V8 a reality.

[Huck BB62]

Here's the true story... When we went from a 5.3 Yukon SLT to our 6.0 Denali, we gained right at a mile and a half per gallon. Doesn't figure does it. (not a question) It does to me, particularly how hard we flog the 3.5 with the heavy Hummer. The 5.3 won't be working as hard. On the freeway, it's a matter of moving the square mass through the wind. Our Denali gets 16mpg. Y'know what my H3's getting since I put the BFG ATs on it? 16mpg. So it can't be that different with the 5.3 in the H3.

I'll let you know how it works out.

I'm pretty curious about two things though, the front and rear end (will they upgrade them to put up with the increased torque of the V8) and the Adventure package (will it still come with the 4:1 tcase and 4.56 gears)

By the way, it will be called the Alpha according to the documents he showed me. Booyah!

Yea I heard the same thing at my dealer 3 weeks ago, expect the V8 in October/November timeframe. I wouldn't bank on significant improvement in gas mileage with or without DOD. But the power difference would be very significant with similar mediocre mileage. Not a bad tradeoff.

Our 3.5 and 3.7's might take a rapid depreciation hit later this year, although continued gas prices increases might temper that. I'm not sure I'm in a big hurry to take that hit right away.

[hummerabia]

We already got one here, a conversion carried out by the local dealership. It's a 440 HP 6.2 L Cadillac V8, 18" rims with 35" M/T's, competition gas shocks and thats about all I know. Price for this particular vehicle AED 260,000 or about 70,000 US$. Theres probably about $15k of that for the interior and cosmetic mods. There was a whole load of GM/HUMMER big wigs plus a couple of Sheikhs at the unveiling plus some local press. If I get any more info I'll let you know.