HUMMER WORLD
2009 HUMMER H3T
SEE MORE. DO MORE.
Introducing the 2009 HUMMER H3T: a supremely customizable pickup that also happens to be a HUMMER. Not only is the H3T the latest edition from the maker of the most capable-off-road vehicles in the world, it is simply the most capable versatile HUMMER ever built.
The nimble, innovative HUMMER HX concept introduced itself to the world at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. With its unmistakable HUMMER design and compact, go-anywhere drivability, it was clear the HUMMER HX reset the bar of traditional off-road vehicles.
The HX marks an evolution of the HUMMER brand, in its small, reconfigurable interior and exterior. The open-air, modular, two-door off-road vehicle is the product of three new innovative minds at GM, designers David Rojas, Min Young Kang and Robert Jablonski. Fresh out of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, the three designers first test at GM was to design a HUMMER concept that would provide a vision for the future design of off-road vehicles.
The vehicle is unique to the world of off-roading with its convertible body, aeronautically inspired interior, and off-road ready power. And of course, the HX comes standard with unmatched off-road capability and distinctive styling, the hallmarks of the HUMMER brand.
Choose from the sections below to get an in-depth look at what sets the HX apart.
AGILE ADAPTABILITY.
PURPOSEFUL EXTERIOR.
OFF-ROAD-READY INTERIOR.
INTERCHANGEABILITY.
PURPOSE BUILT.
AGILE ADAPTABILITY
More compact than the HUMMER H3 at 81 inches wide, with a 103-inch wheelbase, the HX concept maintains the off-road capability that’s made HUMMER legendary. However, it’s what’s on the outside that sets this vehicle apart.
With its maneuverable body, the HX offers an open-air driving experience that can acclimate to specific trail conditions, cargo needs and passenger whims. The driving experience can be modified via a pair of removable roof panels above the driver and front passenger, and a modular, removable rear-roof assembly.
With the roof panels and roof assembly removed, the HX is transformed into a true convertible. This versatile vehicle can also be configured as an SUT, a stylish slant-back, and a traditional wagon-like design.
Additional ingenuous features of the HX include removable doors and removable fender flares, perfect for improved flexibility and maneuverability on the trail.
PURPOSEFUL EXTERIOR
Inside and out, the HX carries a purposeful aesthetic with its beauty lying in its functional austerity.
On the exterior, its lightweight body is evidenced by the appearance of exposed, billet aluminum suspension components that feature CNC-machined lightening relieves, as well as clean, unadorned bodywork and minimal trim. The HX is rendered even more lightweight when the roof panels, roof assembly, fender flares and doors are removed.
Classic HUMMER design cues make the HX instantly recognizable, including the round headlamps located in square housings, an upright windshield profile, minimal overhangs, hood vents and prominent air intakes. The air intakes aren’t just for looks though, they feed a V-6 engine beneath the hood, while the hood vents allow hot underhood air to escape.
While the HX exterior is unadorned by extraneous embellishments, it’s nonetheless outfitted with features that speak to HUMMER’s legacy of technology and innovation. The HX features HID headlamps with focusing rings that automatically adjust when they’re turned on. The HX is also the first HUMMER to incorporate LED technology for the front turn signal lamps and tail lamps.
OFF-ROAD-READY INTERIOR
From aircraft-inspired seats to integrated, off-road-ready tools, the HX interior has a beauty that lies in its purpose, a directive inspired by the functional and lightweight elements found in aircrafts.
Aeronautical parts are designed to be both lightweight and strong, elements dutifully incorporated into the HX interior. Upon entering the cabin, the vehicle’s purpose is clear. The functional aesthetic of the vehicle is reinforced by its rubberized floor and ballistic nylon-material covering on the instrument panel.
Like aircraft seats, the HX’s seats are constructed on a lightweight framework with minimal components that feature lightening holes and strength-enhancing cross braces or triangulations. They are mounted on exposed, aircraft-style tracks and trimmed with a weather-resistant neoprene material, built for the most unforgiving of trails.
The HX seats four comfortably, with a pair of bucket seats in the second row. The rear seats can be removed to generate more cargo room. All the seats feature a four-point, racing-style safety harness.
The prominent center console offers exceptional storage capability and houses a unique shifter that mounts low and out of the way when the vehicle is parked. It has a spring-loaded cover that pops up when the driver is ready to select a gear.
