I am talking about 55mph max speed, tough enough to drop from a helicopter, turbodiesel V10 torque monster, AWD with rear wheel steering, heavy strong durable, not particularly fuel efficiency, but not everything is about saving fuel or lowering emissions. The 40 ft long school bus I drive, also turbo-diesel inline 6, gets a lofty 5.6 MPG or miles of travel per US gallon of commercial diesel fuel, made from petrochemical feedstock or crude oil or petroleum at an oil refinery.
Only 1 in 4 adult humans in the worlds owns a car of any kind, that is an automobile with an engine.
Be yourself, your unique self. If you like Hummer, good, enjoy one. Freedom means you can do whatever you want, no one is chasing you around telling you what to do, you have agency & free will to do as your please. If that means driving a H1 Hummer in America, kudos, enjoy your fueling costs, as for me, its ultra-high fuel economy with ultra super low emissions, the kind that I enjoy, going further with less fuel and lower emissions of toxic climate changing smog pollution emitted.
Some people value appearance, comfort, utility, functions, they don't consider fuel economy or emissions. I am college educated scientist and academic savant & value lower emissions & higher fuel economy or premium efficiency. I like smaller, compact, smart, reliable, efficient, intelligent solutions, even in automobiles, so the Corolla Sedan Hybrid LE was the best of all, cheap, reliable, efficient, clean, dope handling, super hypermiling able, fresh, durable, well made, Toyota Superlative Made in Japan ^^
G-Wagon made in Austria by Magna Styer superlative since the core design was 1984 & was made mostly by hand until 2024 when Mercedes decided to shut it down & make it based on some other road vehicle design that's probably better in sizzle ways that sell the automotive steak, aka features not performance or durability or longevity or long life strong harsh condition operation superlative like the OG G-Wagon, making such a collector's item as they get long in the tooth or older.
I never liked the H1 Hummer as a personal use road vehicle, but I am not everyone. I am glad there are people who like the OG Hummer made by AM General, not that half-baked clone copy that GM made in H2 & H3 which are effectively just GM Suburban's with body kits.
Well made means Lexus Toyota to me, as the only automaker selling cars, trucks & SUV's with proven legendary reliability, covering trillions of road miles in all conditions. I regularly drover our 2005 Prius in heavy snow, up to 24 inches deep or more, having to dig it out with a snow shovel, to go snowboarding in my 20's, mostly at Alpental. Say this, Camry, Corolla, Rav4, 4Runner, FJ Cruise, Landcruiser, Lexus Sexy Performance, Toyota has been mopping the floor of the automotive sector worldwide for many decades now, as the only automaker to sell highly reliable automobiles to the general public worldwide.
Honda did this well from 1980 to 2014, but after that Honda cut corners & started selling less refined less reliable models sadly, it actually makes me sick. I love Honda motorcycles deeply, and have a deep humble appreciation for the history of Honda, so selling BMW like unreliable models makes me sad for what Honda has become.
Toyota on the other hand, has sold some less reliable vehicles over the years, but broadly speaking has a epic reputation for selling highly reliable hybrids for example. Our 2010 Prius III running strong as is our 2022 Corolla Hybrid with the same engine drivetrain but upgraded battery & E210 Corolla Sedan Body that's 650lb less mass than the 10 Prius III. Our Prius III gets 48 MPG while the Corolla Hybrid gets 64 MPG, even though they have the same engine, its the MG1 & MG2 & Traction battery in the Corolla that got upgraded with newer technology.
I am not here to be a cheerleader for the AM General H1 Hummer, I just like authentic originals, the real thing if you will. Perhaps I am old fashioned & understand and comprehend and appreciated that some people have different tastes or preferences than other people. Do yourself whatever makes you happy & do not judge other people, you don't know what there life is like or enough about them to be a fair judge anyway. So some people like, make enough money, and have a preference to drive an OG H1 Hummer or G-Wagon or high-performance Lexus, its not your place to tell other people how to live best since you have no idea, otherwise you would be doing it yourself.
Lead others by example, not with words. People read my blog postings to learn something, so I try to teach & share what I care about. I care about people having pleasing, reliable cars that work all the time with minimal downtime for Maintenace or repairs. I am talking about 5 generations of Prius sold by the billion as a hybrid electric superlative automobile of any generation. I am talking about eAWD with electric motors in the rear axel & hybrid synergy drive upfront, or the RAV4 Prime with almost 500 HP performance :) Toyota Landcruiser the ultimate automobile by any reasonable definition. Go anywhere, do anything, it's the brute strength of SUV originals for many generations driven daily all around the world in the worst road conditions, in the harshest places, reliable anywhere. My goal is not to help Toyota sell Landcruiser, only pointing out what is true with evidence.
I personally value spending less money on gasoline sold locally for almost $5/gal US. So Prius II, Prius III, Corolla Hybrid, but I inherited a 21 MPG 2001 B5 Audi A4 2.8 Quattro Made in Germany from my late adoptive mother C. Schwarz. LSD front & rear axil + Porsche designed PDK Tiptronic 5 speed automatic w/ steering wheel buttons to shift or a side ride plus minus shift on the PRNDL shifter, this is a road legal compact rally art worthy if tuned properly sedan that can pull 3600lbs of trailer, mobs in snow, and cruses at any US highway speeds or more easily all day long on Primum 91 R-M/2 Octane Gasoline. Heavy solid doors, the 30V V6 engine tuned professionally, its something special that I would never buy with leather heated seats & a fully moon roof & BOSE premium audio, so elite that it was $42,821 in 2001, nearly $65,800 in 2024 USD. I paid $28,218 for the Corolla Sedan Hybrid 2022 in 2023, and $9117 for the 2010 Prius in 2018. A4 was free minus $5K in repairs & some title transfer, licensing & insurance fees, plus any fuel used.
I am not going to buy a Hummer, though our 2013 Honda PCX150 also has a cruising speed max of 55 MPH like the OG hummer, but the PCX gets 83 MPG on regular gasoline ridden 2 up with Meg on the back or over 104 MPG ridden solo are suburban speeds. I have an increasing fondness for the G-Wagon though I will never get one as a road vehicle or for any other purpose, for even the A4 overkill as a third car. I also have a 2020 Yamaha MT03 motorcycle, e-bike, e-scooter, Segway Mini Pro, that's a lot of wheels & tires, but only the cars are fast enough for highway or freeway use, for road trips with Meg & I and kitty riding with us.
Certainly, a Hummer H1 or G-Wagon would work for such, if lower speeds for higher fuel economy would work. I tend to drive for fuel economy to save money since I am frugal investor on a shoestring budget as a School Bus Driver and have to be wise to make and save & not spend my money on an SUV fuel budget since I drive a lot, that would cost a lot in fueling costs.
You might think supercars are a dumb waste of money, but they are rich men's toys for people who are very different than you. Sometimes it is what it is not that makes IT something desirable for someone. There are billions of potential customers, people just like you or me, some who have deep pockets for such automotive contrivances. Literally applied engineering flights of fancy, since a used Toyota Prius will go too & from just as well in stop and go traffic as the Latest Supercar, without all the expense and fuss & probably also vastly more reliable & fuel efficient and cheaper to fuel & insure, since the Prius popular around the world & made by Toyota the worlds ultimate maker of vehicles with a long proven history of legendary reliability like the many models of Landcruiser sold worldwide.
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