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Car of the Day: February 22, 2016; Unifortune / RMZ City '10 Hummer H3
Topic Started: Feb 22 2016, 02:49 AM (448 Views)
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Today's car of the day is Unifortune / RMZ City's 2010 Hummer H3.


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The Hummer H3 is a sport utility vehicle (SUV) from Hummer that was produced from 2005 to 2010. Introduced for the 2006 model year, it was based on the GMT355 underpinning the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon compact pickup trucks that were also built at GM's Shreveport Operations in Shreveport, Louisiana and the Port Elizabeth plant in South Africa. The H3 was the smallest among the Hummer models, and the only one to be built by General Motors. It was available either as a traditional midsize SUV or as a midsize pickup known as the H3T. The H3 was launched with a 3.5 liter straight-5 cylinder L52 engine that produced 220 hp and was mated to a standard five-speed manual transmission or an optional Hydra-Matic 4L60-E four-speed automatic transmission. Under revised EPA testing standards when equipped with either transmission this straight-5 engine achieved 14 mpg city and 18 mpg highway with a combined average of 15 mpg. Available solely with the automatic transmission, a 5.3 liter LH8 V8 engine producing 300 hp was added in 2008 for the Alpha model. The V8 version had lower fuel economy, estimated at 13 mpg city, 16 mpg highway.



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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Hummer H3


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The Hummer H3 was one of those uncommon "late bloomers" as far as small scale model saturation, where the majority of the vehicle's representation in diecast came after the real thing was no longer newsworthy. While the real H3 debuted in 2003 (as a 2004 model), Matchbox was first to release a small scale H3 in 2005. A small radio-controlled H3 came a bit later from Maisto. And Welly and Unifortune / RMZ City both brought their H3 castings to market following the discontinuation of Hummer. Now, the Hummer I still want someone to make, is the H3T pickup. I suspect that because several toy makers had already cast the H3T Concept truck, the production version, although very different in appearance, was off the table for those manufacturers. Maisto made a nice production H3T in an oddball 1/26 scale, which I bought as the only model of the H3T that I know of.


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The H3 featured a two-speed, electronically controlled full-time four-wheel drive system that made it for both on-road and off-road driving. Electronic locking front and rear differentials were optional. Like the Hummer H2, the H3 can ford 24 inches (610 mm) of water (tested in depths up to 31 in or 787 mm) at a speed of 5 mph (8.0 km/h) and 16 in (406 mm) of water at a speed of 20 mph (32 km/h). Standard ground clearance measured at 9.7 in (246 mm). The H3 can scale a 16-inch (406 mm) vertical wall and negotiate grades of 60% and side slopes of 40%. Front and rear recovery hooks were standard, with an optional trailer hitch and wiring harness. Maximum towing capacities were 3,000 lb (1,361 kg) for the straight-5 with manual transmission, 4,500 lb (2,041 kg) for the straight-5 with automatic transmission, and 6,000 lb (2,722 kg) for the V8 with automatic transmission. Cargo volume with the second-row seats in the upright position was 25.0 cubic feet that could be expanded to a maximum of 62.8 cubic feet when the seats are folded down. The V8 models featured the least maximum payload capacity of just over 1,100 lb (499 kg) while straight-5, manual transmission models allowed the greatest payload at 1,300 lb (590 kg).



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Nice one
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:wave: Pretty nice example of the Hummer H3 -
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