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Automotive: death of an icon: Hummer goes down

It was a car that generated lust or nausea: born as the road-going equivalent of a military vehicle, Hummer wanted to be the Jeep of the 21st Century. It was a car that, had the idea arisen today, would never have been born. And with its Tonka-toy styling, its ridiculous demand for real-estate in the middle of a busy road and a fuel consumption that only oil-rich show-offs could realistically afford, there is little doubt that it was doomed. Until Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company rode to the rescue - only to run into a quagmire of bureaucracy - and the Chinese government pointing out that building it would hardly improve the country's green credentials.


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Automotive

The Automotive industry is one of the world's most important - and most volatile. Strategic decisions are made several years ahead - but adverse forces happen at a moment's notice. IN THIS SECTION: how an industry that is both economically and politically important to countries swings from success to failure and back again, often in a very short timescale. Let the world know your expertise: click Contribute and write for us.



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