How The Hummer Failed Miserably😭| Forgotten Legends Ep.4
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- Опубликовано: 23 янв 2023
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The Hummer H1, an SUV initially produced by AM General under the Hummer brand and eventually General Motors, was introduced in 1992 and was intended to appeal to consumers looking for a rugged, off-road vehicle. However, despite its impressive capabilities, the H1 failed to sell well due to a number of factors we explore in this video.
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Hey mate! Great content as always!! What soundtrack are you using at 2:25! You are using this soundtrack in all of your videos and I love it!
Next. Crown Victoria. And if you can, Chevy Impala/Caprice 9C1
Have you done the Chrysler ME412? Its the supercar that would've come out at the same time as the SLR McLaren, used a Mercedes engine, was built in less time, for less money, had better performance and handling than the SLR, and even cost less. Shortly, it absolutely humiliated Mercedes, so they killed it, cause they owned Chrysler at the time.
@@stuchbrosmnore8627 I been tryna tell him bro
classic case of go woke go broke ...they wanted more karen less arnold
The Hummer H1 did not fail. It's still a beast off road 25 years later. It was never designed to be a luxurious, fuel efficient vehicle. It only "fails" when it's measured against things it was never intended to be.
Right
Exactly.
Hear hear !
But, I would definitely choose to own a Pinzgauer over a HMMWV, Hummer or any other civilian variation hands down !
It failed because it didnt sell well enough, and I bet their intention was to sell a lot
@@cyjanek7818 False.
Never stop making these videos.
Nope😂
Intros are getting better too
One of the best 4 by 4s
@@337speedDespite its size it can only fit 4 people no wonder European and Japanese jeep makers laughed themselves to the bank even with service vehicle contracts.
I remember seeing this as a kid in the 90s and what sold me on its awesomeness was some footage of it crossing a massive gap no problem. It's such an icon, it's has the same rugged cool look as the Land Rover Defender and is just "cool"
Also, what gets is me is that the Hummer (H1) is fussed and criticized of being a former-military-vehicle.
Which that is a Hypocrite thing to say cause vehicles like the Mercedes G Wagen were former military vehicles , yet no one fuss and complain of those🤷
It's great that you praise the vehicle for it's incredible strengths, whereas if you discuss the vehicle with any motor hobbyist they'll usually laugh the entire vehicle off. Love it or hate it, the H1/Humvee is one of the most iconic vehicles on the planet. I'm not a huge fan of the later models but I respect where the story started. And that dirty big engine in the H1/Humvee just sounds so deep and amazing.
Motor hobbyist, soldiers who actually used them, or offroader.
There is a reason that despite the fact that you can buy military hummers cheap now the offroad community isn't buying then up.
They are absolutely 100% trash
And now we have a $300k electric behemoth.
Great video
Which ain't squat.....I rather the H1
People who are not into cars said the same thing about Hummer when it came out.
70k USD in 1992 adjusted for inflation is 146k USD now, so Hummer EV is much cheaper in base model than Hummer (when it came out - First edition was 110k, base model is supposed to be 80k).
Obviously prices now have markups and everything but for 70k USD in 1992 you could buy much more than inflation makes it look like
@@cyjanek7818 i think he's talking about the hybrid JLTV from Oshkosh.
@@cyjanek7818last I checked 146k is half of 300k
@@whatsomeonesaidwastaken9216 so maybe you also checked the price of electric hummer and saw that it wasn't 300k
Additional comment from a former H1 hummer owner. Back in 2005, AM general reached out to it's existing customers to find out how much more they would be willing to pay for a new truck if it met all of the upcoming emissions requirements. They were upfront when they mentioned how many millions of dollars in investment would be needed to meet these requirements and with a truck that is made maybe 1,000/year the cost of the new emissions passed onto a new customer was going to be very hefty, think it's not worth it anymore. AM general didn't give up on the brand and tried to come up with other alternatives such as buying a truck without an engine and a customer could add their own, but even with that the demand wasn't great enough to do. If it weren't for GM stepping up with the duramax, the 2006 H1 Alpha would never exist. Today there are some civilian H1's that are being made for sale overseas mainly in the middle east. It's a fascinating vehicle and fun to drive. I did have a few run ins with 'eco warriors' including one person who was using a shopping cart to try and ram the truck over and over but was prevented by the rock rails. The Hummer HOPE program was amazing and many of the Hummer owners I met in those days were some incredible people with unbelievable next level life skills.
