I know I haven’t posted in a while. Life and blah blah blah. Anyways, even so, this news fills me with a certain sadness. The time of the H3 has come to an end.
Via Automobile Blog:
Although General Motors started to wind down its Hummer brand earlier this year, production of the H3 continued. Until now. According to several reports, the last H3 rolled off the assembly line in Shreveport, Louisiana, this morning.
Want to see the 2009 HUMMER H3T in action? Of course you do! What kind of dumb question is that? We recently got word from the guys over at IGotShotgun that they’ve been putting the 2009 H3T through its motions, including climbing the heck all over Moab, UT’s mountainous terrain. Check the H3T out in action in a series of videos featuring Mike Levine from Pickuptruck.com as he puts the H3T through its paces. Well, GM isn’t bragging that the H3T is the “most versatile vehicle” they’ve ever built for nothing, you know.
Cars showing up as product placement in a movie is no big deal. In fact, it’s almost common place. Ford, for example, had almost exclusive rights to Michael Bay’s “Transformers”. And it now looks like GM will have their brand new 2008 Hummer HX Concept Car featured in the upcoming “G.I. Joe” movie, which makes sense since the movie is about a military special operations force, and what better way to go into combat than in a Hummer vehicle?
It’s heeeeeeeeere. Without further ado, some “unofficial”/official pictures of the 2009 Hummer H3T truck (scroll down to the bottom), plus the official press release from GM.
2009 Hummer H3T Press Release (via)
HUMMER is bringing its unmistakable style and unmatched capability to the truck market with the 2009 H3T. It is based on the architecture of the popular H3, but features a five-passenger crew cab and a separate five-foot-long (1.5 meters) bed.
Holy cow, General Motors wasn’t kidding when they said they wanted to change the way the Hummer looked. GM is apparently targeting the consumers who are interested in vehicles like the Jeep Wrangler, and word is it may reveal its new 2008 HUMMER HX at the Detroit auto show next month. We’ll have to wait and see if we’ll get our first glimpse of the HUMMER HX next month, but until then, here are more info about the concept sketches.
Ready or not, the HUMMER H3T is coming. General Motors is investing over $73 Million to build a plant to build the all-new H3T HUMMER line in Shreveport, Louisiana, according to a press release by the company.
GM Investing $73 Million in Shreveport, La. Truck Plant for Production of HUMMER HT3
Holy cow, who wouldn’t want one of these things? Can you imagine being stuck in traffic and some douche is up there holding everyone back because for some dumb reason? You can pop out the laser cannon and blast his ass back to doucheville. Hell yeah, baby! Here’s the story from The Register (via):
Can’t afford a real Hummer H3 just yet? Don’t worry, settle for the toy version. Or, more specifically, the RC version. The guys over at RCMania has a review of the Hummer H3 RC from New Brite, and they’ve given it a grade of C+. Not great, but hey, these guys are RC experts, so I’m guessing their criteria for A+ products are very high. In any case, it looks very cool.
The HUMMER truck is flying off the showroom in Venezuela despite the fact that the country’s President, the always out-of-this-world fruit job Hugo Chavez telling everyone to stop buying them. The South American wannabe dictator wants to start a “revolution” to curb drinking and material commercialism, saying, “What kind of revolution is this? The Whisky Revolution? The Hummer Revolution? No, this is a real revolution!” And the response from his citizens? Sales of both premium whiskey and Hummers are booming! Ha!
What a great shot of a HUMMER dressed up in Red Cross colors helping to fight fires in Seeley, CA. (via)
