<![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It - Jalopnik Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It - Jalopnik Comments]]> http://jalopnik.com Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:48:18 EDT Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:48:18 EDT http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4651512 @TRAMS_AM: I agree that the Tahoe in it's non-H2 form does a fine job for some off-roading. It is the extra weight that do in the H2.

@drewheyman: Calling me an off-road poseur is unwarranted, as first of all, you know nothing about me, what I think, or how I use my vehicles. Second, I USE 4x4 off road (for more than just rock crawling, thank you very much), unlike 98% of 4x4 owners, and have the custom "pin striping" and mud stains on the underside of my hood to prove it. Not to mention that I would hardly call the activity depicted in the above video of H2 breakage rock crawling. I have done more technical stuff than that in my bone stock Ranger 4x4.

KaiserM715

]]> 12:365637:c4651512 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:48:18 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4650629 @TRAMS_AM: I agree that the Tahoe in it's non-H2 form does a fine job for some off-roading. It is the extra weight that do in the H2.

@drewheyman: Calling me an off-road poseur is unwarranted, as first of all, you know nothing about me, what I think, or how I use my vehicles. Second, I USE 4x4 off road (for more than just rock crawling, thank you very much), unlike 98% of 4x4 owners, and have the custom "pin striping" and mud stains on the underside of my hood to prove it.

KaiserM715

]]> 12:365637:c4650629 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:43:28 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4630704 @drewheyman: Agreed. GMT800 is fine. 4WD Tahoe, especially the 2dr, is great offroad. Not a rock crawler Jeep like some here seem to want, but you can definitely do a lot of difficult trails in one as long as you don't care much for your paint.

If we get to foam at the mouth with blind rage at H2's, then we may as well do the same for yuppie BMW owners, hipster Mini owners, teenie tC owners, bro Tacoma owners, fancy Subaru owners, redneck Camaro owners, geezer Charger owners, middle aged Corvette owners, overcompensating F350 owners, pretentious Volvo owners, immature Evo owners, prancy Miata owners, and enthusiast GTO owners.

TRAMS_AM

]]> 12:365637:c4630704 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:05:13 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4629937 You can tell alot about a person by their bird. The "80's" bird, with ring and index fingers neatly folded next to the middle, it implies one is trying to be classy, holding back a little. Pulling those suckers all they way down with your thumb and giving the "communicator" maximum delta from the other fingers means business, in my book. "To the hilt," so to speak.

Turboner

]]> 12:365637:c4629937 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:16:13 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4627114 While I Support protecting the planet, I'm gonna miss this Large SUV.

I Wish they bring it back to a whole new level.

cadillacescaladefan

]]> 12:365637:c4627114 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:36:28 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4625390 What the hell, what's one more winter shot when you're threadjacking?

mytdawg

]]> 12:365637:c4625390 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:32:20 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4625307 @danio3834: With highway gears and overdrive you could run 85mph at about 800rpm.

Buckster

]]> 12:365637:c4625307 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:29:56 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4625261 Luxurious, it ain't. But it's home.

mytdawg

]]> 12:365637:c4625261 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:28:26 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4624943 @Tocsin: I'll have you know... That fallout shelter is a 1959 Yellowstone camper. My dad hauled it up to his property somewhere around 30 years ago. I upgraded the property with a lovely 1970 FAN travel trailer so there's two piece of crap trailers on it now.

Situated between lovely Kalkaska and picturesque Mancelona Michigan. No running water, heat (actually there is a small LP heater), electricity, or real plumbing. I'm usually up there around once a month when I can get away. Even in the winter.

Pretty much everything I do is low budget so I won't be getting a Hummer until long after they rust through.

Strangely enough, I lost a lot of the interest of my peers about the time I hit mid 30's. Their idea of roughing it now is a 3 star hotel so I'm on my own much of the time I'm up there. Dad's still hanging tough though, he's got a mobile home a couple hundred yards closer to civilization. And 2 Jeeps. And 2 dogs. He's pushing 65 now.

I'll see if I can't locate a better picture of the Skanktuary.

mytdawg

]]> 12:365637:c4624943 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:17:48 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4624758 Die Hummer Die - bloated, hideous and past it's day before it even hit the streets.

ecobore

]]> 12:365637:c4624758 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:12:54 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4624611 This is incredible. This sort of a damage to the Hummer can only be caused by no less than 3 angry mosquitos, taking a well coordinated poop while in mid flight, or your average Hummer owner. Hilarious!

