[HummerJim]

I dropped by Lynch Hummer on my way back from the Ozarks yesterday afternoon. They are one of the only or maybe the only stand alone Hummer dealership left and now the sales leader with Tobin gone. They say the H2 line was stopped earlier than planned last week, BUT they are still taking orders on H2s for future delivery (probably in late spring). If there is a 2010 it will be almost identical to the 2009 H2.
While I was there a couple took delivery of a new H3, a young man was looking at an H3T, and a man was looking at an H2. I was surprised at all the traffic in the showroom.
These guys love to talk Hummers. A bunch of children were waiting with their Mom for their Hummer to get the oil changed and getting antsy, so they took them for the offroad experience behind the dealership - I looked to see if it was in an H1 and I was ready to ask for a ride along too.
Bottom line according to them is that nothing has been decided definitely & they haven't heard anything definite on the H2 from GM except that the line at AMG is stopped for now.
There are lots of rumors, but right now GM is mum. GM has "temporarily stopped supplying some parts to the AM General plant," probably because of oversupply. With gas prices down and people in the holiday mood Hummer sales are up. Lynch intends to stay in Hummers no matter what, but may have to move out of their high priced quonset setup to a smaller less upscale location, but with sales up now, who knows.
Talk about over engineered, you wouldn't believe the piece of machinery for the engine cooling fan on the H1 Alpha, it looked like it belonged in a tank. I think it would take a warehouse to hold all their H1 part inventory if they moved. I could talk Hummers all day with the parts department people there. I also noticed two '06 H3s in the service bays getting cylinder head replacements. The mechanic I talked with said the '07 H3s and later models have almost no head and engine problems with the bigger better engineered 07 and up five cylinder.
He also said most of the problems with the H2 were electric and several were owner brought on with marginal wiring. He's seen H2s with over 150,000 miles with no drivetrain problems and drivetrain problems are rare on the H2. New owners are not used to the six-speed auto tranny on the new H2 and bring it in when everything is fine because of all the shifting it does.