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2003 Hummer H2 Road Test

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Khatir Soltani
The extra room is only half the story. The H2 also improves on the styling and user friendliness of the interior. The dash looks sensational, with giant size air vents set in a metallic finish surface. The larger than life shift lever is leather and also metal finished, and doubles as a convenient armrest - although I don't think that was the intention of the designers. The gauges are beautifully detailed with metal edged bezels and set into a functional rectangular shroud. The H2's seats are large and comfortable with 8-way power adjustment up front and plenty of leg and headroom in back. Luxury features such as dual zone automatic climate control, power windows, power door locks with remote keyless entry, power folding mirrors and a sophisticated driver information center including OnStar in-vehicle communications and assistance service with 1-year Safe & Sound plan come standard.

Options include GM's largest ever glass sunroof, roof equipment and off-road accessories such as the overhead light rack shown in photos. Three options packages start with the $1,510 previously mentioned Air Suspension Package that adds an off-road suspension, real time dampening, load leveling, manual selectable rear height adjust and an air compressor. The $6,055 Outdoor Series H2 package includes chrome appearance accents, a double crossbar rack, a brush guard, an AM/FM audio system with a 6-disc in-dash CD changer, tubular taillight covers, a first aid kit, a toolkit with flashlight and leather heated seats. The alternative $5,565 Adventure Series H2 package includes everything in the aforementioned Outdoor package but the brush guard, first aid kit and toolkit, while exchanging the tubular taillight covers for tubular side steps.

The only fault I could find, other than its rather profound thirst for gasoline, was its interior quality. It looks great and fits together fairly well, except for the driver's side power window switchgear cluster that popped out of the armrest when I tried to raise the window (see photo gallery for evidence), but European car fans won't appreciate the hard, cheap feeling dash and console plastics. That said everything is relative. Compared to the ergonomic nightmare going on inside an H1 it is sublime.
Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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