<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by SledgeHummer:
My Sources at GM reveal the following :
2006-2007 :
- H3x
- 3.7 Ltr H3 (245 HP)
- Right Hand drive H3 with Diesel engine for Uk and Australia only.
2007-2008 :
- H3 SUT
- V8 H3 , not sure about capacity, but might have DOD or Hybrid capabilities. Actually 1st prototype testing begins THIS month (Jan 2006).
- H4 : the H4 is an H3 but with smaller wheelbase (probably a 2-door H3) filled with more offroad capabilities. Something to rival Jeeps Wrangler, Gladiator, Rescue...etc.
It's not sure yet which ones of these models might have Hybrid technology.
I am definitly trading in my current H3 for either the V8 H3 or the H4, depending on future gas prices
SledgeHummer </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yes, GM is making the 3.5L into a 3.7L and will most likely drop the 3.5L. Yes it will have 25-30 more ponies.
As for the V8, if there is one, it has been in testing already. I can't personally say there is one, but again, if there was a V8 version, it will have already been in testing. In fact, I bet it is red, that is again, if there is really one being driven on MI roads. Again, this is all speculation on my part.
My understanding is that the diesel will be for all of Europe and any other country the S. Africa plant will export too. If not, the left hand drive one I have personally seen could be a mock up, but it probably isn't a mock up, but I have no idea if it is a mock up.
If there is a V8 and if it is the 5.3L, it most likely will have displacement on demand (although that name is no longer correct, GM calls it something else now), since that engine is already adapted to DOD. Again, all this is if there is a V8 somewhere on the drawing boards.
The H4 was officially cancelled, but may come back, in fact, one source says it was reincarnated the first of the year.
Again, everything I say here is just speculation on the part of a poor ex TN redneck; living in the state of Pot Holes (or the state of confusion).
