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Spy Shots: HUMMER H3 SUT

October 4, 2006 3:50pm

Well, last week Bob Lutz told us that HUMMER needed new models at a press conference during the Paris Motor Show. It didn’t take long for the first of the new models to appear in prototype form.
Spy photographers caught of prototype of a camouflaged HUMMER H3, while the disguise is designed to make the vehicle […]

More HUMMER models on the way

September 30, 2006 9:22pm

General Motors needs to add several new models to its HUMMER lineup, according to Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, GM’s product czar. “HUMMER needs some more products. It needs two or three more products to give it sufficient market coverage,” Lutz told reporters at the opening of a HUMMER dealership in Paris.
Lutz said making a traditional […]

Schwarzenegger not getting rid of his Hummers

September 24, 2006 7:48am

Despite reports that Schwarzenegger will be dumping his fleet of gas guzzling Hummers, following California’s suit against automarkers over pollution, the Governator is not in any way dumping his fleet of Hummers. A source close to the governor said that Al Gore might have said something about it. And despite the governor’s plans to sign […]

Breaking: GM announces 5-year, 100,000-mile warranty

September 6, 2006 10:18am

General Motors just announced it is extending its warranty coverage up to 100,000 miles or five years, which makes it the best warranty of any full-line automaker. All 2007 model year cars and light-duty trucks in the United States and Canada will be offered with the new warranty. The new warranty will apply retroactively to […]

HUMMER H4 coming for 2009?

August 21, 2006 9:37pm

As part of Automotive News/AutoWeek’s run down of what’s the hopper for the automakers, today it is reporting that General Motors is considering another smaller HUMMER model. Expected for the 2009 model year, smaller HUMMER would be the size of the Jeep Wrangler and likely be called the H4. The only thing hanging it up […]

HUMMER with politically correct ads?

August 16, 2006 2:07pm

GM has reworked a controversial HUMMER H3 commercial to be less offensive, after receiving a number of complaints. The ad in question shows two men at a grocery store checkout — one purchasing tofu, the other slabs of meat. The man buying the tofu then leaves the grocery store to buy a HUMMER. The ad […]

HUMMER announces prices for 2007 H3x

June 20, 2006 6:38pm

Based on HUMMER’s “H3 Street” concept car shown at Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) last November, the new H3x gives buyers a customized appearance, straight from the factory. General Motors announced today that the H3x models will sticker at $38,065.
Standard equipment on the H3x includes full-time 4WD, OnStar, GM’s Stabilitrak system, and the new Vortec […]

Larger engines for Colorado, Canyon, HUMMER H3

June 19, 2006 10:19pm

For the 2007, General Motors’ popular midsize trucks — Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, as well as the HUMMER H3 SUV — feature new, larger-displacement inline four- and five-cylinder engines, which deliver more horsepower and torque than the previous engines.
The base engine in the pickups is a Vortec 2.9L four-cylinder with variable valve timing (VVT), […]

General Motors discontinues Hummer H1

May 12, 2006 3:26pm

Earlier this month, we reported that General Motors was considering canceling the Hummer H1. GM confirmed the rumors today and announced that it will end production of the gigantic Hummer H1 this summer. The last H1s are expected to be assembled in June. Based on the military’s Humvee, GM has produced about 12,000 of the […]

Hummer to discontinue the H1?

May 1, 2006 9:23am

According to The Detroit News, General Motors is considering axing the Hummer H1. While the H1, the original Hummer, is “very important” to the brand’s rugged image, more and more consumers see the H2 as the “real” Hummer.
“What we’ve found is that the H2 has come to be seen by consumers as the Hummer. In their minds, […]


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