The console also houses space for phones and MP3 players. In fact, there is no conventional radio in the HX, only integrated speakers. Passengers plug in an MP3 or similar device to a USB connector to play music.
INTERCHANGEABILITY
A three-element gauge cluster delivering crucial driver information is reconfigurable, moving from a highway or an off-road mode. This conceptual gauge layout uses LCD screens with multiple layouts, including a navigation system. The nav system features GPS and compass information, designed to upload trail information before setting off on an excursion.
The center gauge pod houses a speedometer and tachometer, but changes to a wheel angle indicator when the transmission is in the low position. This off-road mode changeover from the highway mode gives the driver information that is more relevant to the driver conditions. Additionally, the trail view of a camera mounted in the rear-view mirror can be displayed on the instrument panel.
The off-road mode instrument panel features comprise the virtual tools of the HX, while other tools are mounted for physical use, including a folding shovel, flashlight and first-aid kit.
PURPOSE BUILT
With its compact dimensions, almost no overhangs, and grippy 35-inch tires, the HX is built ready for all terrains. Like all HUMMER production models, the HX has sturdy, body-on-frame construction, and features front and rear independent suspension is mounted.
The front suspension features an electronic-disconnecting stabilizer bar for enhanced maneuverability when driving off road and the rear suspension is located with CNC-machined, billet trailing arms. Heavy-duty shocks with piggyback reservoirs were custom-made for the HX by Fox, the renowned racing shock manufacturer; one is mounted at each wheel position ensuring a smoother ride.
A full-time 4WD system pulls the HX on, over and around off-road obstacles. It transfers torque to the front and rear axles, each of which is equipped with a locking differential. The torque meets the trail via custom 35-inch-tall off-road tires that are mounted on a set of custom, bead-lock-style wheels that have a two-tone appearance; dark-painted wheel centers complemented by silver-anodized outer rims.
A complete underbody armor kit, including a front skid plate, powertrain protection and more, guards the HX from wayward rocks and other potentially damaging objects. A power-operated winch is located in the front bumper and the HX has recovery hooks mounted on the front and rear bumpers, just in case.
The heart of the HX is a FlexFuel* 3.6L SIDI V-6 that is backed by a six-speed automatic transmission. The transmission is teamed with the AWD system to offer exceptional low-speed traction and crawling capability. Four-wheel-disc brakes provide confident stopping power.
*E85 is 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. Go to www.gm.com/E85 to see if there is an E85 fuel station near you.
HUMMER HELPS
PURPOSE BUILT. To visit previously unreachable destinations. Inspired by the capabilities of their trucks, HUMMER, both as an organization and as a community of owners realized that the same capabilities that provided access to challenging off-road terrain could also be used to assist in efforts to benefit the community.
OWNER STORIES
If there’s one thing more capable than a HUMMER truck, it’s a HUMMER owner. Select a story to the left to learn about the efforts of owners, using their trucks to make a difference.
NIGHTMARE GULCH
THE LAST CHANCE TO END A NIGHTMARE
Feb 1st 2007 – by Scott Richard Ehredt
Hummer X Club to the Rescue
Nightmare Gulch. The Creepy Crossover. Last Chance Canyon. Even the names of trails in the El Paso Mountains sounded ominous and foreboding when the Southern California chapter of The Hummer X Club first planned a late January run in and around Red Rock State Park. In reality, the trails were technical, difficult in spots, produced some minor vehicle carnage…and also nearly resulted in a real-life nightmare. Not for our group of HXC drivers and families, but for a wayward Boy Scout troop with whom we crossed paths.
Oddly enough, the first encounter happened early in the day when we were airing down at the entrance to the Ricardo Campground where the Scouts had spent the night. Both groups left at around the same time, 10am. For the Hummer X Club, it would be a challenging day of driving and fun. For the Scouts, the fantastic day would take a definite turn for the worse.
