Remember the first-generation Hummer? Underpinned by the same chassis and boasting the same rugged looks as the U.S. Army-spec Humvee, the civilian Hummer became a commercial hit the moment it was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

AM General receives a contract from the Pentagon to develop the high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle, or HMMWV, on March 22, 1983. Nicknamed the Humvee and designed to transport troops and cargo ...

One of the few things that have shown the potential to unite the East and West is our common fascination with military trucks. The Czech like their Tatra T813 8x8s, we Americans our Jeeps and Humvees, ...

In 1989, the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), or humvee, is used during the invasion of Panama.Stephen Ferry / Getty The mighty humvee has conquered foreign battlefields, suburban ...

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 ...

General Motors revealed its very first electric pickup truck on Tuesday — the GMC Hummer EV. The original Hummer H1 hit the streets in 1992, and GMC's new truck is the first new Hummer since GM shut ...

Modern chariot of the military, the AM General HMMWV has become a mechanical symbol of freedom. The mere sight of one conjures patriotic spirit and forces a smile. Designed in the late 1970s to ...

Khris is a Mechanical Engineer and a classic car aficionado, who adores his Jags, Alfas, and old-school American muscle cars. He keeps tabs on everything from super exotics like an old EB 110 to the ...