2009 Hummer H3T - First Drive Review
Nice, but . . . could there be a worse time to launch a Hummer pickup?
BY STEVE SILER
August 2008
Hummer sales are up.
That’s right: in spite of skyrocketing oil prices having an inversely proportional effect on Hummer’s sales in the United States, the brand’s global sales are at an all-time high. This can be attributable to Hummer’s newfound market penetration and accompanying sales growth in the U.K., Japan, Australia, Africa, and—surprise!—the Middle East, each a being place where either gas remains cheap or Hummers are still novelties. Or both.
Leading the sales charge is the H3, which shrink-wraps the big H2’s manly form vocabulary into a package that’s more suitable in size and efficiency for these new markets (heck, all markets). Initially a five-cylinder dog, the H3 has always had much more potential, which began to be realized in the form of the V-8–powered H3 Alpha, and that continues with its new pickup variants, the H3T and H3T Alpha.
Rest of the article:
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...rs/2009_hummer_h3t_first_drive_review?cid=272
Nice, but . . . could there be a worse time to launch a Hummer pickup?
BY STEVE SILER
August 2008
Hummer sales are up.
That’s right: in spite of skyrocketing oil prices having an inversely proportional effect on Hummer’s sales in the United States, the brand’s global sales are at an all-time high. This can be attributable to Hummer’s newfound market penetration and accompanying sales growth in the U.K., Japan, Australia, Africa, and—surprise!—the Middle East, each a being place where either gas remains cheap or Hummers are still novelties. Or both.
Leading the sales charge is the H3, which shrink-wraps the big H2’s manly form vocabulary into a package that’s more suitable in size and efficiency for these new markets (heck, all markets). Initially a five-cylinder dog, the H3 has always had much more potential, which began to be realized in the form of the V-8–powered H3 Alpha, and that continues with its new pickup variants, the H3T and H3T Alpha.
Rest of the article:
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...rs/2009_hummer_h3t_first_drive_review?cid=272
