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[SNUGGIE]

Originally Posted by RubHer Yellow Ducky

To heck with a cooler in the back, I want it in the cab...

RYD

I'll drink to that

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by SNUGGIE

I'll drink to that

RYD

[PARAGON]

CAHOOTS!!!!!!


Pay Attention 3bies. This has already been discussed. That pic is a photochop done by some kid and has the same wheelbase as the current H3.

It doesn't have the wheelbase of the H3 test mule that was shown in the spy pics.

[PARAGON]

"unparalleled off-road capabilities" could also mean "in it's class." The qualifier is pretty important here.

Here's what I suggest is going on. There will be a H3 truck that has the longer wheelbase that has "unparalleled off-road capabilities" for a pickup, maybe.

There is nothing out there on the H4, it's still hidden. It would make GM sense to introduce the H3 truck in '08 as a '09 model, since next year we'll see the new H2s as '08 models.

The H4 will be held onto to release as a 10 year anniversary Hummer edition vehicle, thus waiting until it's too late to effectively introduce a true competitor to the JK.

What GM should do is put everything into overdrive and get these things to market as quickly as possible.

[PARAGON]

Originally Posted by PhilD

Three words - Dodge Power Wagon. solid axles, front/rear lockers, 4.56 gears, electronic sway bar disconnects, etc.

I've heard that the "H4" will be having the 5.3L as an option, that does not gel with a smaller new vheicle, but with a variation of the H3. Other rumors have also mentioned that the H4 will use the GMT355 platform, same as the H3.

Of course, only GM knows at this point what they are going to do, but I have a feeling that they will play a bad joke on us and call the H3 SUT the H4.

Wouldn't that be a full-sized pickup? I don't think the H3 would be in the same "class" as a Ram pickup. That's what I meant by qualifying it. They get to say crap like that because they will qualify it by saying "in it's class" or something along those lines.

[PARAGON]

Originally Posted by PhilD

Oh I get it, The new Hummer will have "unparalleled off-road capabilities" compared to other four door mid sized pick ups, priced in the $30k range, with a H and single digit in the name.

exactly,

That's how they play that game. Just like all of the automakers do with specs, the weird names they come up with for common parts, etc.

Just imagine how much they pay someone to think up that kind of junk.

[BlueHUMMERH2]

I don't think the pickup will be called the H4. It really wouldn't make sense. People are going to look at it and think, "Wow, it's an H3 with a pickup bed." So I think H3SUT or H3T are the logical names. Saying H4 would confuse some and aggrivate others. I am wagering that it will be called the H3T in order to take advantage of an already established model name. A lot of people know what the H3T is. They even have model DU(m)B editions at the local mini-marts. Though they may call it the H3SUT to fit in with the structuring that has occurred in the H2 lineup.