Hummer H2's in their natural environment!!!

[zimu]

how did this become a gas price thread?!

 

[UNCjigga]

Why can't they just make Hummer-brand LR Defender/Jeep YJ clone?

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Just what we need.. Soccer daddies tearing up the trails.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Just what we need.. Soccer daddies tearing up the trails.

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Just what we need.. Soccer daddies tearing up the trails.

NASCAR dads.

 

[v3rrv3]

:Q Dear god that thing has no flex! I actually saw a guy in my town driving an H2, and it had a huge bumper and a winch. That thing must weigh a friggin ton. I should invite him to go offroading this summer and then charge him to pull him out. He can afford it

- Kevin

 

[UpGrD]

I've heard stories of the original H1's getting stuck all the time during Desert Storm.

I drove both a tank (M1A1) and a Hummer in Desert Storm, and yes it can get stuck but not often! I took the HumV in places that I would not even think about driving the tank. And thats no sh it!
H2 is a SUV and thats it, nothing like its older brother..........
Still would not mind having one though.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Babbles

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Just what we need.. Soccer daddies tearing up the trails.

NASCAR dads.

NASCAR dads can't afford these vehicles. It's rich suburban guys who think their SUVs make them macho.

 

[Spencer278]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Argo

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: NFS4
Not the shopping mall you dopes!!

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1250051

heheh i was gonna say "parking lot?"

I was gonna say "dealers lot"

That's actually correct:

A Bummer For The Hummer

Last summer, the Hummer H2 was the hottest thing on four wheels. Buyers eager to get the hulking, militaristic sport-utility vehicle waited months to take delivery and even paid dealers as much as $10,000 on top of the $48,000 sticker price. With profits topping $20,000 per H2, General Motors Corp. (GM ) looked downright clairvoyant for buying the Hummer brand from military contractor AM General Corp. in late 1999. The H2 was a bona fide hit.

Not anymore. Now it looks as if the big beast is starting to lose momentum just as GM is set to start production on its equally pricey pickup version, the H2 SUT, which is due out in June. Plagued by complaints about its abominable fuel economy, cheap interiors, and tiny cabin, the H2 saw sales tumble 33% in January over the previous year, the fifth straight month of declines. In October, GM even cut production. "Selling a Hummer was the easiest job in America," says Los Angeles dealer Howard Drake. "Now it's way harder."

Has Hummer lost its mojo? Not yet, but GM has its work cut out for it. Once on track to sell 40,000 units a year, the auto maker looks headed to move just 30,000 this year. Inventory has risen to 68 days' worth of vehicles -- about average for the industry, but almost triple what dealers carried a year ago. GM is counting heavily on the launch of the smaller, $28,000 to $35,000 H3 next year to boost annual sales to 100,000. To get there, the H3 -- which debuted as a pickup concept in December at the Los Angeles auto show but will appear in '05 as an SUV -- will have to trade on more than combat-truck styling and a macho image.

Anyone else read SUT as slut?

 

[Lifer]

where's the video of it trying to rock climb and then snapping something?

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: Lifer
where's the video of it trying to rock climb and then snapping something?

i was just gonna ask that. there's a video of one snapping an axle gloriously.

 

[Squisher]

H2 is a Suburban, in wolf's clothing.

That being said, the Suburban is a tank. People would be suprised at what any 4wd can do.

I can't believe that one of people's coplaints is lack of room with that thing being so boxy. I'll actually have to stick my head in one.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Squisher
H2 is a Suburban, in wolf's clothing.

That being said, the Suburban is a tank. People would be suprised at what any 4wd can do.

I can't believe that one of people's coplaints is lack of room with that thing being so boxy. I'll actually have to stick my head in one.

Suburbans are low. They bottom out easily. I doubt any full size SUV is good for off roading.


On a side note, has anyone seen an Explorer without the running bars? The chassis is about 7" off the ground! I wonder if anyone buys these things thinking they have "offroad capability".

 

[nan0bug]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: NFS4
Not the shopping mall you dopes!!

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1250051

International Harvester Scout >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jeep Wrangler >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Real Hummer > H2

Fixed

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: nan0bug

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: NFS4
Not the shopping mall you dopes!!

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1250051

International Harvester Scout >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jeep Wrangler >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Real Hummer > H2

Fixed

Hmm? Wouldn't a Wrangler be better than a Scout for rock climbing(which is obviously what you are talking about if you say the Wrangler is > a Hummer)?

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: UpGrD

I've heard stories of the original H1's getting stuck all the time during Desert Storm.

I drove both a tank (M1A1) and a Hummer in Desert Storm, and yes it can get stuck but not often! I took the HumV in places that I would not even think about driving the tank. And thats no sh it!
H2 is a SUV and thats it, nothing like its older brother..........
Still would not mind having one though.

I salute you sir!
:Flag

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
Why didn't they take their less "metrosexual" counter part, the H1? I have done some real off roading in the macho version (a.k.a military), and man, this thing kicks ass. We would try to find every ditch, rock, and anything that we can subject the car to it's off-road worthiness, almost flip it over a couple of times....

Perhaps due to it's pricetag being double.

 

[Psycho18]

I'd love you have an H1 and an H2.....but I cant afford it.

 

[Pliablemoose]

With profits topping $20,000 per H2?

Holy crap...

 

[MrBond]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose

With profits topping $20,000 per H2?

Holy crap...

I think that means with the $10,000 extra people were paying, so normally profit on one is $10K.

That one picture of the hommer covered in mud got me thinking. A matte-brown paint job would look killer on the H2, either make the entire thing that color or use black/gray accents like on the grill. Maybe that's just my love for the H1 coming out though .

I didn't think they doubled in price since GM bought them. At ISPCon 98, they gave one away and I seem to recall them being ~$75-80,000 then, I'm pretty sure they don't cost $140K now.

I can't believe people say they're too small. Someone at work drives one, I parked my blazer next to it yesterday and felt dwarfed by it. I've got plenty of room in my blazer, and I'm not a little guy at all.

Not surprised at the cheap interior/poor mileage complaints

 

[MainFramed]

H2's Own Awesome Pictures.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: MainFramed
H2's Own Awesome Pictures.

Oh yes, they certainly owned that puddle of mud, or that moderately bumpy trail.

Look, this thing is not doing ANYTHING better than what a stock F150, Tacoma, Silverado, or any other number of 4x4 trucks, can do. So how exactly is the H2 "owning" anything? Owning what, a Camry? A Monte Carlo?

 

Wasn't there a video where an H2's tie rod broke horribly? I wish I could find it.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: conjur
Wonder how many times they had to be towed from being stuck?

Yeah, I think half those pics were of the H2 stuck.

They can't do much more than an old Buick with big tires.

 

[NokiaDude]

The tie rods on those H2's are sooooo weak I wouldn't ever try off-roading in one. One rock in a bad positions, SNAP! There goes the tie rod.