[clydecpa]

I'm not sure I understand what the question was, but make it plain to me and I will ask him and relay his answers to you. I won't divulge his name, because he didn't choose to pick sides on a public forum, I did. His arguments generally focus on what GM is doing wrong that is keeping them from keeping up with the foreign car makers. I agree with most but not all of his arguments.

I, like everyone else here, love the offroad capabilities of the H3. Yet, like 95% of the die hard offroaders here, I drive 95% OVER THE ROAD!!! Do I want to have my cake and eat it too? YES!!! That's part of the American way! GM probably has the engine technology on the shelf that would have worked better. But, they put it back on the shelf and pull off old (but proven) technology to power the H3. I realize the I5 is pretty new, but the H3 is brand spankin' new, and needed a brand spankin' new engine, not a Colorado hand-me-down.

Also, I test drove every vehicle mentioned earlier save the Montero, and I have no idea what their "tested" 0-60 times were, just like I don't care about EPA mileage ratings, only real world results. Every one of those other SUV's (and a half dozen or so others) felt noticably faster than the H3.

This is a fixable problem, and one I look forward to GM addressing. I hope it does happen sooner rather than later, but given GM's track record, I don't expect it to happen in the 2nd model year.