GM source confirms plans for smaller Hummer (H4)
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GM source confirms plans for smaller Hummer (H4)
Beach Blanket Hummer: Buggy version of Hummer reportedly in GM's future
JULIAN RENDELL
Posted Date: 10/26/05
General Motors’ future product plan includes a back-to-basics, go-anywhere Hummer H4—a rough-and-tough competitor for the Jeep Wrangler. The fourth Hummer could be on sale by 2008 or 2009.
A GM source confirms the company is looking for ways of making a small Hummer on its various sport/utility vehicle and pickup platforms. GM engineers and designers are working on the project, but a chassis for the vehicle has yet to be selected. One possibility is a two-seater, focused on the most rugged off-roading possible, similar to the Hummer dune buggy we illustrated earlier this year (“A Hummer Buggy,” May 9).
“It’s a matter of finding the right combination of rugged components and how we can package them into a vehicle smaller than the H3,” says the source. “The main design factor is that any vehicle with a Hummer badge has to be the most capable off-road, period.”
One possibility is to use a shortened version of GM’s small pickup platform, which underpins the new H3.
GM product czar Bob Lutz is believed to be a big supporter of the H4, and as a former boss of Jeep he knows the competition intimately.
Hummer is also unlikely to launch a second range of soft-roaders, a move that Jeep is taking to exploit sales with owners who don’t need its “Trail Tested” off-road abilities.
“It’s not the right time to be rounding off the corners of the Hummer range yet,” our source says.
JULIAN RENDELL
Posted Date: 10/26/05
General Motors’ future product plan includes a back-to-basics, go-anywhere Hummer H4—a rough-and-tough competitor for the Jeep Wrangler. The fourth Hummer could be on sale by 2008 or 2009.
A GM source confirms the company is looking for ways of making a small Hummer on its various sport/utility vehicle and pickup platforms. GM engineers and designers are working on the project, but a chassis for the vehicle has yet to be selected. One possibility is a two-seater, focused on the most rugged off-roading possible, similar to the Hummer dune buggy we illustrated earlier this year (“A Hummer Buggy,” May 9).
“It’s a matter of finding the right combination of rugged components and how we can package them into a vehicle smaller than the H3,” says the source. “The main design factor is that any vehicle with a Hummer badge has to be the most capable off-road, period.”
One possibility is to use a shortened version of GM’s small pickup platform, which underpins the new H3.
GM product czar Bob Lutz is believed to be a big supporter of the H4, and as a former boss of Jeep he knows the competition intimately.
Hummer is also unlikely to launch a second range of soft-roaders, a move that Jeep is taking to exploit sales with owners who don’t need its “Trail Tested” off-road abilities.
“It’s not the right time to be rounding off the corners of the Hummer range yet,” our source says.
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Originally Posted by IREngineer
we've seen mules in spyshots, can't remember where though...
Mmm...pretty sure there haven't been any H4 mules photographed yet. Jim Dunne shot a Colorado with skid plates, huge tires and a lift kit that some people thought could be a H3 Pickup mule. The photo was a white Colorado being trailered. Might be what you're thinking of.
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Originally Posted by CD/BP
Mmm...pretty sure there haven't been any H4 mules photographed yet. Jim Dunne shot a Colorado with skid plates, huge tires and a lift kit that some people thought could be a H3 Pickup mule. The photo was a white Colorado being trailered. Might be what you're thinking of.
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Originally Posted by Gold_Rush
Pretty soon, we'll be seeing a Chevy Aveo sized Hummer H10 .
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Originally Posted by Gold_Rush
Pretty soon, we'll be seeing a Chevy Aveo sized Hummer H10 .
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Originally Posted by IREngineer
Maybe. I was thinking of a H3 with a fake rear area to look like a full cab. Is a H3T confirmed??
http://motortrend.com/future/spied/1..._spy_h31_z.jpg
http://motortrend.com/future/spied/1..._spy_h32_z.jpg
Those are actually just run of the mill H3's with sticker camo. As for the H3T it was still up in the air last I heard.
Originally Posted by Big Als Z
Put the 4200 I-6 backed by a 5 or 6spd manual or auto, shorten the 355 chassis, 4 seats, and Wrangler will dissappear.
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Originally Posted by Big Als Z
Put the 4200 I-6 backed by a 5 or 6spd manual or auto, shorten the 355 chassis, 4 seats, and Wrangler will dissappear.
But as CD/BP mentioned, wrangler is going nowhere.
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