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All I can say is 'bout time. Diesel SUVs make too much sense with rising gas costs. And the H3 is very underpowered with the Colorado's I5. More HP should help sales 
GM won't be able to keep V8 H3s on lots...that's my predition.
http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=103432
Big Plans for little Hummer: Diesel, beefier engine are in works for H3
JAMIE LAREAU | Automotive News
Posted Date: 10/24/05
DETROIT -- General Motors has big plans for the smallest truck in its Hummer lineup.
GM intends to offer V-8 and diesel versions of the mid-sized H3 SUV.
Two sources inside GM say the automaker is in the early stages of preparing to offer an H3 with a 5.3-liter V-8.
"It's another couple of years out," said one source at GM, who asked to not be named.
Hummer will add a diesel engine to the H3 later, the source said.
The SUV comes with GM's Vortec 3500 3.5-liter inline five-cylinder engine, which delivers 220 hp. The automaker also will build a special-edition H2.
At the Dealer Business Conference in Las Vegas last week, GM executives told Hummer dealers that 150 special editions of the full-sized H2 will be built in the first quarter of next year. Those vehicles will offer more "bling" factor than the regular H2s, said Jacques Moore, of Moore Cadillac-Hummer-Saab-Subaru in Richmond, Va.
The special editions will feature at least two new colors: Pacific Blue and Fusion Orange, Moore said.
He said Hummer also vowed to remedy blind spots in the H2 by installing rear-view cameras in the special-edition models.
GM won't be able to keep V8 H3s on lots...that's my predition.http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=103432
Big Plans for little Hummer: Diesel, beefier engine are in works for H3
JAMIE LAREAU | Automotive News
Posted Date: 10/24/05
DETROIT -- General Motors has big plans for the smallest truck in its Hummer lineup.
GM intends to offer V-8 and diesel versions of the mid-sized H3 SUV.
Two sources inside GM say the automaker is in the early stages of preparing to offer an H3 with a 5.3-liter V-8.
"It's another couple of years out," said one source at GM, who asked to not be named.
Hummer will add a diesel engine to the H3 later, the source said.
The SUV comes with GM's Vortec 3500 3.5-liter inline five-cylinder engine, which delivers 220 hp. The automaker also will build a special-edition H2.
At the Dealer Business Conference in Las Vegas last week, GM executives told Hummer dealers that 150 special editions of the full-sized H2 will be built in the first quarter of next year. Those vehicles will offer more "bling" factor than the regular H2s, said Jacques Moore, of Moore Cadillac-Hummer-Saab-Subaru in Richmond, Va.
The special editions will feature at least two new colors: Pacific Blue and Fusion Orange, Moore said.
He said Hummer also vowed to remedy blind spots in the H2 by installing rear-view cameras in the special-edition models.
