[Dave92270]

Do you guys happen to know whether Alpha will be offered in some sort of basic trim (cloth seats, little or no chrome, etc)?

I wish I knew about Alpha before I got my '07 H3 few months back; well, I do like my car a lot but surely wouldn't mind the extra 50hp & V8 under the hood. I don't care about gas mileage, don't have to commute or drive too far, so if it does 10 -12mpg, it is OK with me. Also, looks like Alpha is going to be offered only with automatic transmission? I wish 5-speed manual was possible; would be even more fun since H3 is exceptional vehicle; can hardly imagine having anything else, except maybe..H2? Anyway, I think that once local Hummer dealer gets Alphas, (wonder when) I'll go check them out and hopefully take a test drive too. I just feel dumb about possibility of trading-in few months old H3. If I could get basic Alpha model, maybe my loss on trade-in wouldn't hurt that much (but still probably $8-$10k loss, I can imagine..not sure if it's worth it, and my H3 runs just great - no issues).