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Originally posted by Aubs:
So far, there have been 98 H1's sold through April 30th. That's down about 6% from last year at this time. In April, sales were down about 30%. If we turn the clock back a bit, here's how it looks:
2005: 374
2004: 447
2003: 730
2002: 720
2001: 768
Now, given there were significant improvements in 2005 selling year for the ALPHA, sales would have hopefully spiked a bit. It looks like yearly they've been on a steady decline.
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Generally speaking sales have been on the decline since 1997!
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So what does this mean about the future of the H1? There has to be a point at which production is no longer profitable. I also imagine that dealer supply is huge right now (if they still make 700 units/year), meaning if you want one, it's easy to get. I just wonder if the H1 will stick around...
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It will stick around as long as GM & AMG want it to!
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Please let me know if I'm missing something. Unfortunately I can't find H1 production schedules.
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What you might be missing is this: Over the past 10 years when AMG has built the MOST HUMMERs (H1) they made the LEAST profit ...AND... when they built the LEAST HUMMERs (H1) they made the MOST profit! GO FIGURE!
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?