Friday 16th December 2011

It's a Hummer, but not as we know it...

Chinese one-off homemade Hummer probably isn't the future of motoring

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GM's attempt to sell the Hummer brand to the Chinese might have been scuppered by the People's Republic back in 2010, but it seems one Chinese man didn't give up on the dream of a Sino-centric Hummer.

Enter stage left (and presumably ever-so slowly) Qu Zhibo from Hainan province. His home-made Hummer apparently cost him around £400 and features, er, we don't really know what, other than an engine and twin tyres all round.

It took Mr Zhibo three years to create and he reckons that it (being largely recycled) is one of the greenest Hummers ever made. And he's not finished yet; now he's got to paint it...

Source: Car News China

[Exar Kun]

More Jeep than Hummer? I see he's left himself enough space with the wheel fairings to go up a tyre size or two in future.

[lewisf182]

much more wrangler looking than hummer looking! how much are second hand cars over there relative to here? £400 over here would buy you something decent enough lol

[drophead]

Outstanding!

[sanctum]

At some point Mr Qu is going to learn about the need for suspension...

[Noe]

China is filth, dirt and will ruin the world

Why can't car news be censored from china .... Who cares now if they buy 'which ever car' .... They would sell their own family for the smallest money

Go and live there, spend time there, you'll then never want to hear of the place again

[Changedmyname]

Noe said:

China is filth, dirt and will ruin the world

Why can't car news be censored from china .... Who cares now if they buy 'which ever car' .... They would sell their own family for the smallest money

Go and live there, spend time there, you'll then never want to hear of the place again

A voice of experience?

[jbi]

Changedmyname said:

A voice of experience?

he lives in Japan... explains it all really

As rubbish as we all know that will be, at least give the man some credit for trying. He's obviously just a poor farmer with barely two pennies to his name trying to live a boy hood dream

EDIT: if you want to see a real Chinese hummer equivalent look at this thing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...

[The Wookie]

Noe said:

Why can't car news be censored from china ....

Because that would make us as bad as them?

[Agoogy]

I wonder if his wife or daughter is called 'Ga'......

[thewheelman]

The only problem with driving a home made Chinese car, is about an hour later you'll want to drive another.

[tomv1to]

Agoogy said:

I wonder if his wife or daughter is called 'Ga'......

[Mr Gear]

Ring time?

[cavgt40]

This man need to speak to Lotus with his flair for car design

[Andysywv]

It would appear recycled cars are exempt from tax and registration in China

[bakerstreet]

I likes it. Looks like an off road golf kart with a bit of Jeep styling

[over_the_hill]

lewisf182 said:

much more wrangler looking than hummer looking! how much are second hand cars over there relative to here? £400 over here would buy you something decent enough lol

I'm guessing they don't exist. Cars are still relatively new in China and all of the new money is importing top end German metal. It will take a good few years for stuff to filter down to Shed level.

[lazyitus]

Top marks from me for being mad enough to even bother!

[monkey11477]

salesman: and if you listen carefully (slams driver's door) it sounds just like a hummer

[Rawwr]

I want it!

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

thewheelman said:

The only problem with driving a home made Chinese car, is about an hour later you'll want to drive another.

I see what you did there.

Must go, getting hungry again...