Thoughts on Hummer Hx concept

[don moore]

I ment the External chamber shocks..that came on the vx .
sorry ..I was going by the hummer pics ..on the rear of the hummer concept.

[nfpgasmask]

Its a vast improvement over the previous versions of the civi Hummer.

Bart

[Chopper]

Vast improvement? YES! Will they make it? No f'ing way! Hummers of every variety are practicaly glued to the showroom floor, and have been for some time. Hummer is not part of the General's "new way forward"....the H3 hit the market with a resounding thud, pretty much sealing the fate of the brand. You'll see a new Aztec before you see this in production. Shame too....looks like a Dakar Pajero on 'Roids. Drop in the new, lightweight LS3, add in the I/S and you get Baja beast (rather than rock crawler) Too bad it's a very attractive, if essentially useless, design)

[johnnyapollo]

I agree with Wayne - another excercise in wha coulda but didna (sounds like a Lion King song!).

-0- John

[Ldub]

it's a very attractive, if essentially useless, design)

Now where have I heard that before...

Oh yeah, that describes the VX.

[Triathlete]

I have heard that this vehicle is close to production (how close to the concept we will have to wait and see) as posssibly an 09 model...Hummer really wants to take some of Jeeps thunder. They built this to compete with the Rubicon...which is another reason they should scrap the indipendent F&R suspension.

[ZEUS]

AMEN! IFS and IRS, that's the wrong approach for the target audience, we all know... you... need... to know... your audience. Hummers are big toys, Jeeps are big toys, both were born with a military heart and an off road personality. If Hummer must stay indy-susp. at least make it work! Sidenote: Did you know American Motors sold Jeep so they could become American General? American Motors stopped making Jeeps so they could make Hummers because Jeeps were too small for the new technology and weaponry in the military. That is why both brands share the 7 slot grill design, which is why Jeep later tried to sue Hummer. Irony. If we are going to have this strange blending of designs... and Jeeps with IFS... it would be nice if both brands were sold to one American corporation since neither Chrysler nor GM can seem to get things right. Take the future HX, H2, H3, Commander, Grand Cherokee, Liberty, etc. models and offer a 'Rubicon' package for each - strong solid axles, 4:1 t-cases, and lockers, for those who will use them. Keep the IFS setup as standard equipment for the street types who would rather have a cushy ride than to go offroad. You can get a muscle car, a Mustang, with a V6 engine... at least Ford redeems itself by offering the V8 to those who know what a muscle car is for! Off highway inspired vehicles deserve that same redemption!
-rant over-

[plasticboob]

Sidenote: Did you know American Motors sold Jeep so they could become American General? American Motors stopped making Jeeps so they could make Hummers because Jeeps were too small for the new technology and weaponry in the military.

That's not exactly true - American Motors never sold Jeep; they were absorbed by Chrysler in 1987 and became Jeep/Eagle. Kaiser Jeep had a division called General Products which made military vehicles, and a Commerical Products division, which made everything else. When AMC took over in the early '70s, the General Products division was turned into a wholly-owned subsidiary called AM General in 1971. Sometime in the early '80s, American Motors sold AM General to LTV corp. The cool part is that the Humvee design started while AM General still had ties to AMC - the H1 is Jeep family, designed by Jeep people!

**EDIT** By the way, I agree with everything else you said, spot on!!! I do think IFS has its place in high-speed off-roading, in events like the Dakar. I'd love to see a turbo-diesel 4x4 IRS Liberty compete, but I don't see that happening any time soon what with Jeep's current sad state. Until then, I'm a fan of the BMW X3 X-Raids.