Originally posted by khuon
You make it sound as if the Hummer's width stretchs from sea-to-shining-sea. Let's look at other vehicles of other classes too. Corvette - 73.6", Ferrari 360 - 75.7", Dodge Viper - 76.0", mid-90's Chevy Impala - 77.5", Audi A8 - 79". All of these are not that much thinner than a Hummer H1. Most are within half a foot of being as wide.
HALF A FOOT. Let me repeat that HALF A FOOT. That is HUGE. That is a huge difference. Obviously you know very little about automotive design. This is a game of inches. 1" can make a huge difference.
Have you not seen or been inside a H1 or H2? They are HUGE. The driver and passenger are nearly 3 feet apart. Go sit in your car, in fact, go sit in a F-350 and you tell me 6" is not a HUGE difference.
I like suv's but I hate the Hummer. They are too big to take off-roading and are very small inside. They get like 5mpg and they are impractical for anything a consumer would use it for. The ONLY thing they have is "look at me" cache. That can be equally divided between curiosity and hate.
Anything that makes a Hemi Ram look fuel efficient is really messed up. Welcome to the H2. btw, a smaller H3 is on the way next year.