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General Motors’ Hummer H2 is manufactured by AM General, which is under contract to GM and was the original builder of the sport/utility vehicle. The pickup truck version, which uses the GMC Yukon and Chevrolet Tahoe platform, is considered a sport/utility vehicle. The H2 was a popular vehicle early in 2002 to its present production run, but sales fell dramatically in its last years.

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South Bend, Indiana: The vehicle made famous by CNN, as we watched it storming the dunes of Kuwait in the Gulf War, has become increasingly cache in the civilian set. Celebrities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Andre Agassi, George Forman and Montel Williams park one or more of these huge beasts, that sit nearly a foot wider than any other passenger vehicle, in their driveways-Schwarzenegger has eight, for instance-but so do growing numbers of other everyday drivers, who have found the Hummera€™s street-legal version to their liking. Read the rest of this entry »

one year: Blinking strobes on NYPD patrol cars etch a path through Times Square in Manhattan as the prototype of a new junior-size version of the rugged Hummer sport-utility wagon winds down Broadway.

With its bold face and broad prow, a flat roofline and squared-off cabin, the four-door wagon looks strong and powerful, and unlike any other vehicle in the world, save the original H1 Hummer, a civilized version of the military High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, or HMMWV, called the Hum-Vee. Read the rest of this entry »

As I was driving the 2001 Hummer four-door wagon, I started to think of other high-profile vehicles I had driven. Certainly the Chevrolet Corvette came to mind, not only for the looks it receives from other drivers on the road, but also because of the Corvette “signal” Corvette owners exchange when they spot each other.

I thought some type of Hummer hand sign would be cool, because it is one of the most unique vehicles a person would see on the road. But then a problematic thought occurred to me. In order for this type of signal to catch on, you have to pass by other Hummers on the road. And unless you live near a military base or next door to Arnold Schwarzenegger, this isn’t likely to happen for one simple reason. Read the rest of this entry »

Lithium-ion | Owning a Hummer these days is a risky business. In this era of green growth and reducing emissions of greenhouse gas emissions, the Hummer is in effect is a catalyst and focus on him all the hatred of environmentalists, Hummer drivers, know this: nobody love you. You blame your CO2 emissions, your engine is noisy, your taste for bling-bling, your bull bars dangerous and it even seems that your vehicle is no use in major cities (the truth is that it is very useful for impressing the grandmothers and reckless cyclists recalcitrant).

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As I was driving the 2001 Hummer four-door wagon, I started to think of other high-profile vehicles I had driven. Certainly the Chevrolet Corvette came to mind, not only for the looks it receives from other drivers on the road, but also because of the Corvette “signal” Corvette owners exchange when they spot each other.

I thought some type of Hummer hand sign would be cool, because it is one of the most unique vehicles a person would see on the road. But then a problematic thought occurred to me. In order for this type of signal to catch on, you have to pass by other Hummers on the road. And unless you live near a military base or next door to Arnold Schwarzenegger, this isn’t likely to happen for one simple reason.

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H2, junior-size version of the mighty Hummer, comes from GM

Flashback one year: Blinking strobes on NYPD patrol cars etch a path through Times Square in Manhattan as the prototype of a new junior-size version of the rugged Hummer sport-utility wagon winds down Broadway.
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Hummer released the full-size H2 SUV in 2003 and followed with a pickup version called the H2 SUT in 2005. Hummer expanded its Lineup with the Midsize H3 SUV in 2005 as a 2006 model.

Now the H3 gets the pickup treatment. At the 2008 Chicago Auto Show, Hummer announced the 2009 H3T pickup would be released this case as a 2009 model.  Read the rest of this entry »