STOW OFF-ROAD - Car and Driver
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APR 2008
10.1
44.4
40.5
70-MPH CRUISE 450 MILES
44 74 68 44 77 73
98
(gov ltd)
99
(gov ltd)
99
HUMMER H3 ALPHA JEEP WRANGLER
56
30
87
46
13 16 14 16 19 15
44
15
76
18
71
15
SHEET OF PLYWOOD (l x w, in)
35.5
EPA CITY EPA HWY
BEHIND REAR
37.5
IDLE FULL THROTTLE
C/D RESULTS BEST IN TEST CARGO (cu ft)
STOWAGE
FUEL (mpg)
LENGTH OF PIPE (in)
50–70
30–50
ROLLING 5–60 MPH
¼-MILE @ MPH
0–90
0–60
0–30
MPH/1000 RPM
8.5
7.1
TOP SPEED (mph)
BEHIND FRONT
SKID PLATES
HILL HOLDER
HILL DESCENT
REAR-DIFF TYPE
CENTER-DIFF TYPE
full-time manual open no no yes 2-speed locking part-time none manual no no yes 2-speed locking
DEPARTURE ANGLE (deg)
HUMMER H3 ALPHA JEEP WRANGLER
TRANSFER CASE
*EST
BEST IN TEST
18.3 3.6 11.5 28.5 @ 13.0 5.4 7.7 75 17.7 3.3 10.2 24.5 @ 11.0 5.1 79
TEST AVERAGE
CHECK OUT BEHIND-THE-SCENES PICTURES WE DIDN’T HAVE ROOM FOR.
17.0 2.9 8.9 20.4 @ 9.0 4.8 6.4 83
*EST
@CARANDDRIVER.COM
OFF-ROAD
AXLE RATIO:1
GEAR RATIOS:1
3.06 7.2 295 @ 5200 1.63 13.6 4-sp 5800 17.0 auto all 4.10 1.00 22.2 317 @ 4000 0.70 31.7 2.84 7.9 202 @ 5200 rear/ 1.57 4.10 14.3 5500 22.7 4-sp auto all 1.00 22.5 237 @ 4000 0.69 32.6
TOP GEAR MPH
MPH
APPROACH ANGLE (deg)
JEEP WRANGLER pushrod 12-valve V-6 231 cu in (3778cc)
SOUND LEVEL (dBA)
ACCELERATION (seconds)
GROUND CLEARANCE (in)
HUMMER H3 ALPHA pushrod 16-valve V-8 325 cu in (5327cc)
TORQUE LB-FT @ RPM
DRIVEN WHEELS
POWERTRAIN
POWER BHP @ RPM
TRANSMISSION
C/D RESULTS
DRIVELINE
LB PER BHP
* C/D EST
ENGINE REDLINE (rpm)
BEST IN TEST
BEER CASES (seats up/folded)
cated by pinched visibility through the narrow side glass. It’s a cave inside, and day practically turns to night when the backup-camera screen slides sideways out of the blocky rearview mirror, doubling an already large obstruction hindering forward sightlines. As a gull-gray F-15 whooshed overhead, tipped on a knife’s edge and almost low enough to read the cockpit dials, we probed a particularly gentle and fine-grained throttle that tiptoes the Hummer with grace over crags. Unlike the Jeep, the H3 is always in four-wheel drive and never short on grip. A three-button control shifts
it among four high, four low, and four high with the center differential locked. Even lacking the optional 4.03:1 lowrange transfer gear (2.64 is standard), the H3 scrambled with secure footing up steep inclines slippery with loose debris, including the salt that for years leaked out of the buckets as they passed overhead, for a time painting the Inyo Mountains with their own racing stripe. The men who raked the granules from evaporation ponds in 120-degree heat would have appreciated the 5020-pound Hummer’s manifest air-conditioned comforts. Black leather with gray piping and topstitching accent a cockpit spruced up with low-sheen plastics and metal-finish trim, part of the General’s late surge in interior quality. Even the rear door panels have fancy upholstery stitching, although they are narrow and a wriggle to get through. A low-to-the-floor rear bench jacks knees up and offers only middling legroom, but it’s a spa treatment compared with the Jeep’s rear seat, a short-backed, hard, and bolt-upright bench apparently stolen from a Bulgarian roller coaster. The Alpha delivers luxury where civilization dares not go, but like a mule, it’s an expensive way to haul the goods.
