Hummer is a joke and has been since the H1 was discontinued. "Hey, I have an idea, let's put a H1-esque body on a Tahoe and call it the H2." Now we have numerous "Hummers" running the streets with none of the versatility/appeal o the original. As for the rest of GM, it too has become a joke. I worked at a Cadillac dealership as late as 2000 and watched the Escalade become a decent seller. A few years later I went to a car lot and found the Avalanche clones and now Caddy even has a station wagon. Granted, since the 70's many Cadillacs shared platforms with other GM products but (besides some failures like the Cimarron and Allante) the Cadillac name has almost always been associated with luxury V8 powered sedans and coupes. GMC is much the same way. "Professional Grade" has gone the way of the large Jimmys, and though I still like the newer pickups, an SUV like the Envoy or a station wagon...er, crossover...like the Acadia just does not invoke images of do-it-all toughness.
Chevrolet has always been the jack-of-all-trades, but GM seems to have turned all its divisions into clones of each other, rebadging what would have been a Chevy thirty years ago and raising the price. I mean, it was bad enough when you could buy a Pontiac 6000 that was a Chevy Celebrity at heart, or a GMC Jimmy that was an S10 Blazer without a bowtie.







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