Test Drive Hummer H3 since 2005 SUV

STRENGTH OF MIND

And instead of the heart - the branded motor, well, instead of the rest, too, too: Europe presented a new Hummer H3, and the updates touched only the engine. The manufacturer considered that additional muscles were needed by the brutal image - in the face of the V8 aggregate with elevated litters. To distinguish the real muscles from the decorative and read the messenger of the overseas manufacturers of the semi-axis technology, the autopilot had to come to the Dutch outback.
On the roads of Holland, Hummer looks strange, ride with the oncoming transport on one-hour roads of local importance - the judicial cat carga. To not scare anyone, the test park was hidden under the trees near the farm she entered the event.
In the program of races, the off-road route was. And they say that Holland is flat. Flat, - confirmed by the aborigines. - Therefore, we had to thoroughly help nature.
Most of the route ran along the country road along the corn fields - the calm of the landscape emphasized the thirty mills and few farmers. One of them managed to jump out due to closed turn right on us - H3 and Wrangler went to some centimeters, which was undoubtedly appreciated by the driver of the second car - after all, a small Hummer two times more.
We had the opportunity to compare the old and new engine directly, and, to be honest, some stunning improvement of the dynamic characteristics failed. It is assumed that the buyer must warm the idea that under the hood there is a more modern and economical unit. It is an economical - according to the passport V8 consumes 0.3 l less than his younger brother. The traditional engine H3 is a five-cylinder unit with a volume of 3.7 liters with traditional American efficiency: 245 horses for the entire volume. The new engine adds to her herd another 60 individuals and the consumption is 18.5 liters per hundred. Up to 100 km / h, the car began to accelerate one and a half seconds faster. 8.2 s is not a record of the planet, but the sport has never entered the plans of the Hummer creators.
It would be nice to add a new box with a new engine, but, alas, the same four-step transmission, indispensable and ancient, as a bill of rights, is responsible for the transmission of power. On acceleration, as usual, you have the first two steps, and the rest are fixed by success.
But these are all quirks and attempt to find ten differences. In fact, the Bebi Hummer in accordance with its dimensions and off-road skills lives in about one competitive niche with Land Rover Discovery and Toyota LC200, refusing from technical bells and supporting the image of a bad boy. It is this spirit with the prefix of Military combines fans of the brand, for which the formidable recognition and dimensions are much more important than modern trends and intricate electronics. Although the simplicity of the interior disappoints a little - they could also play on the contrast between the appearance and filling.
Despite the fact that the loyal audience has long passed H3, its very appearance on the market is already some compromise, step towards new macho. Those who will always replace the rude word for damage, sleeping on the floor, will definitely fall into the urn, and prefer the Citizen K magazine with a free album of Zemfira to the hard and concrete Hustomer. So, you see, and the care of the environment is hammering. And after all, they will be brought - the premiere of H3 with a diesel engine took place at the Paris Motor Show, and on the queue - Bioethanol.
It is not clear where the world is rolling. But it is clear how and where H3 is rolling. This car can forgive all sins for off-road qualities. H3 is an honest worker who knows that such a reduced transmission and blocking of the inter-axis differential. It can cross the streams of the deep more than 60 centimeters and climb the rises of a steepness of up to 60 percent. He really will fulfill everything that is said in his advertising booklet, but only if a fairly persistent owner falls - in practice, most of these trucks are visited by glamorous spinners and rarely roll out of the metropolis. And in vain, this is one of the few cars that can be tricked by a completely leaky road, not causing knocking his head about the roof. And here the word Comfort pops up by itself, despite the modesty of the interior.
In addition to confirmed off-road abilities, sellers make a bet on a variety of Custom - finishing options, configuration and other standard tuning exists more than enough. In addition, the plant periodically releases all sorts of Limited Editions. Now, for example, the relevant H3 Sensation of white and black colors with full minced stuffing and grids painted in the body color.
The radical update of the brand, in addition to touching concern for a loyal audience, theoretically interfere with an indefinite future of the company. Prospects for sale or non-sales more than foggy and comment on their company reluctantly. The question of whether the company can be sold to foreigners, partially included in the military-industrial complex, while it is discovered, although the Chinese and even Russians are in turn. Among the possible options are also called the company's preservation for the current owner and reorientation of production at all of the Bebi Hummers in the spirit of European trends.
In any case, the Orthodox Hammerovodov remained in the form of H2, which is early to discount. He was also updated, and pointedly, and about it - in the next room. Both cars will appear in the salons in early 2009.
 

Abstracts in the same time
1. 8.2 seconds before hundreds - this is not a record of the planet, but the sport has never entered the plans of the Hummer creators.
2. The simplicity of the interior disappoints a bit - they could also play on the contrast between the appearance and filling.
3. It takes out everywhere if the owner is not afraid.
Hummer H3 V8.
Engine gasoline V8.
Working volume (cube. Cm) 5328
Power (hp at rpm) 305 at 5200
Moment (nm at rpm) 432 at 4000
The drive is permanent full
Transmission automatic, 4-speed
Length / Width / Height (mm) 4782/1989/1872
Mass lied (kg) 2352
Maximum speed (km / h) 160 times up to 100 km / h (c) 8.2
Fuel consumption city / highway (L) 18.5 / 12.1
The price in Moscow is not defined
Text: Vasily Reznichenko
Photo: GM.
 

A source: "Autopilot"