2008 Hummer H2
H2
The iconic Hummer H2 entered 2008 with a raft of changes, delivering a more refined interior that combines luxury with Hummer's legendary ruggedness; enhanced safety features and a more powerful engine that is coupled with a new, 6-speed automatic transmission. Performance-optimizing engine technologies, such as variable valve timing, and the 6-speed's wide gear ratios, including a “tall” overdrive gear, enable the improved performance and efficiency over previous models. It features a completely redesigned instrument panel, new seats - including a full third-row seat for two passengers - new door trim panels, new controls, new rear-seat heating/air conditioning system, new rear-seat overhead DVD entertainment system and a new family of premium radios. Also, a rear HVAC system is now standard.
2009 Hummer FH3 Alpha
FH3 Alpha
Hummer introduced its smallest model, the H3, with a 5-cylinder engine in 2006, and the timing couldn't have been better. Gas prices were rising and among the most volatile on record. Still, everyone knew the truck needed more power. Even though the 2007 model received a small boost from 220 to 242 horsepower, the first real power infusion comes in the 2008 H3 Alpha, a special edition propelled by a 295-hp, 5.3-liter V-8.
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Hummer says the smaller, more fuel-efficient H3 is about the same length as a typical midsize sedan - and therefore is able to maneuver through urban traffic. When necessary, however, the H3 can demonstrate Hummer's famous crawling and climbing abilities just like its larger sibling, the H2. The H3's ground clearance is 9.1 inches, and it can turn a 37-foot circle.
The H3 is powered by a Vortec 3.7-liter inline-5-cylinder engine with dual overhead cams and variable valve timing.
HX Concept
Make no mistake - Hummer's HX concept takes direct aim at a certain Jeep. Behind its big-boy face, the HX has all the ingredients you'd expect in a compact off-roader: locking front and rear differentials, a disconnecting stabilizer bar and the most underbody plating this side of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Hummer calls it a “four-wheel backpack,” citing its numerous trail-friendly provisions - among them a first-aid kit, flashlight and shovel - and snidely adds that the bumpers have tow hooks for “wrangling others” who've gone astray.
Smaller than the H3, the HX comes in at 171 inches long, just a hair shorter than the four-door Wrangler Unlimited. Under the hood is a 304-horsepower V-6 cribbed from GM's direct-injection engines. Ground clearance is a healthy 13 inches, besting the Wrangler by 2.5 inches, and Hummer says the HX can ford 2 feet of water. Should you need to build a lean-to at base camp, the doors, roof and fenders are removable. There's been no official confirmation of a baby-Hummer yet, but the HX certainly advances its possibilities.
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