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{{Short description|American heavy vehicle manufacturer}} {{Infobox company | name = AM General LLC | logo = Am general green logo.png | logo_size = 200 | image = AM General Mishawaka Plant cropped.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = AM General's Mishawaka Manufacturing Campus, in Indiana, 2021 | type = [[Portfolio company]] | industry = [[automotive industry|Automotive]] | founded = {{Start date and age|1971}}<ref name=hyde1/> | founder = [[American Motors Corporation|American Motors]] | predecessor = [[Kaiser Jeep]] | hq_location_city = [[South Bend, Indiana]] | hq_location_country = [[United States|U.S.]] | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = James Cannon ([[CEO]])<ref>James Cannon Joins AM General as Chief Executive Officer {{cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/james-j-cannon-joins-am-general-as-chief-executive-officer-301380253.html|title=James J. Cannon Joins AM General as Chief Executive Officer}}</ref> | products = {{plainlist| * [[HMMWV]] * [[M35 series 2Β½-ton 6Γ6 cargo truck|M35 trucks]] * [[M939 series 5-ton 6Γ6 truck|M939 trucks]] * [[Humvee|Humvee C-Series]] * [[Hummer H2]]{{refn|Only manufactured that model (2002β09) under [[contract manufacturer|contract]] from [[General Motors]]|group=n|name=gmcontract}} * [[Mercedes-Benz R-Class]]{{refn|Only manufactured that model under contract.|group=n|name=mbcontract}} }} | owner = | parent = [[KPS Capital Partners]] (2020β)<ref name=kps1>[https://www.amgeneral.com/kps-capital-partners-to-acquire-am-general-llc/ KPS Capital Partners To Acquire AM General LLC] on AM General, 22 Jul 2020</ref> | subsid = General Engine Products<br>General Transmission Products | brands = | homepage = {{URL|https://www.amgeneral.com/|amgeneral.com}} | footnotes = | intl = }} '''AM General''' is an American heavy vehicle and [[contract manufacturer|contract]] automotive manufacturer based in [[South Bend, Indiana]]. It is best known for the civilian [[Hummer H1|Hummer]] and the military [[Humvee]] that are assembled in [[Mishawaka, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amgeneral.com/our-story/track-record|title=Track Record - AM General|publisher=AM General|access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref> From 1974 to 1979 the company also manufactured [[transit bus]]es, making more than 5,400 of them.<ref name="Stauss"/> AM General has also been a provider of vehicles for the [[Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle|CUCV]] program carried out by the [[United States Armed Forces]].<ref name=trend>[https://www.motortrend.com/features/163-1305-military-trucks/ Military Trucks: From the Dodge WC to the GM LSSV] by Edward A. Sanchez on Motor Trend.com, 4 Jul 2013</ref>
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