Bigger SUVs to be released in 2007 to compete with the Hummer

[Julius Civitatus]

Instead of going for the hybrid and electric market, as the Asian and European car makers are doing, the North American auto industry is set on making bigger and bigger gas-guzzling monstrosities for the 2007 season.

:wtf:

When A HummVee Just Won't Cut It: The Armet Gurkha



Sometimes in Iraq, or hell -- sometimes in Queens -- even an up-armored HumVee just won't cut it. That's when you need the Gurkha by the armor-freaks at Armet Armored Vehicles, Inc. out of Toronto, ON. The squat and hedgehog-lookin' 19,000 lb beast-of-an-armored-vehicle ain't just built to shrug off a roadside bomb with its high strength ballistic aluminum armor, or stop a bullet from an AK-47 with its ballistic glass. No, it's also pretty fast for its size -- with a top speed of 93 mph. Also, considering the cost is only $200,000 -- we're kind of wondering why the US Army doesn't ditch the $300,000+ HumVee for these bad boys.

http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/news/when-a-hummvee-just-wont-cut-it-the-armet-gurkha-197446.php

[LiberalEsto]

1. I bet they sell like hotcakes

NOT

[n2doc]

3. Yeah, given that GM discontinued production of the civvie hummer H1

[CoffeeCat]

2. How about the Ford Exorbitant...

...it comes with a spare Ford Explorer and seats 50. ;)

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2000/6/exorbitant.html

[Newsjock]

4. Oh, it'll only take one ...

As soon as Suburban Soccer Mom #1 buys one of these obscene pieces of pornography on wheels, every other scared-of-her-own-shadow soccer mom in the gated community will have to have one as well, lest she be seen as "not doing as well" as her neighbors.

[Kolesar]

5. "the North American auto industry" ?, no, that's a gag post

[Kashka-Kat]

6. meanwhile-- long waiting list for toyota yaris and other sensible cars

Well guess it doesnt hurt to be prepared for an urban guerrilla war happening in your neighborhood.

[The2ndWheel]

7. At least they can live in it

when they run out of money from buying gas.

[demosincebirth]

8. They're going to equip them with 5th wheels.

[Aviation Pro]

9. The wealthy really are paranoid that we are coming after....

...their money after the election. They are preparing for a last stand.

[uncle ray]

10. you're overeacting.

so a Canadian company who specializes in making armored cars, is, surprise! making armored cars. this isn't Ford or GM. your comparasion to Aisan and European car makers makes no sense unless you have a link to some Aisan or European armored car makers working on hybrid models. i'm in no way worried that these are going to catch on in popularity with suburbanites any more than Ferrarris.

WTF indeed.

[NaturalHigh]

11. Gee this is a brilliant idea.

Who came up with the idea that this is what the marketplace wants right now?