<![CDATA[Jalopnik: Humvee]]> http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: Humvee]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/humvee http://jalopnik.com/tag/humvee <![CDATA[Watch four Humvees get pushed out of an airplane]]> Hauling Humvees into remote parts of Iraq can take several weeks over land, and slow-moving air transports can make large targets, so what better way to deliver a few than parachuting them in. Someone's still getting the delivery charge. Thanks Brett! More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5811233&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[How To Drive On Mars]]> In "Packing for Mars," author Mary Roach details the strange science of putting humans in space. In this exclusive excerpt she details how we're practicing for driving on Mars in a remote and barren wasteland here on Earth. — Ed. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5614808&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Don't Mess With The Beach Master Unit]]> The Navy is good at naming things. Example: the Beach Master Unit 1. Here's BMU1 supporting a humanitarian and civic assistance mission in Colombia. Photo Credit: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathen E. Davis/U.S. Navy. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5609033&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Don't Look Now, But There's An Angry Truck In Your Airliner]]> An Oshkosh M-ATV — the Army's half-million-dollar, 370-hp, sixteen-ton tactical truck — in the belly of a 747. There is one word for this photo, and that word is "grr." Photo Credit: Zach Rosenberg. [Automobile] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5577257&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Hummer, A Eulogy: America Says Goodbye To Itself]]> Hummer is the quintessential American brand — an allegory of everything right and wrong with our great nation. Now, after a failed sale to the Chinese, the brand is dead. So what does this say about America? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5479868&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Pentagon To Stop Buying Humvees, But The Replacements Are Awesome]]> Cue up Boyz II Men's "End Of The Road" because the Pentagon announced they're going to stop buying Humvees after this year. A quick look at two of the vehicles set to replace the venerable truck below. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5464138&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Resilient Technologies Non-Pneumatic Tires Planned For 2011]]> Since Michelin's been dragging its wheels forever on the Tweel project, Resilient Technologies announced a competitor called, unimaginatively, the Non-Pneumatic Tire (NPT), which is being developed with US Military cooperation with planned prototype delivery scheduled for late 2011. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5397187&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Ten Coolest American Military Land Vehicles]]> Is there a better way to honor those who served than honoring the vehicles they served in? Probably. But there's no more Jalopnik way of doing it than with a list of fierce olive American metal. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5268609&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Chinese Hummer Satellite Truck: State Media's Beaming Face]]> When you imagine what it's like to work for a state-run Chinese media television station you probably think of repression, ambition and deflection. This Dongfeng Hummer clone satellite truck proves you were right. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5160401&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[New Boeing HUMVEE-Mounted Avenger Laser Shoots Down Three UAVs]]> Boeing successfully demonstrated the HUMVEE-mounted Avenger Laser system last month, shooting down three Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). It's the first successful test of a vehicle-mounted laser unit. That's enough awesome for a lifetime. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5142185&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Russian "Undesirable" Oleg Deripaska Makes Play For Hummer]]> Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, owner of Moscow-based Russian Machines, is in the hunt for the Hummer brand, according to Russian business magazine Vedomosti. Should Deripaska end up the high bidder, GM is going to have to take the paperwork to him: He's been barred by the US State Department from entering the country due to his alleged ties to organized crime and possible false statements made to the FBI, and he's been accused by business associates of extortion, kidnapping, and "unsavory business practices." We know: On the surface, Deripaska sounds like the perfect suitor for Hummer, but some statements made by one of his associates have us a little concerned. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=400383&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Humvee-Based Coggiola T-REX Makes Escalades Tremble]]> Tired of all those Escalade, Cayenne, and H2 drivers looking down on you from their suburban luxo-ute towers? Well, we've just the vehicle for you to one-up them with. This Hummer H1-based monstrosity is called the Coggiola T-REX. Standing over 7-feet tall and nearly 18-feet long, it is absolutely massive. And what's better, this dinosaur is up for bids! Sure, anyone could just buy a surplus Humvee if size was all that mattered, so what makes the T-REX special? It's all about the fine Italian styling. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=383375&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ghost-Riding The Whip, Iraq Edition]]> It's got to be tough living in the middle of a war zone, in a strange country, under constant stress. So it's understandable when troops blow off a little steam by being goofy. For example, ghost-riding Humvees and MRAP's. Yep, the craze that started with a yellow short bus and later saw bored suburban kids crashing cars into all manner of whatnot has reached the sands of Iraq. We briefly considered ghost riding the MRAP when we did the ride along, but we decided that climbing up and down the ladder would have overtaxed even our sculpted blogger's physique. [via YouTube, YouTube, YouTube and YouTube] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=371327&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What's Your All-Time Favorite Military Land Vehicle?]]> The standard-issue olive green 1942 Pontiac Torpedo from this morning's DOTS and the Post-Apocalyptic vehicle poll got us thinking about the vehicles that serve so bravely in war. On one hand there are the classic Jeeps of WWII. Then there is the modern and much safer International Maxxpro. Those are trucks. What about tanks? In Alamein to Zem Zem, the poet Keith Douglas describes his experience in the African desert in an Mk. III Crusader
"To see these tanks crossing country at speed was a thrill which seemed inexhaustible — many times it encouraged us, and we were very proud of our Crusaders; though we often had cause to curse them."
