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Originally posted by EXH1X5:
BTW; unless the Border Patrol (or the MinuteMen  ) get serious about buying H1s by the hundreds, it's looking like AMG only plans to build about 250 per year for the next several years....but who knows for sure?
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You are confusing things. AMG builds and sells the HMMWV. AMG builds but GM sells the H1. AMG has secured contracts to replace all of the HMMWVs with the new HMMWV A2 variants (or M115s). Which is a slightly redesigned HMMWV and they have just started building and shipping them.
All the news is about is GM might not market the H1 as a civilian vehicle anymore as the flagship vehicle for Hummer. Doesn't mean anything about whether or not AM General will keep building HMMWVs or whether they will start selling the same vehicle as a civilian Humvee since they still own that name.
BTW, the HMMWV is reaching the end of it's useful life in our military and new vehicles are being looked for. A very strong contender that has recently received funding for testing is based off the G-wagon.
