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In 2002, an eligible buyer could deduct $34,912 of the $48,800 base price of the Hummer. (http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/05/hummer/)

http://www.youtube.com/v/bQvXNrit9ns&hl=en&fs=1
Katharine Mieszkowski - Salon - Dec 4, 2008

The video above touts the H2 as "Germany's Worst Nightmare"...could anything be more out of touch, by bragging America is out-thugging today's truly bad guys? I take that back: The Hummer is modern Germany's worst nightmare on the roads along with the rest of the world. Note: a few of the links inside the article are crude -- Ed

As Detroit once again went begging for billions from Congress on Thursday, executives from the Big Three vowed to wash their hands of gas guzzlers and embrace a future of fuel efficiency. General Motors says it is even placing the future of its Hummer (http://www.hummer.com/) division "under strategic review." (http://banking.senate.gov/public/_files/GMCongressionalSubmissionFinal.pdf) For public consumption, that means selling the brand, but observers wonder who would buy it (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/06/03/ST2008060303356.html). If the Hummer meets its maker instead, its last gasp will be a symbol of gargantuan proportions.

Since its debut in the early '90s as the manly man's answer to what to drive when a Dodge Ram pickup is just too damn small, the mighty Hummer has been celebrated and reviled as a metaphor for American bravado -- and wretched American excess. But this hip-hop icon, this military-porn embodiment of America's post-911 belligerence, may now be a victim of the market. Thanks to recent high gas prices, and the stunning collapse of domestic auto sales, Detroit can't give Hummers away. The beast, at least in its North American incarnation, may die not long after the Bush administration, whose shortsighted environmental policies and twisted tax codes helped give it commercial life...http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/05/hummer/

Chuck Norris doesn't need a hummer to show how manly he is. Right now as I see it, not even Chuck Norris can help hummer...and that's a lot of help right there!

May I suggest that a new corrolary to Godwin's Law: the Hummer has become to cars what Hitler is to humanity.

Hopefully the HUMMER will die ASAP.
The HUMMER represents what is wrong with the US mindset, that we can waste fuel and pollute the world as we wish, and forget what our children will have to live with. Screw the future is another way to put it! It is all about me (HUMMER OWNER). That is how I see it.

In 2030 you'll be able to count those who admit to earlier Hummer ownership on one hand.

In 2030 you'll be able to count those who admit to earlier Hummer ownership on one hand.I hope so.

One of the best things that could happen to America is for it to be cool to live within their means instead of this recent epidemic of insecure people pretending to be wealthy. What's good for the pocketbook is also good for the environment. :)


My fav quote Even so, the H2 uses more energy in its manufacture and for fuel in its first 24,000 miles on the road than the Toyota Prius does in its entire lifetime.
The source is probably not from Art Spinella

Yes!
the yugo! I hated em! :p

Yes!
the yugo! I hated em! :p


At least we didn't have the Trabant.

umm...well, riceburner civics and hummers...I like civics...just not with those huge 5" cans hanging off the tail where you can hear them 2 miles away without it being 60 below zero...(you can hear a conversation four miles away in that kind of weather ;))

At least we didn't have the Trabant.

Why is the Trabant the quietest car in the world? Your knees are over your ears.

How do you double the value of a Trabant? Fill 'er up!

I really hate Escalades too. Especially the ones with super expensive rims an other worthless mods.

I really hate Escalades too. Especially the ones with super expensive rims an other worthless mods.

Ditto

I'd rather see some gas-powered hummers than more of those black VW Passat with noisy, unfiltered, sooting, stinking diesel engines polluting our local environment but are 'good' for the global environment because of the slightly lower CO2. Also, the Passat is here in Norway kind of a middle-class status symbol because of the slightly higher cost than asian cars. It's like german-premium-car wannabe, and it reflects on the drivers which think they are bigshots and behave like jerks in traffic. (Not as bad as Audi-drivers though - which are the worst)

Yes!
the yugo! I hated em! :p

so the guy walks into the auto parts store and asks the clerk "hey, will ya gimme a gas cap for a yugo?"

the clerk responds "hmmm, that sounds like a fair trade."

bada bum

so the guy walks into the auto parts store and asks the clerk "hey, will ya gimme a gas cap for a yugo?"

the clerk responds "hmmm, that sounds like a fair trade."

bada bum

http://www.instantrimshot.com/

Why did the Yugo have a rear window defroster?

