Reply #8: It will be popular, but probably won't have coattails [View All]

[jmowreader]

Meaning it won't get consumers interested in other GM models.

I also don't think it will boost slumping sales of bigger Hummers. In case they haven't checked, it costs over 25 cents per mile to drive an H2--just for the fuel. Don't count oil or any other fluid, don't amortize out your maintenance, and definitely don't amortize out the cost of the vehicle...it costs a quarter just to buy the gas to put the car in drive and travel one mile.

This is basically an ugly TrailBlazer--something like the H4 I suggested way back in the "how to fix GM" thread, but the H3 looks like an H2 and the H4 looked like an H1.

It won't boost interest in other GM cars because Hummer is a truck version of Mustang, or Porsche, or any other "name" car. If I want to buy a car, I'll choose several models, evaluate their strengths and weaknesses, and finally choose one with the features and price tag I like best. If I want to buy a Mustang, I'll pick the Ford dealer that employs the smallest number of assholes and buy the Mustang that comes in my favorite color. Same thing with Hummers, except that I cannot possibly imagine paying that much money for a truck that can't carry a sheet of plywood.