Hummer

HMMWV, High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle, M998A2.

1999: General Motors bought the ‘Hummer’ brand name from AM General.
2002: The H2 is a GM SUV dressed-up with HMMWV-like styling.
2007: The smaller H3 imported into .au.
2008: The oil price hit a record us$147/b, and although it did fall back under us$40/b in late 2008, the global financial crisis then took over hurting Hummer and GM.
2009: General Motors, facing bankruptcy, desperately sought a buyer for Hummer. On 9 October Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co., Ltd (Tengzhong), signed a "definitive agreement" to buy the Hummer brand from GM. However, the deal fell through — 24 Feb. 2010.

2020 February 2: GM announced plans to put an electric GMC Hummer EV pickup into production in late 2021. (Also see 21 Oct. 2020.)
2021 December 17: GM announced the first deliveries of the HUMMER EV Edition 1 Pickup and the BrightDrop EV600 light commercial vehicle.