http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/ Autoblog Comments for Detroit 2008: HUMMER HX Concept http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/Jan 8th 2008 7:48PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/Removable fenders and other body parts, holy shyte, SIDI, holy shyte.]]>Jan 8th 2008 7:50PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/Jan 8th 2008 7:52PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/ I had two thoughts when I saw this Hummer. First, they may have a hard time taking devoted Jeep lovers, in a niche that is already pretty small and getting crowded. A hard-core, high powered small SUV would sell, but I would think in small numbers.
Second, it MIGHT finally force Chrysler/Jeep to improve the Jeep, just to stay competitive. Jeep may improve their ride some and add the diesel.
Other commenters have said no one needs an SUV in America, because we don't have deserts or bad roads like Africa. I am assuming they live in L.A. and have never been anywhere East of Anaheim or North of Santa Clarita. For those of us in the real world, where roads aren't always paved and weather isn't always sunny, there is some use.
What Hummer/Jeep should do is take the top-down outdoorsy vibe that all the sorostitutes and poseurs like, and offer it in a more efficient model. Not like the Jeep Crapass, but think "Jeep-lite". A Wrangler-esque car with focus on lite, comfortable, and efficient, and not off-road capable. Now that could sell... (just not to me)]]>Jan 9th 2008 9:09AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/Jan 8th 2008 7:52PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/
Its not that I'm anti-SUV, either, its just that so far their products just didnt appeal to me whatsoever.]]>Jan 9th 2008 3:01AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/
http://www.hx.com]]>Jan 8th 2008 7:52PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/Jan 8th 2008 7:53PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/Jan 8th 2008 7:55PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/problems-dealer-service/33440-engine-bay-body-rips.html]]>Jan 8th 2008 8:00PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/Jan 8th 2008 9:10PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/
who cares about a car's capability? 99.9% of the people who drive this car are going to do so so that they can feel big and buff while unknowingly all the luxury sedans, full of important people, on the road are thinking about how insecure (and probably short) the driver is.

Welcome to the real world.

It's 2008. It's America. We don't need Hummers. This isn't the African desert, bud.]]>Jan 8th 2008 9:16PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/Jan 8th 2008 9:32PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/Jan 8th 2008 11:29PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/Jan 9th 2008 3:04AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/Jan 13th 2008 10:05PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/Jan 9th 2008 10:50PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/Jan 8th 2008 7:55PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/Jan 8th 2008 8:48PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/detroit-2008-hummer-hx-concept/
I own a GM small car (a 99 Saturn), and its slow, crude, uncomfortable, and gets gas mileage in the mid-to-upper 30s. I just bought it, and I didnt buy it because I hate SUVs. If I could afford something larger and nicer, I'd buy it. Small cars are usually for people who aspire (all pun intended) to larger/better ones. ]]>Jan 9th 2008 3:13AM