Our group of drivers waved to the Scouts as we fired up our three H2s and one H3, proceeding onto the trail to conquer one obstacle after another through Nightmare Gulch, a trail that winds deep into the forbidding canyons. The bright sunny skies had clouds along the horizon, but the temperature was mild and it turned into an outstanding day of highly technical driving. Two rigs required winching pull free of some builders in the first half mile of trail due to some drivers being overly ambitious in their original attack. Between the deep sand, the loose rocks, enormous boulders, off camber hills, a deep and thick mud pit, crumbling stone stairs, and several spots on a Jeep trail that were barely wide enough for the H2s, spotting was required every 100 feet or so. Soon our group found their rhythm and chose better lines and we began making good progress. We had been warned not to attempt Nightmare Gulch by wheelers who were familiar with the trail, but not with the H2 and H3. We rightfully had confidence in our trucks’ abilities, and by the end of the day the doubters were proven wrong. After many hours, as the skies darkened and rain began to fall, the small string of Hummers reached the far end of Nightmare Gulch [Editor’s note: Unfortunately, with the arrival of the foul weather the cameras were put away at this point as well – you’ll have to use your imagination for the rest of the story.]
Now it was on to the Creepy Crossover, which would take us over and down into Last Chance Canyon. Our group split up into two pairs. Leery of the slick ground in the steady drizzle, two of the H2s took an easier route. One H2 and the H3 decided to brave Creepy Crossover – which ends on a slick chunk of red rock at a 38 degree down-slope, into a narrow gully, then up an equally steep but much shorter side, and finally into Last Chance. Each group made it unscathed and we rejoined. It was time to make a decision. Given the lateness of the hour, bad weather and the dropping temperature, we could have turned left and taken an easy route out to the north. Instead, we turned right to tackle Last Chance Canyon and try to make it out before dark.
After Nightmare Gulch, Last Chance seemed unusually tame. The rocks were smaller, the strewn boulders fewer and farther between, and the increased width made it seem like a four lane highway. But just up the canyon, the Boy Scouts were not finding it so easy.
Someone had told the Scouts that the hike was about eight miles. They had been hiking for nearly twenty and were still miles from their destination. The soft sand that our Hummers were appreciating was straining their knees and ankles to the limit.
As the Scouts later told us, despite the best encouragement from the Scout Masters, one by one they were beginning to give up. Shivering in the wet and cold, they sat down and were done hiking. With the temperature in the low 40s and slated to go down to freezing, the situation was taking a serious turn. Three of the Scout Masters and two of the older boys who were in better shape decided to hike out to find help, and they did just that – in the form of our small group from the Southern California Chapter of the Hummer X Club.
We had stopped to spot each vehicle over a not-so-dry waterfall when the Boy Scouts appeared. One boy was in shorts and a t-shirt – with only a plastic garbage bag over him for protection from the elements. Our drivers looked on in surprise as the remainder of the small group arrived with harried and weary faces. We quickly learned that there were fifteen Scouts up canyon – tired and sore enough that they were unable to continue. The Scout Master’s truck was miles down canyon and it was two-wheel drive. They had been hiking since 10:00 AM. It was now 6:00 PM.
Our only question was, "Can you show us where they are?"
The plan came together quickly. One rig would stay put with two adults to watch over all of the kids and pets. The other three, with room now for the Scouts, would go find them. Within minutes, two of the Scout Masters were taking their first rides in Hummers as we quickly moved back up the canyon, over the rocks and through the sand.
For the one HXC member who was left behind to hold down the fort, it seemed like forever until his CB finally cackled with the report: "We have the Scouts! We are inbound with the Scouts!"
The trip back was filled with whoops and hoots and hollers from boys that, just moments before, were exhausted, defeated and scared. The Scout Masters held on with white knuckles and breathed sighs of relief in between a torrent of "Thank Yous" as the three rigs sped through the easy parts of the canyon for the benefit of the boys. Dry, warm, and off-roading in Hummers, the Scouts positively sprang back to life and agreed that the whole experience had been worth it! Even a blown tire and a quick emergency tire-change in the rain didn’t dampen their newfound spirits.
Once out of the canyon and back to the Scout Master’s vehicles, the tired soreness quickly returned. They shuffled out of the Hummers with a chorus of moans and groans and limped back to their own rides. But they were smiling from ear to ear. As were the Hummer X Club members. HXC had been the Scout’s Last Chance out of a definite Nightmare (Gulch)!
As we drove back to civilization in a driving rain, there was much discussion about the Boy Scout motto and what it means for an off-roader: Be Prepared. That one rule saved the day.
