<![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> If you wanna talk about the influence the gaming industry has had on the auto industry, you only have to look at the introduction of the Subaru WRX STi, the Mitsu Lancer EVO, and the Nissan [Skyline] GT-R to the US, which can be squarely attributed to the popularity and influence that Gran Turismo and similar games had on many a gaming teen over the past few years.

surkh

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> Sorry catz.. I have hated all hummers since the military one but this thing in concept form is flat out cool.. I cannot get past the cool look to even think if it would be worth while off road or chasing dingo's.

Problem is if it ever makes it to production it will be expensive and not look so cool.. It will take another 7k in aftermarket parts\wheels to get the look.. Can I get the cheap scion version please so I can create a off road monster on a budget.

no_face

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> Yeah, this thing smells like a Warthog, but in defense of the two, you gotta see their portfolios to see that it's actually an evolution of their design language (ugh, design geek speak). Look at Jablonski's sophomore year clay model to see some inspiration for this.

Now, about NOT playing Halo.... Jeez, guys, what are you, car designers? Oh wait... never mind.

I forgot, when you work for a government/corporation, check common sense at the door and deny, deny, deny.

DesignDespot

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> Yeah, according to this article, Zipfel says he's a fan of Halo and is flattered by the comparisons...

boomerpetway

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> @stos: @M0L0TOV: My plan mostly involved getting to a Home Depot with a grocery store nearby. I'm impressed by your respective levels of planning, and promise that when I'm inevitably turned, I'll try and leave your brains alone.

I'm surprised that they'd deny a link to Halo - even if there were legal issues, I'd have expected some creative hinting, or sidestepping the issue. Although, in Hummer's defense, this isn't the first concept from the Warthog family tree - VW's done one, and that's about all Jeep does, concept-wise.

Maymar - now with 37% less anonymity

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> @logruszed: quit making up animals!

mikedrawcar is back! (limited time only)

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> @jimmythefly: Indeed they are all related. The LM002 should be in there too, as should the International MXT family and the vehicles currently being developed as replacements for the HMMWV.

Euromobile

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> @stos:
My Z.A.R.P. is to get to Guam, Hawaii, one of the smalled islands off of Alaska. My question is, what sort of zombies are we expecting? I mean, most zombies can't climb or swim, heck, even a castle would do.


M0L0TOV

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> I feel like my Z.A.R.P. (Zombie Attack Response Plan) is not complete until I get one of those.

stos

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> @jimmythefly: High-maintenance and a pain to live with, but.... Mama mia, does she ever know her way around meatballs!

beercheck

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> @Beercheck Exactly! Plus, the LM002 is their hot Italian Aunt they only see at weddings and funerals.

jimmythefly

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> Well, d'uh. You can just look and see the copycatness.

NovaloadMissesPolar

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> I hate Hummers, and the idiots that drive them. They disgust me on many levels. Not only do they do nothing well, they are butt ugly, and consume copius amounts of dead dinos. But this thing, i want this thing. Prob looks even better dirty and banged up, kinda like my girl. So bad. I would park this thing on my lawn. If I had one.

boognish

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> HX = Warthog. If the HX goes into production.. Every single Halo fanatic on Earth will own one.

Ford Tempo Fanatic

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> @apuesto: ROFL!

FЯeeMan

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> Having been Robert Jablonski's roomate at CCS, I can inform you the only games he ever played were Tekken, SoulCaliber, and Gran Turismo. ;)

Yurikaze

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> Looks like a puma or something.
What the hell is a puma?

Fitty7lax

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> Ok, I checked. He said "Whats the name of that Mexican lizard...eats all the goats?"

Jimbo

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> Oh man, what's Sarge's quote? "It's a Mexican lizard. Eats goats."

I'll have to pull out the RvB Season One DVD and watch episode two again.

Jimbo

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> When I first saw this that was my exact first thought was it looked like the worthog.

lol a twenty something male without a xbox who has never played halo.

Thats like saying Jay Leno hates cars.

Hyruu

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> I see they skipped straight to ten for this one. What's wrong with four? Or was the Hummer HIV not the sort of viral marketing they wanted?

apuesto

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> @beercheck: Awesome.

teargas

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> @jimmythefly: And the mother of all of them is...the Jeep?

New Jeep slogan: "This bitch gets around!"



beercheck

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> They are cousins. FMC XR311 begat Lamborghini Cheetah. From the Cheetah came two brothers, the original HMMWV and the G.I. Joe V.A.M.P. The warthog is son of VAMP, the Hummer HX is son of HMMWV.

That's how I see it.

jimmythefly

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> @Dr. Spaceman: You just ruined GM's hopes of making a comeback in Afghanistan...

franzouse

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> I think the GM vehicle looks more like a puma or a chupathingy.

logruszed

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> @franzouse: No, because it has to be reliable. Zing!

Dr. Spaceman, Esq.

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> @beercheck: More "more"!

beercheck

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> Dear Mr. Hudson:

Thank you for your submission of "The Final Word". Unfortunately, our current fictional-work focus is more centered on dragon-humping and automobiles-as-women, leaving little room for ethereal conspiracy-theory documentaries, such as submitted.

If I may make a suggestion, however: The central argument of your work might be made more substantially more compelling if you were to add elements of the Mafia, a foreign communist regime, a book repository, and a grassy knoll. It would also be helpful if the two vehicles in question actually looked like one another.

Thanks again, best wishes, and good luck.



beercheck

]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Auto Show: Hummer HX and the Halo Warthog, The Final Word]]> If they ever produced it, it would probably rival the Toyota pick-up truck as Al Qaeda's transport of choice.

franzouse

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