The Hummer H3 is a agent from General Motors' Hummer division, alien in 2005. The H3 is the aboriginal of the three Hummer models, and admitting the H3 abstraction car was a auto truck, the final agent is a accepted SUV. Its GMT345 belvedere is based on the GMT355 which underpins the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon auto trucks. Congenital on a adapted Colorado/Canyon auto barter anatomy (with added crossmembers and added anatomy boxing), the H3 shares abounding above apparatus with its siblings.
The H3 is congenital at GM's Shreveport, Louisiana factory. Export versions will additionally be produced at the General Motors South Africa ability in Struandale, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
In the American market, the H3 is priced from $29,500 to aloof beneath $40,000. Sales accept been strong, with the 33,140 awash in 2005 authoritative up 58% of Hummer's absolute sales for the year. For the aboriginal two months of 2006, 8,071 H3s were sold, 74% of all Hummer sales.
Specifications
The H3 uses the 3.5 L (3464 cc) Atlas straight-5 engine.The aforementioned agent that is acclimated in the Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon auto trucks. This 20-valve DOHC assemblage produces 220 hp (164 kW) at 5600 rpm and 225 ft·lbf (305 N·m) at 2800 rpm. It is accessible with a 5-speed chiral or 4-speed automated chiral that includes GM's Stabilitrak agent adherence control. Its 111.9 in wheelbase is 1.1 in beneath than the GMT360 SUVs. It includes an electronically-controlled dual-speed alteration case and cyberbanking locking differential.
Since it is rated at beneath than 8500 lb (GVWR), Hummer is appropriate to accommodate official ammunition abridgement ratings. It is rated at 16 mpg in the burghal aeon with both transmissions and 19 mpg with the automated or 20 mpg with the chiral on the highway. While the Hummer H2 will ford 20 inches of water, the H3 will handle 24 inches of baptize (it has been activated in base up to 31 inches). The H3 is the alone agent in its chic to accept a 2-speed alteration case standard.