Reprinted with permission from Off Road Business magazine and offroad.com. Off Road Business is a copyrighted publication of Advanstar Communications Inc. All Rights reserved.
HUMMERS OF HOPE
HUMMERS OF HOPE
By Sue Mead (appeared in AutoWeek October 31, 2005)
Some might argue Mike Morris’ search-and-rescue vehicle of choice, a Hummer H1, is a fuel-sucking monster. But Morris isn’t making any apologies for himself and a small battalion of other H1 (and H2 and H3) owners who spent nearly two weeks serving as early responders after Hurricane Katrina.
"You don’t ask the ambulance that pulls up at your home what its fuel economy is," said Morris, of South Bend, Indiana, as he motored the debris-littered streets of New Orleans.
The group, dubbed HOPE (Hummer Owners Prepared for Emergencies), performed a variety of volunteer work following Katrina, ranging from road condition reconnaissance to transporting damage assessors to bringing supplies to shelters. From morning to night, HOPE members relied on their vehicles’ 18-inch ground clearance, 30-inch-high air intakes, and heavy-duty towing abilities to make their way through flooded streets and back roads, clearing away trees and debris as they traveled.
HOPE was created after floods in 2001 in West Virginia, when a group of Hummer owners banded together to help. HOPE members are Red Cross disaster-trained volunteers, and are certified in technical off-road driving.
HOPE AND CHAOS
BRINGING HOPE INTO CHAOS
By Sue Mead for AutoWeek Magazine
Nothing I had heard over fifteen years working in the field of mental health, nor seen in motoring automobiles through sixty countries could have prepared me for my first 24 hours on the ground in the Gulf Coast region.
Boats beleaguered back roads and highways, miles from water or their backyard perch. Appliances sat cock-eyed in trees. Limp life jackets hung grotesquely from branches high above the debris-covered ground. Convoys of refrigerated white lorries, beset by police cars with flashing lights, speedily transported the dead. Road signs were twisted into alien sculptures and directed to places that no loner were.
The world was a-jumble, like a figure-ground perception test from early childhood, where the task was to discern items that didn’t fit within a particular setting. After Katrina, the orderliness of people’s lives lost order. And, much that we consider private became public, as personal possessions littered the collective landscape, and loved ones sought loved ones on the public airwaves. Rich and poor, alike, became the needy. Communal victims in the greatest catastrophe recorded in American history that covered more than 990,000 square miles and affected more than a million lives-and that was before Rita.
Scrapping coverage of a rally in Peru, and a ticket to Lima, I stuffed my backpack with medical kit, waders, and winching gloves and flew to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to join HOPE, a group of Hummer owners who are card-carrying, Red Cross disaster-trained volunteers, with credentials in technical 4WD skills, as well. HOPE was initiated after the floods of 2001, in West Virginia, when a group of H1 owners hit the scene ready to help.
By the time of my arrival, a bevy of 15 H1 owners had assembled at the Gerry Lane Hummer dealership in Baton Rouge, sleeping on cots and performing tasks from early morning into the night that ranged from road condition reconnaissance and transporting damage assessors to delivering food and supplies to New Orleans and the surrounding communities. I joined this battalion of tireless volunteers with 18 inches of ground clearance under their bellies, street-and-backcountry-going waders that could ford 30 inches of water, the ability to tug and tow up to 10,000 lbs. of trees and telephone poles, and the tough rubber at four corners to withstand the rigors of littered roadways and broken pavement.
Six days later, having driven the barren and bereft streets of New Orleans and motored the bayou backwaters of the Gulf along the Louisiana-Mississippi border, some 1,000 miles had ticked off on my odometer. I had slept in a damaged, but open-for-business Baptist Church, curled up in the back of my vehicle, and crashed on the couches of motor homes of volunteers. I was 900th in line for dinner at the Gulfport Naval Seabees base. I had delivered doctors and nurses, medical kits and MREs door-to-door and warned and educated residents living in plastic tents about a deadly cholera outbreak in the region.
As H2 and H3 owners took over for the early-responder H1s, I heard dozens of stories of heroes. Heroes in jeeps, heroes in church vans, heroes in anything that could carry goods and goodwill. The real heroes, however, are the victims. More than a thousand have lost their lives, thousands have lost their loved ones and everything they once owned : Isaiah Oliver, 75, of Pearlington, who stood in his water-ravaged home wearing a t-shirt with "HOPE" on its front; Paul and Diane Seghers, of Eden Isles, who lost all, yet proudly flew an American flag over their ruins, and Michael, 7, along with countless others, is still missing.
