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Originally Posted by syr74
This is just silly. Brand loyalty aside there is absolutely no doubt that Raptor is a far more impressive vehicle than either the H2 or H3 because the truck is just so much better at what it is meant to do. Case in point? Auto journalists have already talked about traveling 70mph and more in this truck over the sand with absolutely no problems and without a racing driver behind the wheel, no other truck in the world can go to a course like Baja stock and even come close to those speeds including anything built by Hummer. Want to try? I suggest you take a trailer and a tow vehicle with you because you'll be needing them in about ten minutes.
To add insult to injury Raptor has the ground clearance, durability (many of the parts that make the Raptor unique are built by military contractors) and axle travel to be an effective vehicle in any type of off-road excursions....she just happens to really excel at the fast stuff. Hummer can't even remotely claim to have built anything that can effectively do the latter at anything greater than mall parking lot, speed-bump velocities.
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You guys crack me up! The past 2 days you've all spent trying to argue that the raptor is the best off road truck ever made and the only thing you can come up with is that it can go fast in a race over sand dunes.
Give me a break. Real off roading involves a lot more than going fast.
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Throw in the fact that Raptor is cheaper and handles better on road than almost any regular, four wheel drive pickup and it isn't a curiosity why this truck is a star and the H3/H2 never were. The Hummer brand was arguably a poor fit for GM from the outset, and the approach they took with the trucks they designed and built did little to help. To be blunt a K5 revival would have made infinitely more sense and would have likely outsold the entire Hummer lineup combined.
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Do you really expect anyone to take you seriously when you start making claims like "Throw in the fact that Raptor is cheaper and handles better on road than almost any regular, four wheel drive pickup"??? That's a pretty lame argument considering the premium price of the Raptor and the fact that you throw in qualifiers like "almost" and "regular" so that examples of superior handling and less expensive trucks can be discounted by you.