Filed under: SUVs, Etc., Government/Legal, Safety, HUMMER, Military
TPI Composites has built a Hummer for the Army that is made of composite materials. The Hummer loses 900 pounds of metal body panels and parts, which are then replaced with parts fabricated of fiberglass, balsa wood, foam, and carbon, with resin as a bonding agent.
That 900 […]
Filed under: Tuners, SUVs, Euro, HUMMER
Germany’s GeigerCars has an affinity for American metal, and is unafraid to go to wacky extremes in its efforts to create its customized whips. Often, HUMMER provides the canvas for these tuners with dubs on their brains, and the arrival of the V8-powered H3 Alpha has inspired them to whip […]
Filed under: Tech, Buick, GM, HUMMER, Saab
General Motors is serious about satellite radio, and the amount of nameplates that offer standard XM is growing all the time. Previously, GM made XM standard on all Cadillacs, and now the subscription radio service will also be available for all new Buick, HUMMER, and Saab models as well. […]
Filed under: Concept Cars, SEMA, SUVs, GM, HUMMER
var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/offbeat_news/HUMMER_debuts_H2_Safari_jacks_up_penis_envy_quotient_by_10′; The PR materials for the HUMMER H2 Safari say that the big truck’s matte olive green paint is designed to help it blend in on the trail. We get the idea, but while H2s may do many things, “blending in” ain’t […]
Filed under: Aftermarket, Concept Cars, SEMA, Sports/GTs, SUVs, HUMMER
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var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/design/Jay_Leno_s_new_C6RS_Corvette_has_600_horsepower_and_runs_on_E85′; Well now, doesn’t this look like fun? HUMMER’s H3R SEMA concept takes an off-road racing theme and then dials it up well past the maximum. You see, in addition to being lifted four inches and decked out […]
Filed under: SUVs, Marketing/Advertising, HUMMER
Here’s a test of your unyielding devotion to all that is cloaked in green. First, let’s set the scene. It’s the wee hours of the morning, the wind-driven rain is still howling against your house, and you’re huddled on the second floor, waiting for morning. You’ve spent most of the night […]
Filed under: Spy Photos, Trucks/Pickups, HUMMER
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Though HUMMER H3 SUT mules have been snapped with the long lens before, they’re usually heavily guarded and tucked away on GM’s proving grounds in Arizona or Milford, MI. For some inexplicable reason, however, this HUMMER H3T prototype has been seen driving around in plain site […]
Filed under: SUVs, Euro, HUMMER
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HUMMER dealers in Europe will be offering up 50 tricked-out H3 Adventure models to buyers looking for something even more sinister than your run-of-the-mill mud-plugger. The H3 Black Edition gets €5,000 worth of extra kit, along with a matte-black grille, mirrors, door handles, side […]
Filed under: Concept Cars, Detroit Auto Show, SUVs, HUMMER
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Talk about a dream job. David Rojas, Min Young Kang and Robert Jablonski are three fresh-faced grads of the College for Creative Studies (where many car designers get their schoolin’) and recent new-hires of the GM Design […]
Filed under: SUVs, Japan, HUMMER
Japanese fashionistas are getting a three-ton present from the General this coming spring when it will begin shipping HUMMERs to the Land of the Rising Sun. Martin Walsh, HUMMER’s General Manager, told the Detroit News that despite slow vehicle sales in Japan, the island nation will become another niche player for […]
