standard-size pickup box on a new model in the H2 line for 2008

[TOUGH TOY]

In case you need to carry more anywhere, the H2 gets a big cargo box.

Picking Up The Hum

Hummer will offer a standard-size pickup box on a new model in the H2 line for 2008. As shown here, the vehicle will have a four-door cabin, but thanks to a wheelbase stretch of about 12 in., there will be room for a 6-ft. cargo box that otherwise would encroach on rear-seat space. Other changes include wider and deeper rear doors for easier ingress/egress. Note that the gas tank, as indicated by the filler cap, will be nestled in front of the rear axle. Up front, the fender, hood and bumper are smoother and more rounded. Decorative boxes atop the cowl are gone and the hood now offers two pull handles on its middle surface.

[TOUGH TOY]

In case you need to carry more anywhere, the H2 gets a big cargo box.

Picking Up The Hum

Hummer will offer a standard-size pickup box on a new model in the H2 line for 2008. As shown here, the vehicle will have a four-door cabin, but thanks to a wheelbase stretch of about 12 in., there will be room for a 6-ft. cargo box that otherwise would encroach on rear-seat space. Other changes include wider and deeper rear doors for easier ingress/egress. Note that the gas tank, as indicated by the filler cap, will be nestled in front of the rear axle. Up front, the fender, hood and bumper are smoother and more rounded. Decorative boxes atop the cowl are gone and the hood now offers two pull handles on its middle surface.

[VTSTOMPER]

I have seen that - I am not a fan of the look. Maybe it will look better in concept.

[AmericanPatriot]

Looks like a toyota 4-runner. "Rounded Out" please lord no......

[Efrain]

I've also seen it before, and most everyone has concurred, that is, they have reached the consensus that this vehicle is aesthetically unappealing!

[KenP]

Complete fake and all rumors dispelled by HUMMER/GM.

Thank goodness.

[Frenzy]

Hope it's fake/rumour ! 'cause Hummer ain't a pickup !!!

[BumM3r]

Definitely not feelin' it

[usetosellhummer]

last I heard it is real, and this is the step tword a deisel

[PARAGON]

The full size 4 door pickup truck is for real and is coming, it just won't look anything like that drawing.

[aggiehummer...er]

I agree. On both of the last two posts.

[TOUGH TOY]

I DON'T THINK IS FAKE OR ALL RUMORS, I GOT THE NEWS FROM POPULAR MECHANICS.COM, HERE IS THE LINK: http://www.popularmechanics.com/auto...s/1747702.html

[4churchill]

If "Poopular Maniacs" said it it must be true

Wait let me guess, if it's in the "New York Grimes" or the "Gross Angeles Times" it's true too, but if it's on Fox News is Bias

[DRTYFN]

Q&A: Hummer's Susan Docherty

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Susan Docherty, Hummer's new marketing general manager, takes the reins at a critical juncture in the brand's history at General Motors. She is overseeing the brand's global launch and the debut of Hummer's first mass-market offering, the
under-$30,000 H3. Docherty began her GM career in 1986 at GM of Canada in sales, service and marketing. In 1994, she transferred to the United States for a brief assignment in business planning. The next year she became manager of international marketing and communications for GM Europe and Switzerland and director of marketing and advertising for Cadillac and Chevrolet in Germany in 1996. Docherty returned to the United States in 1999 as Cadillac's marketing director for the Escalade. She holds bachelor's degrees in economics and marketing from the University of Windsor and a master's in management as a distinguished Sloan Fellow from Stanford University.

When will you do a Hummer that's not body-on-frame, like Jeep?
We are looking at two or three next entries for Hummer, all segments where iconic design and unparalleled off-road would work.

You are not threatened by Jeep?
No, I'm not. Are there things we need to be looking at like hybrids and alternative fuels? Yeah, they all enter into the equation, but no, I'm not feeling threatened.

What will the H4 be?
There are a couple of places where Hummer could go next. It could go smaller than an H3, especially as we expand and open dealer facilities for Hummer around the world. When you think about some of the markets and sizes of the roads, could you go smaller with an H4 entry? Yeah, you could. Do I have anything approved yet? No. But we would love to do an H4.

