2008 Hummer H2 - Official Pics & Video

[DRTYFN]

Overall, the new interior looks ok(at least from the pictures). I DO like the center console cover/armrest.

[DRTYFN]

The overhead console has been changed.

[DRTYFN]

[Huck BB62]

I'm not a fan of the piping on the leather. Wear wise, it's not good. I'd like to see a tucked under tough stitch instead like the stitches on a baseball. Hey, there's an idea for us baseball fans! A pro baseball model with white leather seats, red stitching and appointments for your favorite team! Or maybe glove leather seats with the burned in logo of your favorite player.

Or NFL edition with genuine pigskin seats etc.

'Nuther idea, how 'bout a Swiss Army Knife edition.

[frenzy1]

I love it !! Interior rocks !!!

[HummBob]

I dunno??? I'm not sold yet??? Maybe when I see one in person?

[BlueHUMMERH2]

I like it! Stabilitrak with Rollover Mitigation is a HUGE safety improvement. Those technologies are considered to be as important as seatbelts. I like the new setup inside. Seems like it will make the interior feel even larger. I wonder if that bulge on the rear passenger side is a subwoofer? Or maybe a nice big air compressor.

[CLAYDOG]

Originally Posted by BlueHUMMERH2

I like it! Stabilitrak with Rollover Mitigation is a HUGE safety improvement. Those technologies are considered to be as important as seatbelts. I like the new setup inside. Seems like it will make the interior feel even larger. I wonder if that bulge on the rear passenger side is a subwoofer? Or maybe a nice big air compressor.

Nope, it's the rear A/C unit.

[ree]

Originally Posted by BlueHUMMERH2

I like it! Stabilitrak with Rollover Mitigation is a HUGE safety improvement.

Yes!!! I'm not real comfortable on a side slope over 32 degrees. Knowing that the truck will be doing some mitigation on my behalf will make me feel better about pushing it into the 40 degree range.

'mitigate'...nice euphemism for "our lawyers wouldn't let us use 'prevent' or 'reduce'" To mitigate a rollover really means to make it seem less worse than it actually could have been.

[blockrockin]

i dont like the new dash . the center part is ok .. but i like the old air vents better. the older ones look stronger . better shape..the orange is kinda cool. i might like the dash better in person.

[BlueHUMMERH2]

Maybe by next time this year I'll be in one of these. Got to wait until they start rolling through the auction. You can get 2007's from factory sales with less than 100 miles in the upper $40's right now...

Now that we've got an H1 ALPHA, and an H3 ALPHA, what's that mean for the H2 ALPHA?

Maybe re-engineered tie rods!

[Agriv8r]

[Hummer Aficionado_VT]

Originally Posted by RazM

ONLY 2 mpg better? That can't be right

It should be more than that!...

[Alan06SUT]

Originally Posted by BlueHUMMERH2

Maybe by next time this year I'll be in one of these. Got to wait until they start rolling through the auction. You can get 2007's from factory sales with less than 100 miles in the upper $40's right now...

Now that we've got an H1 ALPHA, and an H3 ALPHA, what's that mean for the H2 ALPHA?

Maybe re-engineered tie rods!

Here is my H2 ALPHA wish list:
All cognito front end upgrades standard, front e-locker, 37" mud tire option, lower lo range (will this occur with the new trans and new gearing????), winch bumper standard.

[CO Hummer]

I'm not sure I like the new interior. It's starting to look rather Jeepish. I like my boob vents.

But the new ENGINE =


I was laughing about the "six speed" transmission. In mountains at this alititude here I hardly ever get above 2nd gear with my current underpowered engine.

[DRTYFN]

Maybe it'll be geared so you'll be able to hit 3rd.

[MarineHawk]

I really like the idea of the 6-speed trans, and, obviously more power, but, in most other areas, I like the old one better. I think the new interior looks cool, but more for a luxury vehicle. I like the more-busy look to the old dash. The old dash still looks like it belongs on an expensive and unique vehicle, but it looks more utilitarian, rather than the luxury car feel the new one gives me. Things I like better about the old one: the grab bar on the passenger side; the center consol with the up/down armrests; the three cigar/sunglass compartments above my head (I have no sunroof, but I assme they are completely gone from the new model); the old vents (way more utilitarian than the newer, sleeker ones); though I haven't touched the new ones, I'm pretty sure I like the old, bigger dash controls much better--they must be easier and quicker to find/use than the new Star Trek version. All of these things are more than offset by the additional power and the 6-speed trans, but, comparing apples to apples, I like the old interior better. Other than that, at least they didn't mess the H2 up by putting ghey roundy curves on the outside. My guess is that most people won't tell the difference between an 08 and an 07 in traffic, unless they are paying very close attention. To me, that's a good thing. The H2, as it is and as it was, is one of the only vehicles I like to ride behind in traffic because it's just so damn great-looking. To me, there was a lot more room for ruining the look of the vehicle than improving it. I'm glad they didn't do that.

[Hummer Aficionado_VT]

I remember the thread with the first spy shots had a pic of the gear shift lever, and it had an "M" as one of the gear selections. Someone said that might have been a manual mode... Any word?

[ATRH2]

Still in this photo....

[ree]

Originally Posted by ATRH2

Still in this photo....

I'm amazed you can definitively say it's an M, but then again, I don't think it could be anything other than H or R. What would H be? Wrong spot for Reverse.

Is it what GM calls the DSC (Driver Shift Control) mode that they have in the 2007 Escalades, other caddies, vettes and some of the pontiacs? If so, here exactly are the "tap-up/tap-down" controls that a lot of the GM docs on this feature describe?