Hummer 3 - H3 Review

Being the newest addition to the famous Hummer family, the new Hummer 3 naturally received a lot of media attention following its release in 2005 and world press, car magazines, off-road experts and ordinary drivers alike have written an abundance of reviews regarding various topics such as off-road capability, fuel mileage, style, comfort, safety and economy. To get a reasonably balanced idea of what the Hummer 3 is about and realise its strong points as well as its weaknesses, it is a really good idea to reed much more than simply one Hummer 3 review. Try to browse through at least 10 reviews from various sources and see if certain points tend to come up again and again.

When you read a Hummer 3 review, try to place it into perspective – who is writing this Hummer 3 review and why? Is it written by a Hummer 3 representative whose only aim is to sell me a H3? Is it written by a person who only uses his or her car in the city? Is it written by a person who hates all 4x4 cars and gives them all lousy reviews, or by a fanatical off-wheel aficionado that will give the Hummer 3 great reviews no matter what?

One of the major complaints found in Hummer 3 reviews concerns rear window visibility. If you are a short person, you may find it difficult to look out through the rear window since it is comparatively small. Another problem is that the headrests blocks part of the rare view. General Motors has tried to counteract the problem by giving the H3 really large mirrors, but in more than one Hummer 3 review the driver felt that this was not enough.

Another problem that surfaced in more than one Hummer 3 review was the lack of heated exterior mirrors. If you live in a warm part of the world this is not a pressing matter, but if you live in a region where the winters are long and cold you will be forced to manually scrape your exterior mirrors each day. It is also a problem for those who might live in a warm climate but still take their H3 up into the mountains for some 4x4 driving once in a while.