What is a Hummer? Cars? A horse or something strong?

Hummer-a tough horse! I don't know who translated such a classic name, but "Hummer" literally means "hummingbird", which is completely different from the image of Hummer.

In fact, the roots of Hummer can be traced back to 1903, a bicycle manufacturer, American Standard Wheel Company. At that time, the company decided to establish a "land car department" in the new automobile trade field, so it developed a "land brand small single-seat convertible" as the first self-produced engine model.

"Land Brand" was purchased by John North Willie in 1908. The new owner noticed the value potential of Land brand cars and established Willys-Overland Company on 19 12. The new company began to produce the famous "Willis Knight" car series, and later launched the "light chariot".

In the 1940s, influenced by World War II, Willys-Overland Company designed the original jeep, which had a great impact on the development of off-road vehicles in the United States and even the world. Willys-Overland produced more than 350,000 "4X4" vehicles, and the world-famous father of global off-road vehicles "Willys" was born. In the following decades, with the liberation of the allied forces, "Willians" all over the world also settled in all parts of the world.

1953, Willys-Overland Company was acquired by Henry J. Kaiser Company, and the company was renamed Willys Engine Co., Ltd., and the company name was later changed to Kaiser-Jeep Company. Soon, the company took over the contract order for the production of American military trucks from the bankrupt Stubeck Company. 1970, Caesar Jeep was acquired by American Engine Company (AM) and renamed Jeep Company, which was divided into two relatively independent parts: commercial production department and comprehensive production department. 197 1 year, the General Production Department operated as a completely affiliated company of American Engine Company, with certain independence, and appeared as AM General.

1979, this is the year when the history of Hummer really began. Hummer was highly praised by the US military for winning the competition with HMMWV. 1In July, 1980, AM Integrated Company's Hummer prototype was fully tested in the desert of Nevada. It took less than a year from design to public release.

198 1 year, the agreement of "requesting AM integration company to develop multi-purpose all-terrain prototype for it" entered a substantive stage. 1982, AM Integrated Company provided 1 1 prototype for the US government. In March, 1983, AM Integrated Company won the first contract for the production of military vehicles for 55,000 US dollars. At the end of this year, American Engine Company sold AM Integrated Company to LTV Company.

1984, the first batch of Hummer models left the factory; 1985, Hummer was officially mass-produced; From 65438 to 0986, AM Integrated Company began to set up engineering branches in Nevada and Michigan. 1989, AM Integrated Company won the production contract of 333 1 military vehicle; 1990 began to design civil Hummer models; 199 1 year, AM general company announced to the public that it would officially put into production the civil Hummer.

1992, the 65438+ ten thousand military Hummer was produced, which was also the first civilian Hummer to leave the factory, marking the beginning of mass production of civilian Hummer. In order to cooperate with the sales, a large-scale Hummer propaganda offensive was launched in the United States. Since the American movie star Schwarzenegger accepted the first Hummer donated by the American army, many American "tough guys" have become more and more fond of Hummers, and the Hummer craze has continued to this day.