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Hummer @ Dallas Auto Show—Not impressed - 3/14/2007 10:38:37 PM

Gunner_45

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Went to the show this afternoon and was pretty disappointed by
what I saw. To be fair, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from
these corporate guys, but it seems to me that the brand would have
been better served by the local dealers. Lord knows Sewell and Classic
Hummer’s show rooms and front displays out shine what Hummer corporate
put together.

Maybe 8 or 9 vehicles total. No new H2 interiors, no new H3 door panels, no new
colors, no new vehicles….period….they all appeared to be ‘06’s. None of the H3’s
even had the new door panels. Some of the H2’s were less than pristine……

All of the reps (at least the three I talked to) were from Argentina or somewhere.

One of them actually stood in front of 30 people and stated the H3 got 20 mpg.

Said none of the concepts they asked for showed up (open top, H3T, etc….)

And…

Man did the display look bare with no H1’s in sight…..Maybe that was it…….

I guess I was expecting more than I should have….

Here was the one bright spot…..

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RE: Hummer—Dallas Auto Show—Not impressed - 3/14/2007 10:42:50 PM

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RE: Hummer—Dallas Auto Show—Not impressed - 3/14/2007 10:43:51 PM

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RE: Hummer—Dallas Auto Show—Not impressed - 3/14/2007 10:47:06 PM

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They had one for HumBob down in the Rent an Exotic place.....

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RE: Hummer—Dallas Auto Show—Not impressed - 3/14/2007 10:48:26 PM

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Coolest thing at the show was the 2009 Camarro convertible.....

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RE: Hummer—Dallas Auto Show—Not impressed - 3/14/2007 10:49:50 PM

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Rover Display.

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RE: Hummer—Dallas Auto Show—Not impressed - 3/14/2007 10:52:40 PM

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Toyota went whole hog.....Out door course and all....(under construction when I was there)

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RE: Hummer—Dallas Auto Show—Not impressed - 3/14/2007 10:54:19 PM

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Last one.....Saw this guy in the parking lot.....

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RE: Hummer—Dallas Auto Show—Not impressed - 3/14/2007 10:57:35 PM

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I don't feel so bad now that I did not get to go to the one in Pittsburgh. One of the ramps fell in and they cancelled it.

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RE: Hummer—Dallas Auto Show—Not impressed - 3/15/2007 12:39:24 AM

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Oh well, it was a nice afternoon anyway.....Got to sit in a Viper and a 130 grand Mercedes.

Ass'ed the drivers seat of a new 4 door Jeep (made me really appreciate my H3)

Oogled the few concepts that were actually on site.

Got to see a couple of Shelby Cobras and a few exotics. The new Audi super car is one bad MoFo.

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RE: Hummer—Dallas Auto Show—Not impressed - 3/15/2007 12:40:27 AM

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RE: Hummer—Dallas Auto Show—Not impressed - 3/15/2007 12:41:34 AM

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RE: Hummer @ Dallas Auto Show—Not impressed - 3/15/2007 1:37:31 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Gunner_45

Man did the display look bare with no H1’s in sight…..Maybe that was it…….

not much point in bringing a discontinued vehicle to an auto show, unless you're trying to sell the floor model. jmo

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RE: Hummer—Dallas Auto Show—Not impressed - 3/15/2007 2:45:16 AM

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ORIGINAL: Gunner_45

Coolest thing at the show was the 2009 Camarro convertible.....

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It's going to be difficult for me to not want to trade in my H3 for one of these.

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RE: Hummer—Dallas Auto Show—Not impressed - 3/15/2007 6:33:37 AM

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Mr. Bus: I agree on the discontinued model and understood why it wasnt there......But, man it
just didnt seem right wihtout the "Old Man" there......Shure would have been a good venue to
show the CNN Hummer....To generate some buzz.....I guess everything just seemed so plain.
Maybe that is part of what made the display appear somewhat lacking.........

Mr. Dogg: A person nearly had to have hip waders to make it through the drool surrounding that Camarro.

"Pricing has not been set, but it will be affordable for the average man".......Yeah, right.....

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