First Hummer H3 Arrives at Local Dealership

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First Hummer H3 Arrives at Local Dealership


Tuesday, May 17, 2005

The first Hummer H-3 was delivered to a local dealership Tuesday afternoon.
The H-3`s rolled off the assembly line at Shreveport`s GM plant in April.
With much anticipation, the first Hummer H-3`s in the world arrived at a Shreveport dealership.
Orr Hummer General Manager Terry Brown says, "I think this is going to be one of the hottest products, General Motors ever produced."
Workers at Orr Hummer gathered around to see history in the making.
GM Plant Manager Dave Gibbons and Brown shared the first set of keys..."First key, for the first hummer, built in Shreveport."
Dave Gibbons said, "all the way back from the design studio, and now here we are several years later with the first product in the showroom. It just doesn`t get any better than that."
Nearly 20 H-3`s have already been sold locally.
Hopeful customers showed up, too, taking pictures and making a decision.
One potential customer, Matthew Flemings, said, "I`ve been waiting, I was trying to decide with the expedition limited or the H-3. The H-3`s look like they`re more SUV, more luxury style."
Terry Brown, said, "Hummer has a statement - like nothing else - and they`re right. It`s a unique.
Flemings said, "I drove a Hummer for six months for my commander, since they came out on the market, I`ve always wanted one."
He`ll have his chance now to be a part of history at home.
Orr Hummer officials expect 35 new H-3`s to arrive between now and the end of June.
Prices range from just less than 30-thousand dollars to a fully loaded H-3 at 38-thousand.