Hummer H3? Diesel engine?

How about this one ....

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I doubt the Hummer would be an upgrade from your Nissan, not in ability anyway. Small fuel capacity & storage area with a thirsy engine doesn't lend it'self to a vehicle for exploring Oz, rather being better at turning heads down at StKilda beach. Diesel Jeep Wrangler may be an option if not after anything too big?
Cheers Craig............

Got to agree with the above comment
Unless the looks really appeal to you I would keep what you have.

I think:
A V8 is slated for an end of year release.
A diesel is not know to be released in the forseable future

Hiya Brent

Crikey the Bull Bar off your Patrol will certainly look the goods on the Hummer,and maybe buy an M2 machine gun for the turret off Ebay

(for the rabbits and roo's and of course the littering bush ferals) lol

Ooooh Yeah I'm excited...

The Hummer H3 is getting the 2.9L V6 184kw/550Nm, reverse airflow engine, meets Tier 2 Bin 5 Emissions

Hummer H2 is getting the 4.5L V8 Duramax with 230kw/705Nm, reverse airflow, Tier 2 Bin 5 emissions.

The 4.5 should fit inside the H3 engine bay, if the 5.3 does. According to GM, the 4.5 has similar external dimensions to the small block V8 (5.3, 6.0) . I don't know if they will sell the H3 with the V8 diesel though.

For some weird reason only known to the GM marketing people, diesel engines are not a big consideration in their vehicles.

It must be an "American" thing where "gas" (petrol) is so cheap over there, they don't need anything else.

In the meantime, other vehicle manufacturers are providing diesel optioned engines in many of their vehicle ranges. GM will only do this when they lose market share and by then it will probably be too late.

Take the Commodore for instance. How good would a diesel engined commodore be in the Australian market?

But no, to my knowledge, a diesel engined Hummer is being "considered" for the future, but no time frame mentioned.
By then, the Hummer would probably have gone the way of many other GM imported vehicles that have a brief lifespan in Australia before disappearing.

Another marketing strategy that escapes my logic, is why doesn't GM market the Hummer under the Holden banner. You cannot go to a "Holden" dealership to view and order the Hummer. You have to go to the Hummer/Saab dealer of which there maybe one in each major city. Then there is the expertise available to service and provide repair facilities for that vehicle.

GM are getting sales of the Hummer, but I suspect not in the quantity they would if they had me as the Australian Marketing Manager:-))

That's right. The Diesels in the US are considered to have poor economy and are designed for black smoke belching trucks.

A lot of australians did too until the last 10 years or so when the engines started getting pretty good. But based on the price of diesel compared to petrol, there is still not enough demand.

Europe have it good with cheaper fuel.

But for the Hummer, there is a Diesel coming - can't find the link I had :(

There is also a smaller H4 coming:
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