Whats your opinion of the H3?

Fire It Up · Moderator

Whats your opinion of the H3?

ifcar · Moderator

I expect initial popularity, followed by a sharp sales dropoff, rather like the H2 experienced. However, if this thing manages to get better interior packaging, drive more like a regular midsize SUV onroad, and stay fresh in the public view, it should do very well, and may even be a decent vehicle.

Fire It Up · Moderator

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Originally posted by: ifcar
"I expect initial popularity, followed by a sharp sales dropoff, rather like the H2 experienced. However, if this thing manages to get better interior packaging, drive more like a regular midsize SUV onroad, and stay fresh in the public view, it should do very well, and may even be a decent vehicle."

And it needs a more powerful engine.

russo · V-6

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Originally posted by: Fire It Up
"And it needs a more powerful engine."

Amen

thewizard16 · V-12

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Originally posted by: Fire It Up
"And it needs a more powerful engine."

That, and I don't think Hummer should have made a smaller SUV. It's midsize, but when you think "Hummer" you think of a huge hulking mass of off-road beast. This won't fit the Hummer image.

ifcar · Moderator

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Originally posted by: thewizard16
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That, and I don't think Hummer should have made a smaller SUV. It's midsize, but when you think "Hummer" you think of a huge hulking mass of off-road beast. This won't fit the Hummer image."

The H3 is still far from petite.

Kevin · GMPenguin

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Originally posted by: thewizard16
" That, and I don't think Hummer should have made a smaller SUV. It's midsize, but when you think "Hummer" you think of a huge hulking mass of off-road beast. This won't fit the Hummer image."

To many that was a bad thing, though.

I think it's okay, like others mentioned it will probably sell pretty well and then sales will slow, like the H2. I'm not much for the styling either, it's basically a smaller H2 with odd fender bulges.

thewizard16 · V-12

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Originally posted by: ifcar
" The H3 is still far from petite."

True, but it doesn't have the hulking image the H2 conveys, let alone the H1.

ifcar · Moderator

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Originally posted by: thewizard16
"True, but it doesn't have the hulking image the H2 conveys, let alone the H1."

Pretty close.

Kevin · GMPenguin

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Originally posted by: ifcar
"Pretty close. "

In real life the look pretty small (well, they're tall but not very wide, looking anyway).

Lorinser · V-6

I think that it will sell well at first, then sales will fizzle out. If it is actually a good car, then sales might even improve over time.

ifcar · Moderator

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Originally posted by: Lorinser
"I think that it will sell well at first, then sales will fizzle out. If it is actually a good car, then sales might even improve over time."

If it does turn out to be a good car, then GM will have to market it as such, rather than just a little Hummer. If marketed as just an inexpensive way to get a Hummer, sales will go away after initial popularity. However, it is marketed as a competitive vehicle, and can actually hold its own as one, it shouldn't experience a sales decline.

SOAD2k8 · V-6

Too small and subtle to be a Hummer, and too awkward to be anything else.

thewizard16 · V-12

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Originally posted by: SOAD2k8
"Too small and subtle to be a Hummer, and too awkward to be anything else."

Small for a Hummer, yes, but the styling is anything but subtle.