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The Hummer H3 Is The Entry Level Model of the Hummer Series
As the US manufacturer of military off-road vehicles, the company AM General in 1992 launched a civilian version of the four-wheel vehicle on the market, the Americans were particularly enthusiastic baptized by this Hummer model. The pampered comfort of a real sport utility vehicle (SUV) offered the lobster is not in its original version though.
However, for this the almost 3.6 ton vehicle with a ground clearance of about 40 centimeters, and thanks to its all-wheel drive with differential locks was so landforms as its military role model. Amidst the SUV craze saw the strategists of the car company General Motors (GM) in the vehicle, the potential for sales hit. In 1998 they purchased the trademark on lobster and began developing its own, smaller and better-equipped models. The car is established since 2003 as an independent brand, created a model that two years later made Hummer H3 included in the previous 2003 series Hummer H2 as well as entry-level model.
The Hummer H3 is Limousine Luxury Is Combined With Off-Road
The marketed as an SUV Hummer H3 has been slimmed down to 2.2 tonnes and drove up to a certain extent as a compact model of the Hummer family with a length of 4.75 meters and a width of 1.94 meters. Despite the reduced ground clearance of about 21 centimeters, the building on the basis of a GM pickup Series H3 proved true off-road vehicle, tackles the slopes to 60 percent and could be directed through water depths of up to 60 centimeters. The handling on road and off-road was facilitated by an inserted stability electronics. The petrol engine made initially in the version with 3.5 liter capacity 162 kW (220 hp). In later models from 2007 with a 3.7 liter engine, now with 180 kW (245 hp) was installed.
In the Year 2008, the top model Hummer H3 Alpha is presented The engine range in 2008 was supplemented by the top model with a V8 engine, which decreed Hummer H3 Alpha 220 kW (300 hp). Regardless of the engine equipment of the Hummer H3 but always reached only for safety reasons electronically limited top speed of 160 km / h. The more powerful engine was mainly confined to the tensile force of the H3, who could move to the more powerful V8 version with automatic switch up to 2.7 tonnes. For comparison: The entry-level engine in combination with the five-speed manual transmission, a trailer load of 1.4 tonnes was possible.
New Chinese Brand Owant To Continue To Build The Hummer H3
The Hummer H3 was offered GM in two body versions: as a closed variant as well as pickup truck with crew cab for five passengers. The Hummer H3T pickup with the 1.5 meter long cargo area in 2008 was presented in the midst of the economic crisis, in the course of which the sales of the Hummer H3 halved. What especially the high fuel consumption of the off-road SUV was responsible for the everyday could turn out two or three times as high as the factory-specified 11.8 liters. In the course of the intended after the bankruptcy of GM restructuring of the Group, the brand was with their models Hummer H2 and H3 then sold to Chinese investors. Aspect of the new owner was the booming Chinese market for luxury cars, stayed their customers on fuel consumption slightly. Especially with the smaller Hummer H3, the Asians calculated in the urban environment of the emerging Chinese cities of good opportunities.
