Hummer H4 en route

[STONE_COLD]

Enfin un concurrent pour le TJ.

General Motors’ future product plan includes a back-to-basics, go-anywhere Hummer H4—a rough-and-tough competitor for the Jeep Wrangler. The fourth Hummer could be on sale by 2008 or 2009.

A GM source confirms the company is looking for ways of making a small Hummer on its various sport/utility vehicle and pickup platforms. GM engineers and designers are working on the project, but a chassis for the vehicle has yet to be selected. One possibility is a two-seater, focused on the most rugged off-roading possible, similar to the Hummer dune buggy we illustrated earlier this year (“A Hummer Buggy,” May 9).

“It’s a matter of finding the right combination of rugged components and how we can package them into a vehicle smaller than the H3,” says the source. “The main design factor is that any vehicle with a Hummer badge has to be the most capable off-road, period.”

One possibility is to use a shortened version of GM’s small pickup platform, which underpins the new H3.

GM product czar Bob Lutz is believed to be a big supporter of the H4, and as a former boss of Jeep he knows the competition intimately.

Hummer is also unlikely to launch a second range of soft-roaders, a move that Jeep is taking to exploit sales with owners who don’t need its “Trail Tested” off-road abilities.

“It’s not the right time to be rounding off the corners of the Hummer range yet,” our source says.

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[DrAkO]

Il devrait pas se concentrer a faire des petites voitures fiables, bien assemblé et économique à la place de nous sortir des Hummer ?

[Novaly]

Moi je suis contente, Jeep n'aura plus le monopole. J'ai bien hate de voir ca comment il va se vendre comparé au TJ. Si les gens vont embarquer et combien ca va se vendre.



@Drako : Vois le coté positif, au lieu de sortir des Hummer de plus en plus gros, ils font le contraire Moi je le vois comme ca.

[dedemo]

Je peux comprendre que ça compétitionne le Wrangler mais vous trouvez pas que ça commence à y ressembler pas mal trop?

[Silverblades]

tant qu'à ca.... bientot on va voir des berlines Hummer