Movado

]]> 12:365637:c4624611 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:08:34 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4624439 Now if they can only stop production on the rest of the (civilian) Hummer line.

Triborough

]]> 12:365637:c4624439 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:02:22 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4624340 Man, buying that Hummer dealership in 2001 seemed like such a good idea!

blue-coupe

]]> 12:365637:c4624340 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:58:28 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4624137 Not to rain on anyone's parade, but I don't see the H2 going away without something to fill the marketspace where it's leaving. Without an H2 replacement, Hummer will have the H3 and that smaller vehicle H(X?).

GM still sells enough Avalanches to justify their existence. I'd be willing to bet there will be something based off the redesigned full-sized truck platform out there by 2011 or 12. Probably have an option of a light-hybrid too, just to take the wind out of some enviro's sails.

SundaySunday

]]> 12:365637:c4624137 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:51:51 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4623701 As it's dying, I already feel the hatred softening. I mean, I've driven the things a couple times, and there's no getting around the fact that it drives like a pig drunk on Nyquil - I'll never love it. But as it fades away into relative obscurity, it moves from an offensive symbol of waste to just being a big truck.

Maymar

]]> 12:365637:c4623701 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:36:45 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4623683 @Buckster: Oh man, I *almost* bought a small dump truck that had an 8.1L gasser with a 6spd manual.

I thought to myself, with a pickup bed, that thing would be just PERFECT for my daily commute on the freeway, getting groceries, and driving over squatters shacks.

Seriously, next one i find, im on it.

danio3834

]]> 12:365637:c4623683 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:36:10 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4623450 Buy em while you can, vehicles that are extreme and rare (12,000 is somewhat rare) will likely go up in value seeing as most of them will punished. You should buy a new one and park it in a garage. One day in the future when all cars run on Mr. Fusion your mint condition will be worth a ton at the 2038 Barrat Jackson auction. Doc Brown says so McFly.

nerfball1976

]]> 12:365637:c4623450 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:28:32 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4622971 I shall dance on it's grave!

maxman927

]]> 12:365637:c4622971 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:14:31 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4622957 GM will likely redesign this vehicle or replace it with something. Even with falling sales HUMMER vehicles still have the highest pure profit margin of anything GM makes. Also consider the substantial investment in the brand by dealers who have brand new, corporate-designed HUMMER-Cadillac-SAAB showrooms and you'll realize HUMMER isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

TriShield

]]> 12:365637:c4622957 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:14:14 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4622674 Wow, they only sold 12K units last year? Christ, no wonder they disco'd them. I doubt CAFÉ had much to do with that, 12K units can't be enough to support production of anything by GM.

And you can bet in 2008 it'll be less than 10K with fuel prices being what they are.

clinto

]]> 12:365637:c4622674 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:05:05 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4622520 @drewheyman: But with the H2 the vehicle weight was substantially increased thus making it's lighter cousin the 1979 Rocky to the overweight and lead footed George Foreman of today. Plus the vehicle is advertised as an offroad prowess. Full skids, OEM brushguards, 33+" tires. It is, as was mentioned earlier the epitome of poser.

Neener

]]> 12:365637:c4622520 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:59:40 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4621978 "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."

-Mark Twain

Eric Merrill

]]> 12:365637:c4621978 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:40:30 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4621914 @Buckster:

With optional snow tracks so one can throw his clubs in the back and attend the Al Gore Baby Seal Invitational.

smoke~

]]> 12:365637:c4621914 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:38:14 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4621891 @TomAnderson: Said in a hushed tone like Brit's covering snooker.

timrussell

]]> 12:365637:c4621891 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:37:18 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4621808 @acarr260:

2011=1973? That might be true, and its a very, very disturbing thought, because it means we'll be seeing a retro pastiche SUV revival in ca. 2040.

I really, really don't want to see what 30 more years worth of safety legislation is going to do to the curb weight of one of these things.

ranwhenparked

]]> 12:365637:c4621808 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:34:37 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4621716 Before you guys get all too giddy and drip spittal and drool all over your keyboard, imagine it's 2013 and GM announces the "SON OF HUMMER" at the Detroit Auto Show.

smoke~

]]> 12:365637:c4621716 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:31:25 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4621709 @graverobber: Well officer, Its a Hummer what else do you do with it?

