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2006 Hummer H2 Full-Size Sport Utility Vehicle
Want to flip off the world? Buy a Hummer
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New Car Review of the 2006 Hummer H2 Full-Size Sport Utility Vehicle
Base MSRP Range: $52,980 - $53,035
Base Invoice Range: $48,477 - $48,527
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MSRP As Tested: $57,650
Versions: Wagon and Crew-cab
Vehicle Category: Full-Size Sport Utility Vehicle
Engine Location: Front Engine
Drive Wheels: All-Wheel Drive.
Standard Engine as Tested: 6.0-liter, Overhead Valve, V-8, 325 – horsepower at 5200 rpm and 365 lb-ft torque at 4000 rpm.
Transmission: Four-speed automatic.
Fuel Economy (city/hwy): around 8-14 mpg.
Standard Safety Features: Driver and passenger airbags, Anti-lock 4-wheel disc brakes, Daytime running lights.
Competition: Audi Q7, Cadillac Escalade, Infiniti QX56, Land Rover Range Rover, Lexus LX 470, Lincoln Navigator, Mercedes-Benz G-Class, Toyota Land Cruiser
America's automotive culture has its icons. There are drive-in restaurants, old Cadillacs with giant fins, nostalgic stretches of Route 66 and an interstate highway system bigger than any other in the world.
Then there's our modern-day icon: flipping the bird.
While it's not quite in the same category as a burger at Sonic, the middle finger has become about as common today as those Cadillac fins were in the '50s. When you're coming home from work tonight, you may see a couple of cars driving aggressively when -- boom! -- out comes the nuclear finger from one their windows. It's amazing these drivers get anywhere considering how much time they spend making gestures at each other.
But what happens when these people get tired of flipping the bird so often? They buy a Hummer, which is a giant middle finger with wheels.
No vehicle screams "I don't give a #@%@$" better than this one. At a time when gas prices have gone through the roof, buying a Hummer shows you've got plenty of money and aren't afraid to spend it, just so you can look like Arnold Schwarzenegger when you drive to dinner at Appleby's.
Plus, it makes granola-eating, sandal-wearing environmentalists go off the handle, which is worth the sticker price all by itself.
As a clear-cut social statement, nothing tops a Hummer. As an actual vehicle, though, the results are mixed.
I spent a week driving a Hummer H2, the $50,000 middle child of the three-vehicle Hummer family, and my impressions are at two extremes.
On one side, it's an awesome off-road vehicle. I had fun driving over curbs and trying to get it airborne out in the country. You get the feeling that it can take you anywhere you want to go, even through concrete walls and over mountains if need be.
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