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 [...]
J.D. Power and Associates released their 2007 report on the most useful automotive websites for new car buyers, and Hummer.com (home of, of course, GM and the Hummer trucks) came up on top. So how did Hummer did? It ranked highest with an index score of 870 on a 1,000-point scale — a 5-point improvement [...]
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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
DETROIT - Bob Lutz, GM vice chairman, global product development, unveiled a prototype right-hand-drive H3 during the opening ceremony of a new HUMMER facility in [...]
Having a difficult time handling or driving your newly bought, freshly minted Hummer truck? No worries. There are Hummer Driving Academies everywhere, and now one is opening up in Bahrain. From the Gulf Daily News:
THE first Hummer Driving Academy outside the US is to be opened in Bahrain, it was revealed yesterday. A celebration [...]
I guess the Irish knows how to live it up, too. From the Kilkenny Advertiser:
The Hummer H2 Limousine is the most sought-after limousine in Ireland. The All Events Hummer is the newest and biggest limousine currently available anywhere in Ireland and is fitted with all the latest technology. The interior features state-of-the-art lighting, laser lights [...]
Hey, you already own a Hummer truck, why not own a little bling to go with it? Try the Diamond Hummer Watch from Swiss watchmaker TechnoMarine. From Inside Line:
While the standard Hummer XS Magnum Square timepiece retails for $1,495, the new Diamond Hummer model will fetch a cool $5,500.
The XS Magnum Square model is a [...]
Ever wanted to buy a used Hummer H2 but couldn’t afford one? Here’s one. I ran across this ad by some guy selling his 2003 Hummer H2/Adventure Package for $30,000. It’s not a bad looking H2, and seems to have been kept in pretty good shape. Here’s his spec for it:
Mileage 72,000
Transmission Automatic
Trim Adventure [...]
The ‘RE/MAX Tour for the Troops’ Raises Money for Wounded Veterans | DENVER, March 7 /PRNewswire/ — The Hummer that was once home to a CNN news crew, embedded with the U.S. Marines during the invasion of Iraq, has a new mission. The completely overhauled Hummer that the news crew named Warrior One, has been [...]
We’ve all heard about the Prius, haven’t we? That darling little vehicle of the eco-friendly group, i.e. the car you should be driving unless you’re a selfish and bad, bad, bad man. Or some crap like that that the eco nuts want you to believe. But wait, maybe it’s all wrong — maybe the Prius [...]
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.
The Nitro has the [...]