RoninianHoon

]]> 12:365637:c4621709 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:31:03 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4621424 History will look back on the H2 and note that it was teh natural spawn of the lifted minivan, low interest rates, cheap gas craze of the early '00's

-chet

]]> 12:365637:c4621424 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:21:34 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4621415 @mytdawg:
A Chevy, a Honda XR and a strange shed/fallout shelter? Bollocks to luxury, I'm sure those are far more fun than an oversized tonka truck with wipe down seats.

Tocsin

]]> 12:365637:c4621415 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:21:17 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4621300 @KaiserM715: oh please. the 'platform' is a GMC Tahoe, and it had years of offroad experience before they lightly modded it into into an H2.

They are fine offroad vehicles; Texas Parks and Wildlife in Big Ben National Park and along the border use them in addition to jeeps. They aren't rock climbers, but if you think that's what every offroad vehicle should be able to do, then you are an offroad poser.

drewheyman

]]> 12:365637:c4621300 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:17:11 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4621287 @TurboBrick: Wow. If I see a lifted HHR, I will kick the owner in the nads... and I don't normally condone such behavior.

acarr260

]]> 12:365637:c4621287 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:16:23 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4621206 There is a picture/video of a Jeep pulling an H2 out of a ditch somewhere.

It looks like 2011=1973. The body on frame SUV is going to go the way of the original Muscle car.

Maybe they canceled the H2 when they found out Roger Clemens drives one.

Bluegoose

]]> 12:365637:c4621206 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:13:36 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4621159 @TurboBrick: I just got a shiver up my spine.

Buckster

]]> 12:365637:c4621159 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:11:58 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4621116 @PolishDon: There's plenty of time to gussy up the HHR and call it H4

TurboBrick

]]> 12:365637:c4621116 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:10:12 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4621105 Now that it's been mentioned, maybe they should take that tack with the advertising. The brand you love to hate. Think of the marketing possibilities...

"Does your vehicle make you look small and insignificant?" "Does your oversize truck not crush enough wildlife and not create enough hydrocarbon?" "Are you afraid your manhood is being threatened by the neighbor across the way and his Jaguar?". Buy a Hummer and you can perceive yourself as the master of all you survey as you go whipping by everybody on an icy road and end up on your roof because you have no idea how to drive a 4WD truck. Jackass.

Sorry, drifted off there for a minute.

mytdawg

]]> 12:365637:c4621105 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:09:42 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4621018 I hope the replacement is Bigger and more Obnoxious.
Ya know, just to piss of the greenies.

How about 8,000lbs a 8.1L mill with kitten fur interior.


Buckster

]]> 12:365637:c4621018 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:06:48 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4620746 I think they gave up too easily, given how big it is they could have loaded up the roof with solar-cellls and powered it that way

rognbrow

]]> 12:365637:c4620746 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:56:28 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4620692 Well, logically, the entire brand will probably die by 2011. Since the brand will only have one vehicle (theH3) since GM hasn't approved anything else.

PolishDon

]]> 12:365637:c4620692 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:54:38 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4620672 Rule number one of off-roading - If you don't break it, you're not trying hard enough.

Still pretty luxurious compared to mine...

mytdawg

]]> 12:365637:c4620672 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:54:06 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4620473 @danio3834:

I think it's not so much the product as the people and image that are, more often than not, associated with the H2.

racerx

]]> 12:365637:c4620473 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:47:10 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4620349 @Neener: It was probably dragged offroad, kicking and screaming... by an old, lifted Chevy. Then it was pushed down the hill.

acarr260

]]> 12:365637:c4620349 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:43:12 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4620341 @halfshaft: One of the examples I had in mind when I wrote my comment!!

KaiserM715

]]> 12:365637:c4620341 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:42:55 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4620338 @halfshaft: That's rock 1, tie rod 0.

Tomsk

]]> 12:365637:c4620338 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:42:49 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4620333 I'd comment but my uncontrollable gleeful cackling at a picture of a wrecked H2 is making it very hard to type anything.

Could we get more pictures and news like this about H2's? It really cheers me up!

Tocsin

]]> 12:365637:c4620333 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:42:31 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4620281 really, how can you hate a product? Get a hobby.

danio3834

]]> 12:365637:c4620281 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:40:10 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4620280 @TomAnderson: Gravity always wins. Eventually.

DoctorNine

]]> 12:365637:c4620280 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:40:07 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4620261 People, it's just a damn vehicle. It sounds like a snake pit in here. You'd think they use them to club baby seals or something. I don't like yuppie poser scum either but I'd really like to take one of those 4 wheeling.

mytdawg

]]> 12:365637:c4620261 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:39:16 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4620152 But Hummers are really tough!

Except in this video:
[uk]


+ Watch video



halfshafter

]]> 12:365637:c4620152 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:35:37 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4620148 @racerx: Despite what the marketing and advertising departments at Hummer want you to believe, the H2 is USELESS off road due to its size and has been known to break stuff as the platform was never really meant to handle the weight. You wanna go off-road? Get a Jeep!! (my M715 gets better mileage to boot). Wanna be an off-road poseur? Get an H2!!

KaiserM715

]]> 12:365637:c4620148 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:35:26 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4620063 I'll never forget first seeing these things at the Chicago Auto Show and being amazed at the incredibly poor fit and finish of the vehicles they selected to bring to the show. It was as if GM was saying, "yeah, we know this is an overpriced POS, but we also know that the vain and insecure will buy it."

The H2 proves once again that no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

LUV_TRUK

]]> 12:365637:c4620063 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:32:19 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4620048 @racerx:

Someone tried to go off roading in a parking lot cruiser.

ranwhenparked

]]> 12:365637:c4620048 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:31:52 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4620008 That is the first picture I have ever seen of an H2 doing that. My god it's off road!!!!!

Neener

]]> 12:365637:c4620008 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:30:24 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4619982 @racerx: Looks like it slid sidways and then rolled down a rocky hill to me.

Although I think Hummers are ridiculous, I'm kind of disappointed that they're just killing the H2.

A few years ago, I read about two Hummer prototypes... one that had an electric motor at each wheel and another that had an electric motor for each axle. And the powertrain was a 4 cyl VW turbodiesel engine mated to an electric generator and a battery pack.

An offroad vehicle with an electric motor at each wheel would probably result in a meaningful improvement in offroad capability.

I think the kind of person who buys a Hummer would be willing to pay extra for a cutting edge diesel-electric powertrain.

And if they paired that up with an aluminum chasis and composite side body panels, they'd have a premium offroad vehicle that people would still buy, still had all the capability, but didn't kill the company in the CAFE sense.

But I suppose they'll just have to use Cadillac to bring out cutting edge technology.

petersterncan

]]> 12:365637:c4619982 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:29:31 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4619761 I'm at work so I can't do it, can someone else link to a youtub of the Family Guy "I wonder what someone who drives an H2 is like?" clip?

RUMSFELD!

FightingChance

]]> 12:365637:c4619761 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:21:34 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4619729 The very image of the 'novelty automobile'. I've never seen someone step out of or get into an H2 that didn't look oblivious, vain, pompous, or shallow (or some combination thereof).

Watching a fully brush guarded H2 waddle around city turn lanes and parking lots is like wearing work boots for ballet. It was always the wrong tool at the wrong time. Good riddance.

FightingChance

]]> 12:365637:c4619729 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:20:26 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4619707 What goes up the hill . . . must come down the hill. Some just do it with more style points.

prndl

]]> 12:365637:c4619707 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:19:50 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4619677 @racerx: I dont know but it's one less we have to endure on the highway. It's a blessing.

TampaRon

]]> 12:365637:c4619677 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:18:36 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4619650 @racerx: Gravity won?

Tomsk

]]> 12:365637:c4619650 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:17:35 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4619646 Good riddance to the DUMMER...I mean HUMMER.

TampaRon

]]> 12:365637:c4619646 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:17:31 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4619633 Hmm I say the general brings it back as a Hydrogen running vehicle and sells it in low numbers. People will buy them just because they are green and others will buy em because they are big and badass. Or load the sucker up with batteries and make it ultimate hybrid!

nerfball1976

]]> 12:365637:c4619633 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:16:51 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4619474 Well officer, I was getting a hummer in my Hummer when....

graverobber- Same great taste, new low price!

]]> 12:365637:c4619474 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:11:04 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4619471 Long live the Wrangler.

2006Jeeptj

]]> 12:365637:c4619471 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:10:54 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4619422 What the hell happened to that one in the pic?

racerx

]]> 12:365637:c4619422 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:08:49 EDT <![CDATA[Hummer H2 To Die By 2011, Take Cheap Gas With It]]> http://jalopnik.com/365637/hummer-h2-to-die-by-2011-take-cheap-gas-with-it#c4619381 Good riddance.

PhoneticLorin

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