Tengzhong GM China

The Hummer H1 , the joint venture's only model, was built from October 2009 to February 2010.

The term Tengzhong GM China describes a short-lived joint venture between the American automotive company General Motors and the Chinese machine manufacturer Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery (80%) and the Hong Kong- based Thénardite manufacturer Lumena Resources (20%). The founding was announced on October 9, 2009, the negotiations themselves had already started on June 2, 2009.

The main focus of the negotiations was the sale of GM's Hummer brand for a sum of 150 million US dollars to the Chinese group. Enclosed General Motors negotiated the extension of American production until June 2011. An optional extension of the assembly by another year was intended to secure around 3,000 jobs, but this was prohibited by the Chinese government. The Hummer brand then disappeared from the American market, followed by the export markets.

The only model of the joint venture was the Hummer H1 , which was assembled in a small series for the Chinese market from October 27, 2009 using CKD kits delivered from the United States . In the course of June 2010, all of the production systems for the H1 and H2 from the Mishawaka and Shreveport plants were to be delivered to China. The aim was to enable the production of the Hummer H2 in China.

The planned series production was prevented due to concerns from the Chinese authorities. As a result of this official blockade, General Motors viewed the joint venture as a failure and officially dissolved it on February 24, 2010. The contractually agreed twelve-month test phase for the takeover of the Hummer brand, which up until then had envisaged large-scale production, could not be fulfilled. This finally sealed the end of the "Chinese" Hummer brand.

At the time, the joint venture was in competition with the Russian automobile manufacturer Avtotor , which at the same time entered into similar agreements restricted to the Russian market.

Tengzhong GM China

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