Of course it was a gas-guzzler. The H2 is/was a luxury off-road vehicle for people who don't give two rats about fuel prices, the environment, other people's opinions.

As a Subaru WRX owner, I can say the H2 is exactly the opposite of what I value in a vehicle, but boy is this Hummer effigy burning from the granola culture getting old. So VW is working on a hybrid--is that news? They also own Audi, which makes it's share of gas-chugging luxorockets. Chevrolet, which lives under the same evil GM umbrella as Hummer, created the Volt, which is completely electric, and can charge on a normal 110V outlet.

Why not pick on the perpetually haloed Toyota? Do the Prius & Corolla really excuse a vehicle as obnoxious as the Tundra?

And to evidence an H2's supposed lack of off-roading prowess with a YouTube of a broken tie-rod is pretty weak. Not to piss in the righteous cheerios of Hummer hatred, but it's common knowledge that every off-road vehicle suffers damage. The "argument" stated above is tantamount to questioning a football player's ability to play lineback because they suffered a broken arm.

For all that, I say good riddance to the inelegant-at-best H2. Though General Motors is more like a government than a corporation, and suffers all the resultant bureaucratic ineptitude, it is still chock full of brilliant, well-meaning people, and can produce world-class vehicles with but will enough and time.

This is my first visit and first post at Good. My enthusiasm is somewhat tempered. I hope there's more thinking going on here than the above article indicates.

Jr.

Posted on March 13, 2008 — by FilmJr

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