As the war in Vietnam was winding down, the U.S. military found itself sorely in need of a new vehicle to replace an aging fleet of Jeeps which hadn't changed significantly since their inception ...

Military vehicles are just plain cool. It’s no surprise that they find their way into civilian life through government auctions, historical collectors and pop culture references. Aside from the ...

Well, GM is at it again, having just revealed an SUV version of its forthcoming all-electric Hummer. This model looks to be just as much of a rock-crushing, dirt-flinging, whoop-eating machine as the ...

China's increasingly crowded roads might not seem like the ideal location for hulking military derived off-road vehicles, but don't tell Bob Lutz or his company that. VLF Automotive is officially ...

After drafting the final specifications for the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle in 1979, the U.S. Army decided on AM General for the Humvee. The civilian version rolled out in 1992, and the ...

In a world increasingly concerned with miles-per-gallon and carbon neutrality, the first-generation Hummer H1 stands out like a barrel of burning petroleum. Offered as the civvy-spec variant of the AM ...

Off-road enthusiasts haven't been able to purchase a brand-new HUMMER H1 since 2006, but new reports suggest AM General may soon allow customers to buy - and build - their own Humvee in the near ...

The giant H1, a 1990s symbol of military prowess, hit city streets in 1992 with a big push from Arnold Schwarzenegger, and became an equally potent symbol of consumer excess as a division of GM, which ...