Among those that etched an imprint into my heart was Catherine, "The Deliverer", whose car was still running after Katrina, and was spending every cent she had to make trips to shelters to bring goods to her neighbors, now housed in a small tent city in a rural, backwater area. She lost her glasses in the hurricane, but others floated her way, and although they weren’t the same prescription, she felt blessed to have them. And, Royal N. Royal, 84. Injured himself, he lost a son and daughter-in-law and his wife had a breakdown after the storm. Living alone in a tent outside his home, he found lightness in the fact that his Chevy Astro Van still ran, although its headliner was stripped by the raging waters, and he could drive himself to the nearby make-shift shelter for medical treatment and a hot meal.
I returned home humbled. I’ve been writing about cars now for as long as I once did mental health, but I still don’t know how to answer the ‘what do you do’ question when people ask. But, I do have a renewed awareness that my life is privileged. In general, and as an automotive journalist. My work has taken me around the world. And, recently, it swelled my head and heart with the first-hand knowledge that there is nothing quite like southern hospitality-even in the face of tragedy; that faith is alive and well-even after Katrina; and the sight of American flags over debris piles that littered the hurricane-ravaged Gulf coast made me know that America is filled with hope.
COLORADO HOPE TRAINING
Where There Are HUMMERS, There Is HOPE…In Colorado
July 1st 2005 – Story and Photography by Shane Fowler.
HUMMER Owners Prepared for Emergencies (HOPE), the collaborative program between The HUMMER Club, Inc. and the American Red Cross recruited and trained a group of volunteers from the Colorado HUMMER Club. HOPE will give these Colorado resident HUMMER Owners the opportunity to volunteer their time, talents, and HUMMERS to provide assistance to other Colorado residents during blizzards, tornadoes, forest fires, flash floods, and other conditions that come with living in the beautiful Colorado Rockies.
Colorado HUMMER Club members prepared for the HOPE program by renewing their membership with The HUMMER Club, Inc., practicing radio communications, and participating in a trail endorsement training exercise near the Continental Divide near Bun School Pass on June 4, 2005.
The volunteer HUMMER owners and their families were greeted at the HOPE trail endorsement rendezvous point by other H1’s, H2’s, and a severe storm warming. Rain, snow and fog at higher elevations were expected, not atypical for early summer in the Rockies. Dave Breggin, president of the Colorado HUMMER Club and owner of Blue HUMMER Outfitters, began the HOPE trail endorsement by kicking things off with a brief history of the HOPE program and winching demonstration. Then it was back to the HUMMERS to caravan to the trails!
Fifty miles of scenic views along the Peak to Peak Highway provided ample time for the Club to practice radio communications via citizens band (CB) and very high frequency (VHF) radios - over.
The Bun School Pass trail system was chosen as the HOPE trail endorsement location because of its varied terrain and great variety of obstacles. Skills and practical applications covered by the HOPE trail endorsement are Traction Control, Ground Clearance, Climbing up to 22" vertical steps, crossing ditches and logs, driving over mounds, through boulders, uneven terrain, 60% upward slopes, 40% side slopes, water crossings, winching and vehicle recovery. Colorado HUMMER Club volunteers were able to practice to their heart’s content on each of these types of obstacles, with varying degrees of difficulty encountered along the trail.
The very first obstacle, a deep water crossing with a slick and muddy entry and exit, provided the first opportunity to practice vehicle recovery.
The next 2 miles of the trail gave drivers their fair share of maximum approach and departure angles, and claimed a license plate or two in return. During one particularly steep descent, Adam Smith’s black ’03 H2 blew a tire bead on the driver’s side front tire. This provided yet another training opportunity to re-seat a bead in the field. Adam made quick work of the repair with a little help from a CTIS compressor, a ratchet strap and help from a few friends.
After the repairs and a quick lunch, it was time to gain elevation and climb up to tree line. The trail to Glacier View Point was tightly wooded with multiple log crossings, loose rock climbs and vertical ledges. The trail provided a perfect training ground to demonstrate the capabilities of the HUMMER, and allow each driver to become more familiar with his or her rig. Though the trail is not easy, the message is reinforced by the trail leaders that no one should ever work beyond their comfort level while volunteering.
