2010 HUMMER H3 to get direct-inject 3.6L V6 as base engine

[jetsetter]

Our friend Mike Levine, proprietor of PickupTruck.com, was trying out the new H3T pickup out in Moab, Utah this week and learned that the H3 will finally lose its hoary old five-cylinder base engine in favor of something a little more modern. A new flex fuel-capable direct-injected 3.6L V6 like the one used in the HX concept will become the new base powerplant for the H3 by 2010. The last remaining question is, will the H3 get a diesel? The answer is yes... eventually. We spoke with HUMMER's Martin Walsh at the New York Auto Show this week and a diesel is in the cards for the H3, and it will be different than the diesel six-cylinder being used in Europe. Since the 4.5L fits in anything that GM's small-block V8 does, the European diesel six is possible, but a smaller diesel seems more likely. To that end, we've heard rumors since last spring of a new diesel V6 being developed for use in the H3. We don't know when it's ultimately going to arrive, but it will, and change is clearly afoot on the powertrain side at HUMMER.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/21/2...-injected-3-6/

This bit from the PickupTruck.com article is interesting:

Hummer spokesperson Nick Richards tells us that our white H3T was built by hand at General Motor's new global small truck design center in Brazil and shipped to Utah. GM do Brasil is where all of GM's future small pickups will be engineered.

http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/auto...008/intro.html

I'm kinda sad to the Atlas series of engines leaving. It seems that they could have done quite a bit with them........

[thedguy]

I wonder if they are planning to retire that 4.2 atlas/vortec in the near future

[jetsetter]

Originally Posted by thedguy

I wonder if they are planning to retire that 4.2 atlas/vortec in the near future

It's only been used on the GMT 360 platform and after 2009 its done with.

[Blind_Io]

I'd like to see them improve the H3 suspension and redesign it for better visibility.

[jetsetter]

Originally Posted by Blind_Io

I'd like to see them improve the H3 suspension and redesign it for better visibility.

From what I have been hearing the suspension is not the problem. As for visibility, the current shape is kinda the point of the vehicle.

[Crazyjeeper]

So finally, they are putting an engine with some power. That I-5 was pathetic.

[Spazatao]

GM do Brasil is where all of GM's future small pickups will be engineered.

That's interesting. I've heard about it before but now it seems it's working full. Brazilian engineers are famous for being very creative despite very limited resources, so now that some credit and money is given to them let's see what happens. I think this H3 new entry engine setup just obvious, as that I5 should never been there... Perhaps a nice Diesel, but not a petrol I5. And BTW, this is one the things that made GM global look at this once rather unimportant engineering center:

[Final Daihatsu]

^That's a goddamn Astra! What in the name of god have they done to the poor thing?

[jetsetter]

I like it. We used to have quite a few minitrucks in the US but they all got large. It seems that they are going to make a comeback.

[Spazatao]

Originally Posted by Final Daihatsu

^That's a goddamn Astra Corsa! What in the name of god have they done to the poor thing?

[Vette Boss]

Finally, the H3 gets a decent engine. That I-5 was a wheezing, pathetic lump of iron mongery. They really should make the side windows a bit bigger, they're just too small.