x 19/43 132.8 65.0 42.0 x 24/46 131.8 62.0 36.5 CARANDDRIVER .C O M
APR 2008
10.1
44.4
40.5
70-MPH CRUISE 450 MILES
44 74 68 44 77 73
98
(gov ltd)
99
(gov ltd)
99
HUMMER H3 ALPHA JEEP WRANGLER
56
30
87
46
13 16 14 16 19 15
44
15
76
18
71
15
SHEET OF PLYWOOD (l x w, in)
35.5
EPA CITY EPA HWY
BEHIND REAR
37.5
IDLE FULL THROTTLE
C/D RESULTS BEST IN TEST CARGO (cu ft)
STOWAGE
FUEL (mpg)
LENGTH OF PIPE (in)
50–70
30–50
ROLLING 5–60 MPH
¼-MILE @ MPH
0–90
0–60
0–30
MPH/1000 RPM
8.5
7.1
TOP SPEED (mph)
BEHIND FRONT
SKID PLATES
HILL HOLDER
HILL DESCENT
REAR-DIFF TYPE
CENTER-DIFF TYPE
full-time manual open no no yes 2-speed locking part-time none manual no no yes 2-speed locking
DEPARTURE ANGLE (deg)
HUMMER H3 ALPHA JEEP WRANGLER
TRANSFER CASE
*EST
BEST IN TEST
18.3 3.6 11.5 28.5 @ 13.0 5.4 7.7 75 17.7 3.3 10.2 24.5 @ 11.0 5.1 79
TEST AVERAGE
CHECK OUT BEHIND-THE-SCENES PICTURES WE DIDN’T HAVE ROOM FOR.
17.0 2.9 8.9 20.4 @ 9.0 4.8 6.4 83
*EST
@CARANDDRIVER.COM
OFF-ROAD
AXLE RATIO:1
GEAR RATIOS:1
3.06 7.2 295 @ 5200 1.63 13.6 4-sp 5800 17.0 auto all 4.10 1.00 22.2 317 @ 4000 0.70 31.7 2.84 7.9 202 @ 5200 rear/ 1.57 4.10 14.3 5500 22.7 4-sp auto all 1.00 22.5 237 @ 4000 0.69 32.6
TOP GEAR MPH
MPH
APPROACH ANGLE (deg)
JEEP WRANGLER pushrod 12-valve V-6 231 cu in (3778cc)
SOUND LEVEL (dBA)
ACCELERATION (seconds)
GROUND CLEARANCE (in)
HUMMER H3 ALPHA pushrod 16-valve V-8 325 cu in (5327cc)
TORQUE LB-FT @ RPM
DRIVEN WHEELS
POWERTRAIN
POWER BHP @ RPM
TRANSMISSION
C/D RESULTS
DRIVELINE
LB PER BHP
* C/D EST
ENGINE REDLINE (rpm)
BEST IN TEST
BEER CASES (seats up/folded)
cated by pinched visibility through the narrow side glass. It’s a cave inside, and day practically turns to night when the backup-camera screen slides sideways out of the blocky rearview mirror, doubling an already large obstruction hindering forward sightlines. As a gull-gray F-15 whooshed overhead, tipped on a knife’s edge and almost low enough to read the cockpit dials, we probed a particularly gentle and fine-grained throttle that tiptoes the Hummer with grace over crags. Unlike the Jeep, the H3 is always in four-wheel drive and never short on grip. A three-button control shifts
it among four high, four low, and four high with the center differential locked. Even lacking the optional 4.03:1 lowrange transfer gear (2.64 is standard), the H3 scrambled with secure footing up steep inclines slippery with loose debris, including the salt that for years leaked out of the buckets as they passed overhead, for a time painting the Inyo Mountains with their own racing stripe. The men who raked the granules from evaporation ponds in 120-degree heat would have appreciated the 5020-pound Hummer’s manifest air-conditioned comforts. Black leather with gray piping and topstitching accent a cockpit spruced up with low-sheen plastics and metal-finish trim, part of the General’s late surge in interior quality. Even the rear door panels have fancy upholstery stitching, although they are narrow and a wriggle to get through. A low-to-the-floor rear bench jacks knees up and offers only middling legroom, but it’s a spa treatment compared with the Jeep’s rear seat, a short-backed, hard, and bolt-upright bench apparently stolen from a Bulgarian roller coaster. The Alpha delivers luxury where civilization dares not go, but like a mule, it’s an expensive way to haul the goods.
x 19/43 132.8 65.0 42.0 x 24/46 131.8 62.0 36.5 CARANDDRIVER .C O M
