Editing Humvee (section)

===Civilian sales===
In December 2014, the Department of Defense began auctioning off some 4,000 used Humvees to the public.  While some have been transferred to domestic law enforcement agencies, this is the first time the military vehicles have been made available for civilian ownership. The idea is to sell them with starting bids at $10,000 each, rather than simply scrapping them as a way to save money and repurpose them.  M998, M998A1, M1038, and M1038A1 model Humvees are available, which are out of U.S. service and lack armor.  AM General has been opposed to the resale of military Humvees to the general public, primarily because surplus government vehicles would have cut into sales related to the civilian Hummer model, whose production ended in 2010.<ref>[http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/tech/2014/12/12/humvee-auctions-to-public-a-first/20300263/ Surplus Humvee auctions to the public a first for DoD] – Armytimes.com, 12 December 2014</ref> The first sales from auction occurred on 17 December 2014 for 25 of the Humvees. Bids ranged from $21,500 for a 1989 M1038 to $41,000 for a 1994 AM General M998A1. The average bid was around $30,000 and the sale of the 25 vehicles netted $744,000 total.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141218105935/http://defensetech.org/2014/12/17/humvees-sell-for-up-to-42k-in-first-public-auction-of-military-truck/ Humvees Sell for up to $42K in First Public Auction of Military Truck]}} – Defensetech.org, 17 December 2014</ref> GovPlanet has since taken over the contract and sells Humvees at its weekly online auctions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.govplanet.com/humvees/ |title=GovPlanet Humvee Marketplace |access-date=22 January 2019 |archive-date=23 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123010148/https://www.govplanet.com/humvees |url-status=live }}</ref>

====HUMVEE C-Series====
In 2017, it was announced that AM General signed a contract with [[VLF Automotive]] to build a new [[VLF Automotive#HUMVEE C-Series|civilian version]] of the HMMWV for sale outside of the US. The initial contract calls for up to 100 a year to be built and sold overseas to places such as China, Europe, Middle East, and Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gmauthority.com/blog/2017/05/vlf-is-now-building-and-selling-the-hummer-h1-to-china/ |title=VLF is Now Building and Selling the Hummer H1 to China |date=9 May 2017 |access-date=10 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710180934/http://gmauthority.com/blog/2017/05/vlf-is-now-building-and-selling-the-hummer-h1-to-china/ |archive-date=10 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>  These are essentially updated [[Hummer H1]]s, but cannot use the [[Hummer]]-brand owned by [[General Motors]]. These vehicles have not been approved for sale in the US due to safety or emission standards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15341517/bob-lutzs-vlf-is-building-brand-new-hummer-h1s-and-shipping-them-to-china|title=Bob Lutz's VLF Is Building Brand-New Hummer H1s and Shipping Them to China|last=Atiyeh|first=Clifford|date=2017-05-08|website=Car and Driver|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-31|archive-date=31 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031194008/https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15341517/bob-lutzs-vlf-is-building-brand-new-hummer-h1s-and-shipping-them-to-china/|url-status=live}}</ref>