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.
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.
TopSpeed, via GoAuto, has news that General Motors has confirmed their Hummer H4 for a 2010 rollout. So what will the Hummer H4 look like?
It will share its under body with another upcoming compact architecture but, the fun doesn’t stop there as the H3 sees the addition of a diesel model down under and the addition of a new H3 SUT model in 2008…
GM’s unleashing the Hummer H3 Alpha at the 2007 New York Auto Show. The Hummer H3 Alpha is a reworking of the H3, and is supposed to make the latest Hummer line faster and more powerful. Here’s Inside Line‘s article on the H3 Alpha’s debut:
GM released few details about its “top dog” H3 Alpha on Tuesday, noting only that it will be equipped with a 295-hp V8 and have Hummer’s “trademark off-road capability.” In comparison, the 2007 Hummer H3 is equipped with a 3.7-liter inline-5 engine that makes 242 hp. It returns 15 mpg in city driving and 19 mpg on the highway, according to the EPA. Hummer has not yet released fuel economy numbers on the H3 Alpha, but they should be of considerable interest.
(PRESS RELEASE)
HUMMER H3 Right-Hand-Drive Unveiled
* Premiere at the opening of new HUMMER showroom in the United Kingdom
* Assembly in GM’s Struandale plant in South Africa
* Start of sales in summer 2007
Okay, it’s not exactly a duel to the death, but it’s close. The guys over at Cars.com recently did a side by side by side comparison between the Dodge Nitro, the Hummer H3, and the Toyota FJ Cruiser. And the winner is…? Well, DUH. It’s the H3 by a mile, of course.
Here’s your chance to take a peak at the new GM Hummer H3 commercial online before it hits the airwaves. Click here to see it.
Well we know it had to happen sooner or later, and now it’s finally happened — the Hummers are invading the British!
GM’s Hummer line will make their UK debut at the British International Motor Show at London’s ExceL, with a display featuring the legendary Hummer H2 and the smaller Hummer H3. Both, of course, will come with right-hand drive during 2007 for the Brits, who as we all know, drives on the wrong side of the road.
The Hummer by themselves are pretty formidable vehicles, but now GM plans on souping up the domesticated desert terrors even further by giving them even more powerful engines.
According to Autoweek:
The current 3.5-liter, five-cylinder in-line engine in the 4,700-pound H3 is rated at 220 hp. GM says the 2007 H3 coming in the fall will get a 3.7-liter version of the in-line five-cylinder engine. Horsepower will jump to 242.
GM has finally decided to unleash their Hummer H3x on an unsuspecting public — with a price tag of $38,065. Based on the H3 Street concept car shown at SEMA in 2005, the H3x can be purchased straight from the factory and onto your driveway.
So what’s so special about it? Autoblog knows:
