Tuner Tuesdays: "Gulf-wing" HUMMER GT by GeigerCars
Obscene, you have a new ride: the HUMMER GT. German tuning house GeigerCars.de GmbH has managed to take the most outlandish and vulgar vehicle on the market and make it even more so with a host of visual and performance enhancements that altogether manage to scream "look at me" louder than a sorority girl at Mardis Gras.
First the good stuff: GeigerCars has upgraded the 6.0L V8 with a supercharger, added a new ECU and piped in a new stainless steel exhaust system, bringing the magic numbers up to 556 horsepower and 564 lb-ft of torque.
GeigerCars also upgraded the suspension, dropping the ride height by 100 millimeters and adding new anti-roll bars. The most obvious addition, though, are the rims. Forget about dinner plates, this sick puppy rides on freakin' flying saucers: giant chrome 30-inch rims, 10 inches wide at all four corners. The mammoth wheels are shod with 315/30R 30 Pirelli Scorpion Zero tires. The wheel and tire package alone costs €28,000, but GeigerCars also offers packages with 20, 22, 24, 26 and 28-inch rims. (Remember when 18 inches were considered big?) Bringing all that heft to a stop, GeigerCars have outfitted the HUMMER GT with a €10,000 brake system with 15-inch cross-drilled discs with 8-pot calipers up front.
Inside the cabin, GeigerCars outfitted the truck with faux carbon trim and a full multimedia sytem with sat-nav, DVD player and television receiver showing on twin LCDs. Finally, outside, the HUMMER GT was painted in the baby blue and orange livery of the classic Porsche 917 of McQueen LeMans fame, complete with Gulf logos above the rear fender. The party piece, though (as if the blingtastic sport-ute needed more), are the front doors that can be opened normally or upwards, scissor-style.
With all the do-dads and bolt-ons listed here, the HUMMER GT sells for a jaw-dropping €133,900, and will propel itself to sixty in 7.9 second flat. This HUMMER really is "like nothing else", and if all that flash won't get you noticed, nothing will.
(More images after the jump.)
[Source: Babez.de]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
O.I. 9:46AM (10/17/2006)
Simply hideous.
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Piter 9:48AM (10/17/2006)
Why?
Because the stock H2 doesnt attract enough attention.
I want to drive around in a HotWheel from my childhood.
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roadside observer 9:50AM (10/17/2006)
Ye gods! Someone fed a heritage-edition Ford GT an ugly pill(or three)! They could have at least come up with an original paint scheme.
http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2006-Ford-GT-Limited-Edition-Heritage.htm
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Paqza 9:54AM (10/17/2006)
Of course, more likely than that, as Hamann, I am pretty sure is German, is that it pays homage [well, not really, as it's kind of insulting] to the Porsche 917 racers that also used a Gulf livery.
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Disco Stu 9:59AM (10/17/2006)
That is so wrong. If a Porsche 917 swallowed a house, that's how bad it'd look.
Terrible.
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Eric B 9:59AM (10/17/2006)
Good God...
Is nothing sacred? To even put that colour combination on the icon of useless frivolity is an insult to all Porschephiles and Steve McQueen fans in this world.
THE most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. And that's saying something.
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John B 3:15PM (10/17/2006)
How long before Puff Daddy and other rappers begin showing up in one. It's got all of the atributes, ugly as shit and lots of bling.
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Big One 10:04AM (10/17/2006)
THATS HOT!! lol
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farris 10:12AM (10/17/2006)
Okay, here's my commentary on this:
"Upgrading" the suspension of a Hummer (or any 'purpose-built' off roader) is lifting it. I'm freaking sick of these companies that tell you you're improving your 4x4 by LOWERING IT.
Plus, I agree with you guys, Gulf paint job on a Hummer: Nasty.
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Kowell 10:22AM (10/17/2006)
My god it'S even more hidious than the original and Kudos to #8, I too don't understand what's the point in lowering a 4x4...
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mehugtree 10:24AM (10/17/2006)
*sigh* It's only a matter of time before one of the boys in my hood rolls through with this paint scheme.
my eyes are bleeding.
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Jason_801 10:51AM (10/17/2006)
I find myself wondering how people this brain-damaged ever acquired the money to even create this disaster.
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HardwareGuy 10:47AM (10/17/2006)
The phrase "worse than Hitler" springs to mind.
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cowboy bob 10:48AM (10/17/2006)
The pro ball and drug guys will buy two at a time. I'll wait for one to come in off trade.
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Will 10:51AM (10/17/2006)
And I thought that we (US) were stupid for making it and then someone went and did this! How lacking do you need to be to drive this...
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Corey W. 11:06AM (10/17/2006)
"*sigh* It's only a matter of time before one of the boys in my hood rolls through with this paint scheme."
"The pro ball and drug guys will buy two at a time. I'll wait for one to come in off trade."
- Yes, because pro ballers, drug dealers and everybody in the hood loves to paint their cars/trucks after legendary race cars!!!
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greg 9:57PM (10/17/2006)
Visual vomit...
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ssgtakeo 11:29AM (10/17/2006)
RPG/IED bait!
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Richard 11:36AM (10/17/2006)
I am sure the Gulf Oil livery is absolutely necessary: this thing drinks more dead dinosaur juice per km than nearly anything else that is street legal.
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jay k 11:53AM (10/17/2006)
Free poster for the first person to submit a non-photoshopped salute to this POS to FUH2.com.
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