Later in the afternoon when the weather started cooperating, Club members gathered near the laptop to watch the HOPE trail endorsement DVD’s. In the meantime, Eric Ward with a little help from gourmet cook and significant other, Tiffany, shower the Colorado HUMMER Club that logs aren’t just for driving over. They’re for campfire cookouts and barbeque! Those brave enough to endure the rain, snow, mud and of a "summer" trip to the Colorado mountains for HOPE training were rewarded with home made tortillas, pepper steak, barbequed pork ribs, chicken, shrimp-kabobs, roasted corn, and smores.
In addition to the fun, camaraderie, and rewards that come from volunteering with the Red Cross, Colorado HUMMER Club HOPE volunteers will receive a Red Cross first aid kit, T-shirt, and Red Cross door magnets after sending in the required paperwork:
A copy of driver’s license
Proof of auto insurance
CPR certification card
Bureau of motor vehicles driving record
Copies of EMT, first responder or related certifications if applicable
HOPE application & code of conduct form
Red Cross self-study course
HOPE processing fee of $55
Each volunteer in the HOPE program must renew the trail endorsement to stay current every three years. I don’t think this group will mind renewing more often!
For more information on the HOPE program, visit www.thehummerclubinc.com www.hummerhope.com.
To join or find out more about the Colorado HUMMER Club, visit www.colorado-hummer.org.
HUMMER HELP
HUMMER HELP
March 1, 2007 – Don Jorgensen, KELO TV, Sioux Falls
Keeping those emergency routes open is crucial, especially for hospital staff who need to be on the job.
But some the medical workers in Sioux Falls live out of town and have a tough time getting to work in weather like this.
That’s why one Sioux Falls company volunteered a fleet of 4-wheel drives.
It’s not your typical limousine service. These rides may not be as long, but they’re big. Sanford Hospital is using three Hummers that were donated to shuttle its workers to and from the hospital.
"It’s pretty nice, can’t beat that," said Carolyn Gulbranson, nurse at Sanford.
Nurse Carolyn Gulbradnson lives in Lennox and works the night shift, but was asked to come in early.
"We’re busy I’ve got a lot of patients on my floor and you can’t just not come to work, because the roads are bad," said Gulbrahnson.
"You feel like it’s your responsibility to be willing to come in early," said Todd Persson, nurse from Tea.
Sanford is putting the workers up at a local hotel. But with drifting snow and more on the way, the hospital wasn’t going to take any chances.
When Sanford hospital officials asked Hummer of Sioux Falls to rent three vehicles for a few days, Hummer of Sioux Falls agreed to let them use the vehicles for free.
"It’s not always just about selling vehicles," said Todd Farrell of Hummer of Sioux Falls.
Farrell says Hummers have a reputation of making it through all kinds of weather, so they saw this as a way to give back.
"Whenever we can help with things like getting people somewhere or donating our time and efforts, we get a bigger kick out of that because it makes us feel good too," said Farrell.
And when patients are depending on you to feel better, this is pretty good medicine.
"It’s pretty cool, I’ve never ridden in one before," said Todd Persson.
Right now there are 80 workers using the Hummer service.
RESPONSIBILITY
Building a truck that’s response-able, you must be responsible. Find out what HUMMER and General Motors are doing today and where they are headed in the future as it relates to promoting and maintaining a healthy relationship with the environment.
BIOFUEL COMMITMENT
BIOFUEL FOR ALL HUMMERs
"At GM, we will continue to support the use of E-85 as an important part of a comprehensive national energy policy. And toward that end, I’m pleased to announce this morning that, within the next three years, GM’s HUMMER brand will offer biofuel powertrains across its entire vehicle lineup…including our future HUMMER products. HUMMER is the world’s first automotive brand to make such a commitment."
EFFICIENT FACTORIES
INDIANA’S EARTH-FRIENDLY HUMMER FACTORY
The HUMMER assembly plant in Mishawaka, Indiana and the truck assembly process itself were designed to be environmentally responsible. HUMMER trains all employees in pollution prevention and waste prevention. That’s important when you’re building a truck that thrives on experiencing the environment.