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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=360829&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Indian Humvee: Mahindra Axe]]> For a long time, the Indian Self Defense Forces have been running around in WW2 era Jeeps made with surplus or auctioned off tooling. The pressure to keep up with the Joneses has the military in the final approval stages for a new vehicle called the Mahindra Axe. The rugged compact military transit is powered by two different engine options - a 2.7L diesel from Ssangyong, and a 4.2L unit you may have seen under the hood of your local Chevy Trailblazer. Rumor has it they're developing a home grown engine option as well as a civilian version. Maybe that name is having an effect on us, but we wonder we can get ours with the Gulf Oil Livery.
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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=349021&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ AM General's new HumVee gets itself snapped...]]> AM General's new HumVee gets itself snapped by car spy photogs. Don't they know loose lips sink Hummers? [Autoblog] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=280675&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bumping Through Baghdad]]> Driving an American military vehicle in Baghdad is somewhat of a dodgy career choice these days for reasons that we're pretty sure we need not go into. It is, however, interesting the driving tactics the soldiers have devised to get from one place to another in the beleagured city. Soundtrack is NSFW, but it does add somewhat of a mesmerizing rhythm to the action. [Thanks to Tiffany for the tip.] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=279564&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Rambo's Lambo: The Lamborghini LM002]]> We've got enough hopped-up supercars and luxury coupes in the Fantasy Garage, yeah? There's the Veyron, the world's fastest production car in a straight line and the Group B Audi quattro S1, one of the world's fastest around a gravel corner. You can't get more sinister than the Daimler Drophead Coupe and Buick GNX, but you can get more überholprestige (that's German for, "I see the car behind me. I must get out of its way.") Lamborghini's LM002, of course, is überholprestige. Once in Newport Beach I saw such a "Rambo Lambo" looming large in my mirrors. I quickly pulled off the road and began praying it wouldn't hurt me. And I'm an atheist. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=279128&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[DaimlerChrysler Pulls Out of Iran, Emboldens Enemies]]> German magazine WirtschaftsWoche, whose name is neither more nor less ridiculous than any other German magazine we quote, is reporting that DaimlerChrysler is abandoning its majority stake in Setareh, the exclusive distributor of Mercedes-Benz products in Iran. The magazine sites a source who says increased pressure from the US on companies doing business in Iran is the main reason for the move. The DCX pullout contrasts sharply with a business-exchange plan proposed by the Bush Administration to flood the country with Humvees. – Matt Hardigree More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=236084&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[When A HummVee Just Won't Cut It: The Armet Gurkha]]> Sometimes in Iraq, or hell — sometimes in Queens — even an up-armored HumVee just won't cut it. That's when you need the Gurkha by the armor-freaks at Armet Armored Vehicles, Inc. out of Toronto, ON. The squat and hedgehog-lookin' 19,000 lb beast-of-an-armored-vehicle ain't just built to shrug off a roadside bomb with its high strength ballistic aluminum armor, or stop a bullet from an AK-47 with its ballistic glass. No, it's also pretty fast for its size — with a top speed of 93 mph. Also, considering the cost is only $200,000 — we're kind of wondering why the US Army doesn't ditch the $300,000+ HumVee for these bad boys. One more pic after the jump. [Hat tip to Amanda!] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=197446&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Exclusive Transformers Movie Pictures: Teletran-1 Needs To Explore For Ratchet, Bumblebee And Brawl!]]> The way the story of the Generation 1 Transformers goes — way back in episode numero uno — the Autobots went-a-searchin' for some energy ito beat the evil Decepticons. After the Autobot's ship, the Ark, was attacked by the Decepticons — it crash landed on Earth where it was buried under a dormant volcano for a few million years until it went active — waking Teletran-1, the Ark's explorin' and repairin' computer system. Teletran-1 got the lay of the land and brought back schematics to bring back to life the earth-bound bots, with the disguise of present-day vehicles and stuff. So we're starting to get the idea that maybe that's the direction Bay's going for the live-action movie. These set pictures are the reason why — we've got ourselves an old-school Chevy Camaro above that'd be a perfect template for the new hotness GM Camaro concept that becomes Bumblebee, and then a click through the jump'll show you a Red Cross Humvee that'd be perfect for Ratchet and a tank that'd make a perfect Decpeticon Brawl. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=196850&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Up-Armored Humvee: Putting On The Pounds, Rolling Over Like The Fatties They Are]]> A recent study on the military's up-armoring program for the Humvee — where thousands of pounds of armor are added on to the sides and top of the already high-center-of-gravity military beast of personel-carrying burden — may be causing more deaths than their non-up-armored brothers. The study found that 70% of the traffic-related deaths occuring in the US Army standard-bearer and GM money-maker came from rollovers rather than attack from enemy combatants, insurgents, improvised explosive device or the always-deadly beast guarding the cave with long ears and big pointy teeth. But the up-armoring process did result in some positive additions to the Humvee — better safety belts, a fire suppression system and the always popular OnStar system. "What's the shortest route to Fallujah?" (hat tip to weatherman on the correction!) More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=179959&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[At Ease, Soldier: Humvee Sofa]]> There's nothing like the smell of novelty furniture in the morning. We'd imagine this piece would go well with any decor that makes liberal use of olive-drab camouflage and government-issue housewares, like a kid's bedroom, the common area at an Idaho militia training camp or the waiting room outside Dr. Killdeer's office (apologies to Richard Chamberlin). It would also make a great conversation starter, or ender as the case may be. More »
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