Category: Hummer

The Hummer H3 looks ready to conquer anything - even your local Home Depot. But be careful not to back up over those kids!

After a lovely 4th of July weekend, doing my best to focus energies on anything not related to work (something I hear is easy for most people to do, but I’ve never quite got the knack of), I started my usual workday morning routine at my local Bally Total Fitness. And, sure enough, as soon as I get near the gym TV, there’s the news, dragging me right back to 5:15 am Monday morning reality.
The 5 am scoop in Detroit was the rumor GM is considering dumping more brands, one way or another, and firing more mid-management white-collar employees. (No, UAW, you do not have the corner on losing jobs. I swear.) Of course, by time I was in the office and caught up with e-mail, GM has flatly denied that any brand, other than Hummer, is up for review. We’ll only know the truth of that if GM manages to hold onto [...]

General Motors reconsiders HUMMER strategy. How will that impact hilltop H2 owner group?

Owners of the Kia Sorento ranked the vehicle at the top of the Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle Segment in the 2008 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards. Sorento received top marks for Power, Acceleration and Safety, but what really sealed the deal, owners said, was Kia’s 10 year/100,000-mile warranty.

The HUMMER H3, with its unmistakable styling and go-anywhere attitude, earned top ranking in the 2008 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards’ Mid-Size Sport Utility Segment. Satisfaction scores for Styling, Traction in All Weather Conditions and Feeling Safe While Driving topped owners’ lists.

AutoPacific's annual Vehicle Satisfaction Awards have been announced. These awards are chosen directly by vehicle owners, with no input from the researchers.

Times have certainly changed since the Hummer brand’s relaunch a few years back with the H2. Back then, 9/11 was fresh in Americans’ memory, and the H2’s military-inspired shape stirred up patriotic feelings among many. Heck, the fact that it slurped fuel with alarming thirst was probably a “badge of honor” among many Hummer owners. You took down our Twin Towers? Watch us take your oil!
Fast forward to 2008, and it’s a very different world indeed. The war that (at least in some small way) helped fuel Hummer’s initial popularity has reached an all-time low in terms of public support. Buzzwords like “foreign oil dependence” and “carbon emissions” are at the top of America’s collective mind. The values that Hummer stood for just a few years back are now far out of step with today’s national mood. Indeed, sales of traditional truck-based SUVs in general have declined significantly in favor of more efficient [...]

Saturn and Hyundai are the brands that have the most improved opinions year-over-year. HUMMER is the brand whose opinion has dropped the most.

Hummer's second "performance" model arrives this summer: The H3 Alpha, sporting a V8.

Hummer H2 and H2 SUT offer updated interior and a new engine for 2008 model year.

OK, on this one VehicleVoice is just the messenger. The Truth About Cars website has taken it on itself to identify the ten worst cars and trucks sold in the USA in 2006. Not really sure what their credentials are, but here is their press release... When we feel like commenting, see our notes following the press release writeup.