The HUMMER H3T has been much in the news lately, now we finally have some press coverage that doesn't involve broken embargoes. After a few days in the High Sierras putting pre-production versions through boulder-strewn paces, the words from HMR magazine are: it's good!
Once past the marketing-speak -- like "With its unique size and HUMMER traits, the H3T is ideal for the customer who works hard and plays harder" -- the H3T with the Adventure Package put in a proper HUMMER showing: the 5-foot bed hasn't killed the truck's departure angle, the length hasn't ruined its agility, and it even got in the obligatory Jeep smackdown encounter. The H3T also has 160 official aftermarket partners creating a glutton's range of branded accessories.
The public will find out if it's really the lion's roar when it shows up on dealer lots in September. Until then, click the link to get the full review, and Autoblog will bring up the up-close and personal from its debut at next week's Chicago Auto Show.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
M @ Feb 3rd 2008 2:45PM
Hummers look great as true pickups! :)
Dad @ Feb 3rd 2008 3:01PM
Will it come with a diesel????
Wish I had a use for one.
LoneWolf @ Feb 3rd 2008 3:22PM
Yeah, that looks great and way better than the H2 with the bed.
John @ Feb 3rd 2008 5:21PM
Only in America do idiots buy box shaped hideous monster trucks like this. It' quite obvious Hummers are bought by idiots who want to compensate for their ummm.......
MajorGeek @ Feb 3rd 2008 5:29PM
Lol, that didn't take long. Vehicles often do portray a bit about the owner, in your case no one needs to know what you drive.
vintage @ Feb 3rd 2008 5:45PM
It's okay, you don't have to have a use for one. Ask 95% of all hummer owners. They just own one to pretend to be macho, make up for their dick size, or use it to go 'omg shopping!"
LoneWolf @ Feb 3rd 2008 7:06PM
I'm glad to see more and more HUMMERs here in Europe =)
MajorGeek @ Feb 3rd 2008 7:28PM
Seeing quite a few H3's around here as well, I guess come next hear with this and the HX, there will be tons more. Fun vehicles, I have gotten pretty passionate about owning one.
P.S Vintage, you seem to have a penis fixation, thats ok, your secret is safe with me :)
vintage @ Feb 4th 2008 12:15AM
Keep telling yourself that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C6Chea9Xnw
Snark @ Feb 3rd 2008 9:50PM
I'm so glad the unbiased, hard-hitting reviewers at HMR magazine took a hard look at the H3T and gave us this in-depth look.
Not.
It may be good, it may not be, but I'll believe it when it really gets put through its paces by offroaders who aren't necessarily paid Hummer fans.
Justin @ Feb 4th 2008 12:25AM
yup because the "real" tough men with nothing to compensate for, drive 1989 civics. Anyone who drives a car/truck they like must have something to compensate for, right?
HotRodzNKustoms @ Feb 4th 2008 2:33AM
Front and rear lockers with a 2 speed transfercase, good articulation in the suspension, and a V8? Sounds like everything a off road enthusiast wants to me.
Josiah @ Feb 4th 2008 8:49AM
hmm a mid size pickup with the HUMMER H3 flavor from the same people who brought you the Colorado ... I'll pass.
Jeep @ Feb 4th 2008 10:39AM
I didn't know that trees grew diagonally.
Tim @ Feb 4th 2008 11:27AM
theres no application for that long of a wheelbase on most offroad trails / boulder parks. all their test shows is high ground clearance and good traction, which it has abundantly. for a street truck to play in, im sure itll do fine, but if you really want an offroader, look elsewhere
Juan @ Feb 4th 2008 2:29PM
From the article:
"Really? I can’t believe you made it all the way in with stock trucks. I'd never try it in a stock Jeep."
- and:
"Priced in the high thirties..."
Yeah... there's an enormous price difference between Jeeps and Hummers. You can get a Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited in the high twenties and have plenty of money left over for a lift and a winch, if you even needed either. Woop-te-do.
Personally, my 2DR Wrangler X (priced in high TENS) with nothing but a mild lift and 32" tires is more than adequate to deal with trails much harder than the one photographed in the article. I just can't see how anyone serious about off-roading would want a Hummer.
Logitech @ Feb 4th 2008 3:05PM
Isn't the H3T a Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon with a different body???? So why the big press coverage, and the testing mule. If the Colorado can do it, then the H3T can do it too.
Nick @ Feb 4th 2008 6:27PM
The same story is in Truck Trend and Petersen's this month. Both give it a similar positive review, without the blatant Hummer bias.
Doug-GMnext @ Feb 5th 2008 9:34AM
If you're interested in seeing more about the H3T, GMnext has a video with HUMMER's design manager talking about the car. Check it out:
http://www.gmnext.com/Details/Videos.aspx?id=c2847aeb-8ef2-435b-bbb1-673659793e49
4x4North @ Feb 5th 2008 10:10PM
Logitech: Where do you people get this stuff?
NO, the H3 is NOT a colorado with a HUMMER body (this is such a ridiculous comment to anyone who has the SLIGHTEST clue of what's involved in car design/manufacturing, if there weren't so many ignorant people believing this crap I wouldn't even bother posting this. Seriously folks, if you want to be an automotive enthusiast, take the damn time to understand the basics)
The H3 shares around 10% of the Colorado, and that's mainly driveline/nuts and bolts.
The frame is unique to the H3.
Different front and rear axles.
Different Transfer case.
Suspension components different and beefier.
It goes on, and on, and on.
An Audi R8 isn't a Gallardo simply because it shares a few components...