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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[Anything that can better protect our troops should be well received.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mondo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 2:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[Amen, to that, Mondo!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Injun Joe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 2:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[Can't wait until the civilian version is available!<br><br><br><br><br>And for those of you too daft to get it, yes, I am completely kidding.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NYChic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 2:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm not though.  Perfect vehicle for drive-bys.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mr. Oak]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 2:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yes, I'll take mine with 24" "rims" (I won't be needing spokes or tires), a full leather interior and lots of chrome, please.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[f3rg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 3:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[Drive Bys?  As in drive by shootings?  hehe.. funny.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Toy Yoda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 3:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[it'll look great once they get some chrome rims on it]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 2:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[Maybe I missed it...but where does it say it was tested in Baja??]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dan spalinger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 3:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[The phrase "at photoshoot" was left out.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[71cuda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 3:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[That thing looks like it employs NONE of the finesse that went into the HMMWV. Looks terribly heavy, but if the future is urban combat, then this might be the answer.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guenther]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 3:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[Finesse?  Are you serious?  YOU drive one of those slow, heavy, rattly things over a few hundred miles of crap roads and rocky desert and then tell me how much "finesse" a HMMWV has.  I've put many miles on the things--Don't believe the hype!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Owain Ozymandias Buck]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 3:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[Little things like being under 11' high, or tires that a person could change (would I stand around in Baghdad and change the tire on a US anything? no). Were HMMWVs nice? of course not. What I'm getting at is that the vehicle being replaced had some really cool engineering bits that no only proved themselves well, but have since been copied by several other makers of light tactical trucks.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guenther]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 3:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, the fact that the replacement will be able to drive with only 3 wheels should help.  It'll also have a slew of other engineering upgrades, at least in the prelim.<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Light_Tactical_Vehicle" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Light_Tactical_Vehicle</a><br><br>The HMMWV was simply not designed for what it's being used for.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[R]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 4:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA["it has a flat floor to allow exit from either side of the vehicle"<br><br>Not sure what the floor has to do with using the doors on either side of the vehicle.<br><br>I haven't read the Motor Trend article, but perhaps it meant to say something about exiting downward through the floor?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BGJ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 3:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[Have you actually TRIED to exit an H1??  Perhaps you should try...then go and throw 100 lbs. of gear on and try it again...then take some hostile fire and try again....the H1's axle creates a HUGE hump right down the middle of the vehicle making it very difficult to get from one side of the vehicle to the other in trying to exit....]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dan spalinger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 3:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[My guess is that the body is high enough to eliminate the driveshaft/axle humps.  It would make for easier exit in the back and especially front from either side.  Nice if the doors on one side are unable to open, and you have to exit quickly.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[71cuda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 3:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[@dan -<br>If I had actually been in one then I would have known that. I would not have to carry 100lbs or take hostile fire to figure it out. Not sure what your point is. The OP did not make it clear exactly what "flat floor" meant.<br><br>Exiting downward would have some advantages, no? Don't some APC's have this feature?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BGJ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 8:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[reminds me slightly of the warthog.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[spacegravity4me]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 3:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[Uh... I don't see how it possibly could.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zeus.:God]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 25th 2008 10:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Contender for next-gen HUMVEE looks battle-tested in Baja]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/contender-for-next-gen-humvee-looks-battle-tested-in-baja/</guid><description><![CDATA[correct me if i am wrong, but that "something even more brutish" you link, is the current MRAP. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2008 3:57PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>