Here's something interesting. I'm at a quality conference here in Milwakee, and just happened to have breakfast with (so she says), the lead of reliability engineering at AM General for the new H2 release in '08. IF she is as she says, and she wasn't feeding me a line of BS (she seemed honest), here's some info:
The '08 will not be on the 900 platform. In fact, she said that they were specifically staying away from moving 'formally' to the 900 platform to keep distance between the H2 and the Tahoe/etc. Some things will overlap, but they aren't adopting it as a platform.
She commented that the rear overhead console (DVD) in the '08 was the same as the Tahoe, but the front of the overhead would be different. She wasn't sure about the rest of the dash.
They hadn't started any of the service costs calculations for the '08 model yet. I completely forgot to ask about the diesel, so I'll try and sit next to her tomorrow for b-fast again.
What's cool is that apparently reliability engineering is NEW to AM General. Granted, they are moving away from the H2, but at least they are building it into the '08 model changes.
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05-01-2006, 08:20 PM
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