When is the earliest we could see an H4?
Three or four years out. Probably 2008 calendar year as a 2009 model. I'd love to see a pickup crew cab and an H4 to round out the portfolio.

How small do you envision it? Ford Escape size?
Yeah, Jeep Liberty. In that size. But what's really important is if we get smaller, we don't get cute or feminine. Maybe feminine isn't the right word. Soft. Hummer is a very masculine, muscular, powerful, iconic design brand. It's really critical that if you do go smaller, it still has a very proud, masculine stance and it's still Hummer-esque.

Are product planners working on an H4?
They are working on three or four different alternatives. When we look at the industry, what are the segments viable for Hummer? Could Hummer be a full-size crew cab or a midsize crew cab? Could you also do a sport-utility truck for the H3 [like the H2]?

When are those coming?
Beyond H3, I don't have anything in the product portfolio approved. We are looking at four or five different things. Nothing is approved. What we needed, which we did get approved, is the ability to build H3s internationally. GM is spending well over $100 million at the plant in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, to enable us to do that. That is most important, the global expansion. H3 is the vehicle we've been waiting for to take the brand global.

How about a Hummer convertible?
We can do things that are open air, things that feel dune-buggylike. There are all kinds of cool, young, youthful expressions we can do that are still Hummer-like.

What about a Hummer hybrid?
We have nothing in the powertrain plan for hybrids. GM is putting its eggs in the fuel-cell basket. I don't have a hybrid coming in the short term — in the next three to five years. This brand also will never be about zero to 60, either, with the weight of our vehicles.

When will we see a six-cylinder in the H3?
We do expect to do the Alpha series. But what would Alpha be to the H3? We are considering diesels and turbocharged engines.

Where will Hummer be globally in five years?
Hummer has licensees or dealers in over 35 countries. In the Middle East, they have an established dealer network with premium channels — Cadillac, Saab and Hummer. The European organization is very immature right now. By the time the product comes from South Africa, I hope to have dealers appointed and facilities under way.

How many countries will you have next year?
We might add another five or six countries. We've got to do catch-up on 35 countries.

How many countries in 2010?
Forty to 45 in total.

Your global volume now is…?
In 2004, it was 32,000, with about 29,000 in the U.S. and 3,000 internationally. The South African plant will begin shipping H3s in the fourth quarter of 2006. The first phase will be left-hand drive [models], then right-hand drive in 2007. Then left-and-right-hand diesels come in 2008. By 2008, we expect to do over 80,000 globally. By 2010, no reason not to do 100,000 to 110,000. On a global basis, there is only H2 and H3, not H1. The H1 is our Ferrari.

What is the brand recognition outside of the U.S.? Where is it the best and where is it the worst?
It's the best in the Middle East and Europe because there are more on the roads there. Soccer players gravitate to the brand in London.

Where would you not sell it?
In countries with a lot of social unrest and anti-American sentiment, you wouldn't sell it. [Where it] represents "what's wrong with America." Afghanistan is probably not the place [for us]. But New Zealand, Australia, Europe, Japan, China are great markets for us.

Have you sold a Hummer in China yet?
We have not, but there are many on the road in China that are being brought in. I'm very anxious to get Hummer there. Hummer is an exotic vehicle that would appeal to that market. Even though Cadillac may be a year ahead of Hummer in terms of establishing facilities and dealer relationships, there isn't any reason why, if somebody has gone through the process of becoming a Cadillac dealer, they shouldn't be a Hummer dealer.

Did sticking the GM badge on the Hummer vehicles hurt the brand, especially the new H3, and make it less authentic?
Absolutely not. GM lends credibility to our features. Hummer doesn't own OnStar. Hummer doesn't own StabiliTrak. Hummer doesn't own XM. Those all came from the parent. And there's no reason why we shouldn't leverage what GM's got.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/d...rticleId=106536 </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[Dan]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by 4CHURCHILL:
If "Poopular Maniacs" said it it must be true

Wait let me guess, if it's in the "New York Grimes" or the "Gross Angeles Times" it's true too, but if it's on Fox News is Bias </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Don't forget Consumer Reports!

[RiverRacerX]

I bet we will see one soon!