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[–] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 48 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The whole chart is rather fascinating and eye opening: Vehicle visibility

[–] TownhouseGloryHole@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Astounding. Hummer H2 beating the Sierra by 3m is incredible. A truck designed almost exclusively to express how selfish you are and it has better viability.

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This chart is eye-opening...I always thought Hummers were made by...Hummer...

[–] pemptago@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

GM marketing. They purchased the hummer brand from AM General. OG Hummer (later renamed H1) was based on AM General's military Humvee design, but released to the civilian market. H2 and H3 were designed by GM for mass marketing. Can be seen in the price. H1 nearly 10x more than H2 and H3.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also, the H1 was 10x better for what it was designed for than the H2 and H3.

The H1 was not designed for commuting to work.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what it was designed for. It doesn't have a lot of space for hauling compared to its size. It's not great for offroading. It's a plastic money extraction machine.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

The original was designed to play military at home.it was not a pickup truck or a dedicated and modded offroad machine, and yes it was a money pit. But it was perfect for pretending with a civilian version of the vehicle manufacturrd on the same line as the real thing.

H2 and H3 models were just mediocre rebranded SUVs with hints of the original hummer body lines.

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Oh, neat. Thanks for all the information

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The H2 was just a Tahoe with a different body on it.

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Now my mind is really blown. I'm aware of this happening, just not with the H2

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Thanks, embedding:

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago

An articulated quarry hauler is barely worse than a pick-up truck

‘murca

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd be curious to see that chart for a Toyota Yaris. I drove one for a few years and it was almost unnerving how little hood it had.

[–] Krzd@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Same here. Going from a 1990 VW Passat to a 2009 Yaris was wild.