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General Motors unveils kinder, gentler Hummer
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^
| Wednesday, December 01, 2004
| Don Hammonds
Posted on 12/01/2004 2:22:15 PM PST by Willie Green
Hummer, long loved by loyal owners and fans and just as equally loathed by environmentalists and some consumer groups, is coming out with a new model that it hopes wins over at least some critics.
The General Motors division that makes the Hummer also hopes the new model, the H3, puts some pop back into the vehicle's sales, which through August had plunged 25 percent from a year ago.
Unveiled recently at a Anaheim, Calif., auto show, the H3 retains the unique look of its larger siblings but gets an average 20 miles per gallon on the highway -- almost double what the biggest Hummer gets -- and is shorter than a Honda Accord.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: autoshop; generalmotors; h3; hummer; suv
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A "compassionate" Hummer, for girly-men.
To: Willie Green
Is BMW going to make a larger Mini Cooper?
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posted on
12/01/2004 2:24:23 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
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To: Willie Green
Specifically, it is 16.9 inches shorter than a full-size H2 with a tailgate-mounted spare tire, six inches lower in height and 6.5 inches narrower with a 220- horsepower five-cylinder engine that also is used in the GMC Canyon and Chevy Colorado compact pickup trucks. The H2 was already a joke, being nothing but a Suburban in an ugly suit.
If you are gonna get a Hummer, get a real one.
SO9
To: Willie Green
Or girly-girls.
I kinda like it.
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posted on
12/01/2004 2:25:44 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
To: Conspiracy Guy
I'm sure that there are stretched Mini Limos available somewhere.
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posted on
12/01/2004 2:26:04 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(SeeBS News - We Decide, We Create, We Report - In that order! - ABC - Already Been Caught)
To: Willie Green
Soccer mommies love these things because of all the off-roading you have to do on the way to Costco.
To: Willie Green
"The new model Hummer, the H3, puts some pop back into......."
How can the H3 be new.....Didn't Monica give Klintoon the H3 back in '97?
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posted on
12/01/2004 2:26:34 PM PST
by
TRY ONE
(NUKE the unborn gay whales!)
To: Willie Green
Now, Willie, maybe it'll save GM from having to lay off workers from the Hummer assembly line.
But it does sound kind of like John Kerry.
Hummer: "I was a macho machine before I felt compassion for the environment."
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posted on
12/01/2004 2:26:58 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Nil illegitemus carborundum est)
To: Paladin2
A Mini the size of a Hummer would be cool.
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posted on
12/01/2004 2:27:02 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
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To: Conspiracy Guy
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posted on
12/01/2004 2:27:40 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
To: Willie Green
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posted on
12/01/2004 2:28:07 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Chat is my milieu)
To: martin_fierro
Didn't Mad Max drive one of those?
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posted on
12/01/2004 2:29:21 PM PST
by
TheBigB
(I sure could go for a charbroiled hamburger sammich and some french fried potatoes!)
To: Willie Green
Now if they would only offer the TOW missile system,
I'd be guaranteed to get to work on time.
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posted on
12/01/2004 2:30:04 PM PST
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 61,103,636 Bush fans.)
To: Willie Green
… H3 retains the unique look of its larger siblings but gets an average 20 miles per gallon on the highway …
WOW! Right up there with my Camaro!
13-15 city, about 21 highway.
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posted on
12/01/2004 2:30:09 PM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
12/01/2004 2:31:21 PM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: Willie Green
A "compassionate" Hummer, for girly-men.The first Hummer I ever saw was owned by a homo. I gotta wonder if homos and insecure, "compensating for something" men (and women) account for most of them.
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posted on
12/01/2004 2:32:10 PM PST
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary. You have the right to be wrong.)
To: martin_fierro
OK, maybe it's just the coloring...but I don't like that. It looks plastic...like a toy.
Maybe I should take back what I said about liking 'em...
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posted on
12/01/2004 2:32:29 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
To: RosieCotton
I hate the Mini even though I owned a Mini Cooper back in 74. A Hummer size 2 door four seat scaled Mini would be much more macho than the Metrosexual Mini.
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posted on
12/01/2004 2:32:45 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
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To: Willie Green
Hummer lite....Forget about it!
To: Conspiracy Guy
The normal Mini just...isn't a guy car. Not a REAL guy car, anyway.
Your giant Mini (isn't that an oxymoron?) is an interesting mental picture!
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posted on
12/01/2004 2:34:14 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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