12 Facts About AM General

AM General is an American heavy vehicle and contract automotive manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana.

In 1992, AM General was sold to Renco Group, which in 2002 converted it to a limited liability company.

In 1984 AM General built a separate factory at 13200 McKinley Hwy in Mishawaka for HMMWV production.

In 1992 AM General began marketing the HMMWV to the civilian market under the Hummer brand.

In May 2010, Azure Dynamics announced it had chosen AM General to assemble its electric drivetrain for Ford Transit Connect vehicles for the North American market at its Livonia, Michigan, factory.

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In September 2013, AM General reached an agreement to purchase the United States Department of Energy's secured loan to the Vehicle Production Group.

AM General submitted a prototype to become the United States Postal Service's Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, but their entry was not chosen.

The Metropolitan was built under a 1971 agreement with Flyer Industries of Winnipeg, Manitoba; AM General licensed the rights to build and market the Western Flyer D700 for the US market.

In 1979, AM General began preliminary design work on the M998 Series High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle, a 1.

Late in 2000, AM General was awarded another contract for 2,962 M998A2 series trucks.

AM General was unsuccessful in its bid for this $30-billion 25-year contract, and it is focused on military Humvee support and development of a new ambulance model.

In 2005, AM General was contracted to take over militarization, sales, and marketing of LSSV vehicles.