Slowing H1 Sales

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Originally posted by EXH1X5:
Generally speaking sales have been on the decline since 1997!

GM's online data only goes back to 2001.

It will stick around as long as GM & AMG want it to!

I suppose if they continue to roll out a profit, they will continue production. EOS would suggest that the number has to evenutally get too low to be profitable. I don't think the fleet sales include all of the interior refinments, and they certainly don't pull those out of another product.

What you might be missing is this: Over the past 10 years when AMG has built the MOST HUMMERs (H1) they made the LEAST profit ...AND... when they built the LEAST HUMMERs (H1) they made the MOST profit! GO FIGURE!

BTW; unless the Border Patrol (or the MinuteMen ) get serious about buying H1s by the hundreds, it's looking like AMG only plans to build about 250 per year for the next several years....but who knows for sure?

That would seem counterintuitive. The answer may be that they charge more for the H1's now that they are producing smaller numbers, or they've reduced production costs elsewhere. There have been to many expensive refinements since the wonder years of 1,000 unit production. It's not just gray/tan plastic and cloth seats anymore. I draw the conclusion that I guess others are making, that the H1 is probably on the way out.

OR it will be redesigned by GM, given similar abilities, and made 1000X more road-friendly and practical for civillian use so people might buy them in slightly larger numbers. However, for GM to put that much <STRIKE>time</STRIKE> money into it, they have to be turning out quite a few, otherwise they won't recoup anything...