HUMMER Factory Advantages:
A minimized building footprint efficiently meets process requirements and saves on space as well as utility demands.
The inclusion of a secondary containment for storage vessels includes leak detection and alarm systems.
Process heat is used to supplement building heating system.
Tempered air, new switchyard and high voltage transformers save electrical consumption.
Emissions are projected at less than 10% of the permitted level of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) per year.
Primer surfacer/guidecoat paint system emits only 8% of the allowable VOCs per year.
Topcoat paint system emits only 8% of the allowable VOCs per year (measured in pounds VOCs per gallon of solids)
A lead-free primer paint is electrically applied by dipping the body shell in to a 42,000 gallon dip tank.
Electrostatic bells are used in lieu of spray guns to minimize paint waste.
Gas metal arc welding and brazing with spot welding were eliminated to minimize fumes.
An Electric Monorail System (EMS) reduces electricity consumption, lubricants and noise.
The hydroforming process used to produce the frame rail:
Reduces the amount of weld (wire) required by an estimated 1.7 million feet per model year (Saving over 20 tons of weld per model year).
Reduces the amount of scrap steel by an estimated 400 tons each model year.
The employment of an extensive recycling program:
Marks an estimated 4800 tons of molded plastic parts for recycling, thus helping to avoid any potential landfill issues.
Dictates that the radiator side baffles consist of 70% post-consumer recycled material.
COURAGEOUS KIDS
COURAGEOUS KIDS PROGRAM GOES NATIONAL
As part of the Courageous Kids program, HUMMER dealers will provide children’s hospitals nationwide with child-sized, ride-on HUMMERs. Kids can now have fun as they "drive" into surgery and other medical procedures like X-Rays and MRIs.
CURRENT PARTNERS
When it comes to making a difference, there is strength in numbers. That’s why so many partnerships exist, matching the unique capabilities of a HUMMER with like-minded organizations. Working together allows more help to reach communities in need. Additionally, these partnerships help to promote and maintain healthy relationships with the environment.
HUMMER WORLD RACING
THE LEGEND CONTINUES
He has already cemented his place in the history of the sport many times over, but Rod Hall just won’t stop doing what he loves. This year, HUMMER congratulates Rod on his 40th anniversary at the Baja 1000, which just so happens to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the race itself.
ROD HALL – INTRODUCTION
HUMMER SALUTES ROD HALL’S 40TH BAJA ANNIVERSARY
A living legend in off-road racing and one of only 33 members of the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame, Rod Hall has spent his entire adult life around four-wheel-drive vehicles. His racing career began in the 1950s, as organized off-road competition was just beginning. Traveling from his Hemet, Calif., home to races in the Rocky Mountains and southwestern desert, Hall quickly earned a reputation for going faster than other competitors – and surviving races with less vehicle damage.
As the popularity of organized off-road racing mushroomed in the late 1960s, so did Hall’s success behind the wheel. In 1967 he won the inaugural Baja 1000 and has participated in every one since, claiming a record 17th Baja 1000 victory in November 2002.
Hall remains the only driver to win Baja overall in a four-wheel-drive vehicle. To date, he has accumulated over 150 major event wins and more than a dozen SCORE/HDRA & BitD championship titles. His string of 35 consecutive race wins in the early 80s remains, by far, the longest unbroken string of race victories in off-road racing history.
Hall became involved with Team HUMMER in 1993 after taking the HUMMER H1 for a test drive. He was convinced he had found "the Ultimate Four-Wheel-Drive Vehicle." He’s been racing with them ever since. In addition to being the owner of Team HUMMER, Hall is partner with Mike Winkel in Reno’s Rod Hall/Winkel HUMMER. His franchise was the first stand-alone HUMMER dealership in the country.
Of course, racing is the foundation of Rod Hall’s future plans. Along with sons Chad and Josh, Rod drives one of the three production race vehicles for Team HUMMER. With GM project engineer Thad Stump at his side, Hall is the driver of the new H3, which recently won the 2006 BitD Parker 425 race, the second win in only the third race for the new truck.
Rod and the rest of the Hall family are gearing up for the 40th anniversary of the Baja 1000. Team HUMMER and the Halls have recorded a total of 26 class wins in the race, more than any other family in off-road racing. Moreover, they win in stock class vehicles; production-based vehicles with stock frames, stock suspension designs, and production-based engines. This year, Hall’s sons Josh and Chad will race the 2008 H2 SUT and the new H3 Alpha, respectively.