To keep your hands warm while you push it!

As for most hated: The Hummer because of what it represents.

One of the most interesting incarnations I saw of a Trabi in East Germany was the "Trabi and a half", where the owner had taken the back half of a Trabant and converted it into a trailer so he could carry 6 people. Needless to say, the rig, with its 25 horsepower of two cycle power, was a bit sluggish. But for most citizens of East Germany, there was no other automotive alternative to the Trabant, so they had to make the most with what they had available. There was a 10 year waiting list to buy a new Trabant, so when they just bought one,they would immediately put their name down on the waiting list to buy another one. As a result of the long waiting list, a used Trabi cost more than a new one.

At the moment I can't think of a vehicle I hate more than the Hummer (H1 and H2), but the Escalade comes in close behind. Followed by jacked-up heavy duty pickups.

What bothers me is not so much the wretched excess or fuel consumption: after all, a Lamborghini gets about the same mpg as a Hummer and costs far more, but offends me far less. Nor is it the danger that they present to others: after all, heavy duty pickups weigh even more than the porky Hummer. No, it's the fact that these vehicles have at times been marketed as tools of aggression and intimidation. And that, to me, crosses the line of what should be allowed as "free speech." It amounts to inciting of violence, advocating deliberate use of a vehicle as the deadly weapon that it is.

Along this vein, an Escalade ad that really p***ed me off a few years ago and still sticks in my mind was a print ad showing the view of an Escalade's grille, from the perspective of maybe an ant on the ground ... accompanied an enormous YIELD sign. The message is this vehicle tells people to I'm bigger than you so get out of your way or else. The behavior of many (not all!) owners of Hummers, Escalades and HD pickups seems to indicate widespread acceptance of this point of view.

I have to say that the Hummer H2 is the most obnoxious vehicle I've ever seen. The people who drive these monstrosities are almost always agressive, rude, dangerous drivers.

The Cadilac Escalade is my second most hated vehicle. The fact that Rush Limbaugh owns one doesnKt help much.

The hummer started life as an extremely capable military vehicle. It was designed and built for a very specific purpose, and was powered by a diesel engine. They were ill suited as a mode of private transportation, which is why so few of them were actually sold to civilians. The REAL joke is the H2. The joke was mostly on the morons who bought these behemoths. They thought the looks that people gave them were admiring glances, when in reality they were saying "look at that jerk i bet he has a little penis". Normal motorists laughed at them. The offroading crowd REALLY laughed at them and were not shy about it. Go to any offroaders forum and read what they say about the H2 and it's owner. There was even a windshield banner being sold for Jeeps that said
"H2 recovery team".
They are a ridiculous machine and the poster child for arrogance. The only drivers i have seen who drive worse than H2 drivers are pickup truck drivers, which is another ridiculous form of transportation. Why anyone would choose either as their means of transporting themselves is beyond me. A truck makes sense if you need to haul things, or tow things on a regular basis. As a means of personal transport, they are a joke.

I don't really hate any specific vehicle (seems pretty odd to do so -- it's just an inanimate object, can't really do anything on its own, it's the jerk behind the wheel that is the source of the problems.)

That said, I agree with the comments above concerning the H1 -- it was built for a specific purpose and performs that well enough. Can't see any real reason for someone whose initials are not U.S.A. or U.S.M.C. to own one, though. As for the H2 and H3 -- well, I don't think of them much. Had the displeasure of getting an H3 as a loaner from the Pontiac/GMC/Hummer/Buick dealer for a day or two. Left it parked and drove the old Impala instead.

There are two vehicles I find aesthetically displeasing, though: the new Acura TSX and TL. They took a rather clean (if boring) design and turned it into a poorly-executed imitation of a Saturn. No idea what Acura is thinking there.

Perhaps too many heads rolled after the Acura TL/Honda Accord V6 automatic transmission fiasco of the early '00s?

Maybe this is quotable: Some women augment "her's" to Dolly Parton proprotions and people suspect issues. The male counterpart augment's "his" with a Hummer. ;)

If saying this was tasteless, what's worse is the guy that does this.

Not sure if this is against the rules, but i find this amusing.




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/davepenn/smallcar.jpg

Report: HUMVEE Armor decision could have cost lives (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/09/us.iraq.ieds/index.html)

HUMMER: Soldiers get killed with roadside bombs in their basic wheels, so you can tool around in your blinged-out one. :mad::mad::mad: