Hummer News

The folks at Carnegie Mellon are competing once again in the Defense Department’s challenge to create an autonomous vehicle. Last year none of the competitors finished, including CMU’s Hummer H1 based vehicle. However, the team was off to a promising start this year setting both speed and distance records, traveling …

Three years after the last ‘Nevada 1000’ race, Rod Hall is optimistic about his chances of a first place finish. Again. Rod says this year’s truck is so fast, during one trial his co-rider even asked him to slow down! Check out the full story at Motorsport.com.

On top of adding one of the hottest new SUVs on the road to it’s rental lineup, Avis now announced that it will add DIRECTV and DVD systems to Hummer H3 models. Right now they are only available in the Pheonix location, but if its popular there, it’s sure to …

A new survey from J.D. Power and Associates ranks Hummer among the most useful automotive websites. Competitors were ranked on terms of speed, navigation, appearance and content. Hummer came up second overall. See the complete story here…

Sewell Hummer in Dallas was the leader in sales for the month of June, with an outstanding 110 trucks sold. Sewell beat out 24 other competitors in the South-Central region to take the number one spot, and also exceeded their monthly goal by 46%!

Hummer deliveries are up 199% for the month of June from a year ago, according to GM. The company had its best month ever since the 2002 release of the H2. H2s alone had a record month with a 31% increase in sales from the same time two years ago. …

Hummer’s H3 opens the door to many people who before would not have been able to join the Hummer family. One of Hummer’s harder tasks is convincing this group that the H3 is approachable, and practical. An article in the NY Times describes how Hummer is marketing the H3 to …

The H2 was traveling at 75mph just before it crashed into the house, and afterward there was ‘little visible damage’ to the H2. However, the occupants were trapped for a little while. Luckily, no one was seriously hurt. And it’s the H3 that has the Hotchkiss suspension, not the H2 …

Tired of polluting? Do you have gas guzzler guilt? Well now you can turn a Hummer H2 into a zero-emissions truck for $160…Kind of. A Company called TerraPass takes the money and buys ‘credits’ from polluting companies, so they pollute less. Interesting idea, although I’m not sure if I’m completely …

GM may go forward with plans to build Cadillacs and Hummers in India. Right now the market is dominated by Mercedes-Benz, Audi and BMW, but experts say a ‘niche’ vehicle like the Hummer will do very well.

Recently it rained heavily in the Dallas area, which created a mess for some motorists. We used the nasty weather as an opportunity to test out the H3’s water fording capability. The owner’s manual says you can take 16 inches of water at 20mph, and 24 inches at 5mph. We …