Hummer sale Jun 1st news. Hummer is alive!

[life is good]

This sounds like good news to me. Hope all works out.

GM to Announce Tentative Hummer Sale


By JOHN D. STOLL
General Motors Corp., fresh off filing for bankruptcy protection Monday, will start its second day of court proceedings by announcing the tentative sale of the Hummer brand, according to people familiar with the matter.

GM has been studying strategic alternatives for the brand for a year, and has settled on a buyer that could take over the brand by the end of the third quarter, these people said. GM will continue producing Hummer H2 and H3 trucks and SUVs at plants in Louisiana and Indiana for the buyer.

GM is withholding the name of the buyer until a later date, and will only say on Tuesday that this investor is committed to continuing to develop the Hummer portfolio and build alternative-fuel models for the brand at some point. The purchase price will also be withheld.

GM had until recently been entertaining offers for Hummer from various parties, including a Chinese investor. Bids were in the sub-$500 million range.

If GM had not found a buyer by early June, Hummer would likely have been killed in bankruptcy court, one person involved in the deal. GM found an investor for its Opel brand over the weekend -- Magna International Inc. -- and is seeking buyers for Saturn and Saab.

Write to John D. Stoll at john.stoll@wsj.com