ROD HALL’S BAJA RACING TIMELINE
1967 – The NORRA established a race called The NORRA Mexican 1000. It began in Tijuana on October 31st. 68 people entered, Rod Hall was one of them. Hall, driving a Jeep CJ5, takes 1st Place in the Production Class.
1969 – Racing legend Bill Stroppe hires Hall as a driver. That year, Hall, driving a Ford Bronco, takes 1st place overall. He was the only person to ever win 1st place overall driving a stock 4-wheel drive vehicle.
1972 – Rod Hall takes 1st place at the 1972 NORRA Mexican 1000.
1974 – Race cancelled due to the nation’s fuel crisis.
1975 – SCORE International begins organizing the race. Beginning this year and continuing up to 1993, Hall races Class 3 and Class 4 modified trucks for Dodge.
1977 – Hall begins a streak of 37 consecutive wins. His record remains intact to this day.
1980 – Hall takes 1st Place in Class 3.
1981 – Hall wins Class 3 again.
1982 – Hall wins yet another 1st place position. He is pictured here (on left) with SCORE president Sal Fish (right) and Mark Thatcher (center) (son of Great Britain’s then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher), who raced with Hall in the 82 Baja 1000.
1983 – Hall takes 1st place in Class 4.
1984 – Hall takes 1st Place in Class 4.
1985 – Hall wins 1st Place in yet another Baja 1000.
1986 – Hall takes 1st Place.
1989 – Hall takes 1st Place.
1990 – Hall takes 1st Place.
1993 – Hall begins racing for Team HUMMER. He takes 1st place driving a Stock Full HUMMER. He wins the race not by minutes, but by hours.
1995 – Hall, driving with his son Chad, takes 1st place in Full Stock Production Class.
2000 – The Baja 1000 becomes a 2000 mile race.
2001 – Continuing his father’s tradition, Chad Hall takes 1st place in Stock Full Class.
2002 – Father and son Hall take 1st place in Stock Full class.
2003 – Cementing the Hall Dynasty, Rod’s sons, Chad and Josh Hall, take 1st place in Stock Full Class.
2005 – Rod Hall pilots the Team HUMMER H3 to a mini-stock production class victory at the 2005 Baja 1000. The victory marks Hall’s 18th class victory at the Baja 1000.
2006 – Josh Hall takes 1st place in the Stock Full Class. He also takes 1st place in the Ironman Class, where he drives solo the entire race.
2007 – This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Baja 1000.
RACING HIGHLIGHTS – BAJA 500
HUMMER H3 FIRST STOCK VEHCILE TO FINISH 2007 BAJA 500
ROD HALL EARNS RECORD-TYING 17TH CAREER CLASS WINS
Team HUMMER owner Rod Hall and son Chad Hall teamed with navigator Jake Povey to earn yet another SCORE Baja 500 victory, piloting their stock mini class H3 to the finish line in 16:49:34 hours at the 2007 SCORE International Tecate Baja 500, June 2, in Ensenada, Mexico.
For the second consecutive year, the Team HUMMER H3 was the only mini-stock class vehicle to finish the grueling Baja 500 and this year crossed the finish line before the full stock finishing Ford F-250 and Dodge 2500. With the 2007 victory, Hall is tied for the most class wins in the history of this race with Ivan Stewart, who won 17 in his career.
"This year’s course was extremely grueling and treacherous," said Chad Hall, who piloted the H3 from mile 110 to the finish. "Fortunately, the H3 is designed to excel in these types of terrain conditions."
Hall’s other son, Josh Hall entered his full-stock class H2 with navigator Sam Cothrun. Hall and the H2 were leading the full stock class until mile 200, where an issue with the front axle housing took the H2 out of the race.
"The Baja 500 has been an extremely difficult race over the last couple years," said Josh Hall, 2006 Baja 1000 full stock class winner. "The team did a great job supporting the vehicle, but we just couldn’t get the problem fixed in time."
Josh and the H2 are the defending full stock winners at Team HUMMER’s next race, the Best in the Desert Racing Association "Vegas to Reno," August 23-25, 2007.
