Thread: Hummer H1 vs Defender

Originally Posted by JDNSW

The H2 and H3 have only styling in common with the H1 - nothing else. They are simply restyled versions of other GM SUVs.

John

Whats the quote on another page,
A humvee is a military vehicle, a Hummer is an Isuzu in a Party Frock.

Hummer ute for sale , take a look at the distance between the front seats .
Hummer '03 H1 2-Passenger Extended Cab Pickup @ Lynch Hummer

cheers Stewart

Originally Posted by Grover-98

Well get surprised as they do

Still not convinced

Where did you find that?

H2+3 are just rebodied Suburbans and so on. Not really similar at all to H1.

The H3 is well best not spocken of they are a joke!

Read it in a magazine i have around somewhere , it has exotic and ridiculous cars.

Originally Posted by stew1236

Hummer ute for sale , take a look at the distance between the front seats .
Hummer '03 H1 2-Passenger Extended Cab Pickup @ Lynch Hummer

cheers Stewart

Thats because nothing hangs down except the ends of the suspension arms.
The centre of gravity is in the middle of the vehicle and about 6 inches above the floor.
They also have a 130" wheelbase. But the wheels are in each corner. And they have roughly 18" of ground clearance whilst only being around 6' tall. Very cramped inside though. They are aorund the same lenght as my D2 when the have a bullbar and tyre carrier on them.

Thomas

Have any of you seen the email doing the rounds of the Knight XV. The thing is bloody huge and makes the hummer look small. I'd post photo's but that technology evades me.
Costing $310 000 and they are only making 100. Can't imagine who would want one, but I would love to have a look at one.
Kenley

Originally Posted by Grover-98

I thought they were only taking over the H2 and H3? but will gladly stand corrected

That's what I thought, too! Certainly the military version is not part of the deal.

Willem

After off roading with few over the past 12 months my opinion of the hummers has changed somewhat. They are more capable outside of the desert than they are given credit for. After speaking with people and offroading with people who are experienced in how to use them and make the most of their features they are actually very capable.

Off road they have a torque distribution system sort of like manual traction control, when wheels spin off road they driver simply drives with their foot on the throttle and the other foot on the brake slightly and power is transfered to the wheels that have traction. Without knowledge of this system and going against the grain and braking up hill etc they are **** off road, being all independent suspension they have very little wheel travel, But they have excellent ground clearance because everything is tucked up underneath (however this means that a seemingly massive cabin has bugger all space in it) and being less than 1800mm tall they have a low centre of gravity so they can traverse nasty side slopes that would have a defender tipping over.

Having said all that the obvious limitation of size and width does limit their use in the bush, especially when driving narrow tracks that require the nevigation of narrow gaps between trees etc.

So whilst i would pick a defender everytime, the Hummer H1 isnt as bad as I had initially believed.