota , Tesla , and Tata Motors , among others. The company is headquartered in Aurora, Ontario , and its chief executive officer is Swamy Kotagiri. It has 158,000 employees in 342 manufacturing operations and 91 product development, engineering and sales centres in 27 countries. Magna
828-683: The GMC brand as the " GMC Hummer EV ". The pre-production versions of the EV began November 2021 after a $ 2.2 billion investment to build a variety of all-electric vehicles in GM's Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant. AM General had planned to sell a civilian version of its Humvee as far back as the late 1980s. Having the same structure and most mechanical components, the civilian Hummers were finished in automotive gloss paint, adding passenger car enhancements such as air conditioning , sound insulation, upgraded upholstery, stereo systems, wood trim, and convenience packages. The civilian model began in part because of
874-547: The economic downturn was questioned. Rather than being transferred to the Motors Liquidation Company as part of the GM bankruptcy in 2009 , the brand was retained by GM, to investigate its sale. No final deal was made, and in 2010, Hummer dealerships began shutting down. The nameplate returned to the marketplace for the 2022 model year, not as a separate make brand but as electric pickup truck and SUV models sold under
920-728: The German company Getrag , which was one of the largest suppliers of automotive transmissions worldwide for $ 1.9 billion. The acquisition worked to increase growth potential in the Chinese market. In 2018, the company acquired Haptronik GmbH, a German motion control software developer, OLSA S.p.A., an Italian automotive lighting manufacturer, and Viza Geca SL, a Spanish automotive seating company. It partnered with Innoviz Technologies to produce solid-state lidar for autonomous vehicles for BMW Group. Magna acquired Boston startup Optimus Ride and its >120 employees in January 2022. In December 2022, it
966-602: The H2. The H3 was built in Shreveport, LA, alongside the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups, with which it shared the GMT-355 platform (modified and designated GMT-345). Hummer dealership buildings featured an oversized half Quonset Hut style roof, themed to the Hummer brand's military origins. By 2006, the Hummer began to be exported and sold through importers and distributors in 33 countries. On October 10, 2006, GM began producing
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#17328512013101012-566: The Hummer H3 at its Port Elizabeth plant in South Africa for international markets. The Hummers built there at first were only left-hand drive, but right-hand drive versions were added and exported to Australia and other markets. The H2 was also assembled in Kaliningrad , Russia, by Avtotor , starting in 2006 and ending in 2009. The plant produced a few hundred vehicles annually, and its output
1058-442: The Hummer brand would soon shut down. There were reports that Sichuan Tengzhong might pursue the purchase of the Hummer brand from GM by purchasing it privately through the company's new J&A Tengzhong Fund SPC, a private equity investment fund owned by an offshore entity that was recruiting private investors to buy into its acquisition plan. The financial markets posed problems for established borrowers and even more for Tengzhong,
1104-532: The Magna's global workforce at the time. The operations generated sales of $ 2.4 billion in 2014. In March 2018, Magna announced they will work together with the ride-share company Lyft to supply high-tech kits that turn vehicles into self-driving cars . The company invested $ 200 million into the project and both parties will jointly own the intellectual property developed. It was also noted that Magna will be Lyft's exclusive supplier of self-driving kits. Magna announced
1150-481: The announcement, a pair of Indian automakers, including Mahindra & Mahindra , expressed interest in purchasing all or part of Hummer. In April 2009, GM President Fritz Henderson stated several interested parties had approached GM regarding the Hummer business. On June 1, 2009, as a part of the General Motors bankruptcy announcement, the company revealed that the Hummer brand would be discontinued. However,
1196-545: The automotive industry. It began decentralizing major systems into independent, publicly traded companies during the 1990s, while expanding into Asia. Magna began designing automotive rearview cameras for Hummers in 2005 on its production line in Michigan , US, which were not a federal requirement at the time. It was one of the first to develop rearview cameras for automakers, and had a 350,000 unit contract by 2007. The company has produced more than 46 million components and opened
1242-635: The boards of the three companies, with an expected total cost to Magna of CA$ 1.3 billion (equivalent to $ 2 billion in 2023) in cash and Magna shares, to privatize the companies within Magna International. The three privatizations were completed in February (Tesma and Decoma) and April (Intier) of 2005. Magna purchased CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme , a supplier of convertible roofs, from Porsche in November 2005. In July 2015, Magna bought
1288-495: The brand name to General Motors but continued to manufacture the vehicles. GM was responsible for the marketing and distribution of all civilian Hummers produced by AM General. Shortly thereafter, GM introduced two of its own design models, the H2 and H3 , and renamed the original vehicle H1. AM General continued to build the H1 until it was discontinued in 2006 and was contracted by GM to produce
1334-453: The deal with Tengzhong by the end of that month. On February 1, 2010, it was announced that Sichuan and General Motors had agreed to extend the deadline until the end of February as Sichuan tried to get approval by the Chinese government. It was also revealed that the price tag of the Hummer brand was $ 150 million. Later, on February 24, 2010, GM announced the Tengzhong deal had collapsed and
1380-552: The following day GM announced that instead it had reached a deal to sell the brand to an undisclosed buyer. After GM announced that same day that the sale was to an undisclosed Chinese company, CNN and the New York Times identified the buyer of the Hummer truck unit as China-based Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company Ltd. Later that day, Sichuan Tengzhong itself announced the deal on their own website. On January 6, 2010, GM CEO Ed Whitacre said he hoped to close
1426-537: The persistence of Arnold Schwarzenegger , who saw an Army convoy while filming Kindergarten Cop in Oregon and began to campaign and lobby for a civilian version to be available on the market. In 1992, AM General began selling a civilian version of the M998 Humvee vehicle to the public under the brand name "Hummer". The first two Hummer H1s to be sold were purchased by Schwarzenegger. In December 1999, AM General sold
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1472-407: The products were to be built on GM's upcoming "BT1" electric truck platform. GM's own documentation listed three brands as receiving products from the BT1 architecture: Cadillac (presumably an electric Cadillac Escalade ), Chevrolet ( Silverado EV ), and a third unknown brand referred to as the "M-Brand." Industry insiders claimed they had sources saying that the "M-Brand" was a Hummer, because
1518-569: Was acquired by Chrysler in 1987. Production of H1 civilian versions continued throughout 2006. The Hummer H2 was the second vehicle in the Hummer range built in the AM General facility under contract from General Motors from 2002 to 2009. There were two variations: The H2 SUV and the H2 SUT. The H3 and H3T pickup truck were the smallest of the Hummer models and were based on the GMT355 platform shared with
1564-683: Was announced Magna has acquired the Stockholm -headquartered Veoneer Active Safety business from SSW Partners for US$ 1.52 billion. As of 2024 , Magna International consists of seven groups, which hold further corporate subsidiaries and subdivisions: During its history, Magna International has worked with automakers to advance vehicle safety and technology such as smart mobility seating systems including stow-into-floor minivan seats, exterior systems including reaction injection moulding (RIM) bumpers, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), blind-spot detection and lane departure warning systems. The company
1610-423: Was asked about the possible return in the summer of 2019 and said, "I love Hummer. I don't know. We're looking at everything." Credibility to the earlier reporting began to solidify after the conclusion of the 2019 General Motors strike , as contract negotiations led to the commitment by GM of saving its Detroit-Hamtramck facility from closing by investing in and retooling it to build future electric trucks and SUVs;
1656-457: Was built under contract by AM General at a specially-constructed plant in Mishawaka, Indiana . A GMT810 2 door SUV variant was designed and prototyped, but was not put into production. The GMT800 introduced a three-section frame system. This could be mixed and matched depending on the wheelbase, GVWR , and body type fitted to the platform, rather than a single-piece long frame. The front section
1702-459: Was claimed to power the vehicle for up to 40 miles (64 km) on its battery, and then a small 4-cylinder internal combustion engine would start to generate more electricity. Team Hummer Racing was created in 1993. Led by off-road racer Rod Hall , Team Hummer competed in the stock classes of both BitD and SCORE, with specialized racing shock absorbers, tires, and other modifications, along with mandatory safety equipment. Team Hummer stock-class H3
1748-507: Was designed by American Motors ' AM General subsidiary to meet U.S. Military specifications that were issued in 1979. By 1982, Renault (which was partially owned by the French government) took controlling interest in AMC, and the AM General division was sold in 1983 to Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV), because US regulations barred ownership of defense contractors by foreign governments. American Motors itself
1794-535: Was driven by Hall who finished first in class with the H3 in the 2005 Baja 1000 . Team Hummer earned 11 production-class wins at the Baja 1000. A highly modified, two-wheel drive Hummer was raced by Robby Gordon in 2006 (did not finish), 2007 (8th place), 2009 (3rd place), 2010 (8th place), 2011 (did not finish), 2012 (disqualified), and 2013 (14th place) Dakar Rally . The Hummer H2 has been stretched by third-party companies into
1840-527: Was hydroformed, while the middle and rear sections were roll formed or stamped, depending on application. This gives greater flexibility to the platform. A total of four front modules, seven midsections, and four rear sections were designed, and supported nearly 40 truck configurations. The GMT800 pickup models used a rear-leaf spring suspension, while the GMT820/830 SUV models used a five-link coil-spring suspension. (The 2500 series GMT830 SUV models retained
1886-550: Was its chief executive officer and was working with Magna since 1987 until 2021. Magna is governed under a corporate constitution, and requires consensus from management, shareholders and employees to make any changes. The company shares 10 percent of pretax profits with its employees. As of 2019, the company has 158,000 employees. In 2002, Magna International announced that it had reached an agreement with DaimlerChrysler to acquire its Austrian-based Eurostar Automobilwerk operation. Magna acquired 80% of New Venture Gear , once
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1932-459: Was limited to local consumption with five dealers in Russia. On June 3, 2008, one day prior to GM's annual shareholder meeting, Rick Wagoner, GM's CEO at that time, said the brand was being reviewed and would possibly be sold, have the production line completely redesigned, or be discontinued. This was due to the decreasing demand for large SUVs as a result of higher oil prices. Almost immediately after
1978-849: Was named the MotorTrend Truck of the Year for 1999, the 2500 HD was awarded Truck of the Year for 2001, and the Chevrolet Avalanche was the Truck of the Year for 2002. Magna International Magna International Inc. is a Canadian parts manufacturer for automakers. It is one of the largest companies in Canada and was recognized on the 2020 Forbes Global 2000. The company is the largest automobile parts manufacturer in North America by sales of original equipment parts; it has ranked consistently in
2024-504: Was shutting down the Hummer SUV brand and offering rich rebates in a bid to move the remaining 2,200 vehicles. After filling a rental-car fleet order, the last Hummer H3 rolled off the line at Shreveport on May 24, 2010. In mid-2019, rumors began to circulate that General Motors was considering reviving the Hummer nameplate in 2021, as the market for off-road vehicles was reaching historic levels of sales. GM President Mark Ruess
2070-566: Was unveiled during the NCAA Tournament Final Four on April 3, 2021. There will be several versions and models under GM brand GMC, with initially only the most expensive "Edition 1" four-door pickup available, followed by other models and later as an SUV. The first vehicle in the Hummer range was the Hummer H1 , based on the Humvee . Released for the civilian market in 1992, this vehicle
2116-475: Was with General Motors in 1959. By the late 1960s, the company was operating in eight plants. Stronach took Multimatic Investments public in 1969 through a merger with Magna Electronics Corporation, an aerospace, defence and industrial components company, and became known as Magna International in 1973. The company developed an employee equity participation and profit-sharing program in 1974. By 1981, Magna had sold its aerospace and defence operations to focus on
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