Interesting insight
Overpriced, unsafe, impractical for the streets but highly capable and very iconic the H1 is a true exotic legend.
Lamborghini LM002 + Willy's Jeep = H1
Meanwhile, we got 1000Hp cars that really don't see much top speed 🤷
The word "impractical" is thrown around too much
@stuchbrosmnore8627 that's usually due to the format the 1000 hp car may be used for, Drifting and Drag racing don't care about high top speeds. There's a reason why the factory 800 HP Dodge Demon first comes with a limiter at about 170 MPH, the super grippy and low endurance tires it comes with cannot withstand higher speeds.
Now, land speed record cars are a completely different breed.
@@DJAizakku You fail to mention cars that comes stock with over 1000hp such as the Buggattis, Koenigseggs, etc
And cars close to that power such as the Lamborghinis, Ferraris, etc
And also the 500+ Horsepower cars such as the Camaros!
The point of the matter is, is that people love to throw the word "impractical" around when it comes to any vehicle that is utilitarian yet won't fuss and complain of vehicles of high Horsepower that aren't being "used like they should"!
Go figure
@@DJAizakku But hey! It's called "freedom"🤷
Not me liking before the add stops because I know it’s gonna be good
The HMMVE was made that wide so it could drive in the tracks of the M1 Abrams.
Common myth, this isn't true. The HMMWV is much narrower than an M1 - Source: I have one in my garage. They're wide but surprisingly compact vehicles, the same length as a RAV4.
@@SmartDrug Thank you. The exaggerations are out of control
@@SmartDrug why on gods green earth would you have one?
@@tony_5156 just incase, obviously
it's wide because the drivetrain is shoved into the passenger compartment...this was caused by the rather ridiculous ground clearance and hill cresting requirements.
I'm from L.A 🌴 and when the H2 came out I bought one and put 5k worth of sound system... I was ballin out of control and flossing. These SUV's drove and handled extremely well I have to say. Very comfortable ride.
LA is garbage so glad i moved completely out of CA. What a disgusting awful city. Anyone can get a truck loan and make payments. Dudes like that are a dime a dozen there lol
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Seeing the Humvee frolicking in the mud and rain of Ukraine after all these years of struggling in the sun bleached and dusty roads of the Middle East makes my cold American heart happy.
ooo don't let @ChrisFix see this, he loves his hummer :D
Came here to say this 😂
@@androiduberalles haha sorry I beat you to it!
Didn't really fail at all considering it sold pretty well, was in headlines for a long time and has just been revived as an EV and has gotten decent reviews
If i ever get money and have my own shop i want to turn a h1 hummer into a warthog from halo
Just grab up a m998 at auction. Same vehicle for 1/6 the price
you make awesome videos man….you are really dropping knowledge here...
9:50 love the dde clip
Duramax swapped H/1 would be super awesome
This vid is brilliant. Brought back some memories.
Never knew they put the 8.1 big block in the hummer h1’s
That must’ve been a rare custom built one for Arnold. I worked at a Hummer dealership and the only gas engine I ever saw was a TBI 350 in a ‘94. Talk about gutless!
dude seriously thanks for all these awesome videos
" Right tool for the wrong job " nice quote 😁
always a good day when 337 uploads
Ev1. Do the EV1 next please
Fun fact you can not only still buy hummers, but hmmwv's as well and they are like 16k without the up armor, if you find a up armor kit for sale it goes for like 40k-50k
Your video production, timing & narrator are great! I did kitchen stuff just listening to your Busa video! 👍Great stuff!
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not a hummer fan but your story telling in the RT/Hellcat video was EPIC
Nothing in the video says it "failed miserably" though. It had a good run, all things considered.
Anyway, he should do a followup with the new electric version.
Nice video buddy thanks for this 🤜💥🤛
A guy's dad in my school back in the day had one of these. Drove into work one day and everyone went nuts in the car park
Just for your information I was working at a GM dealership in 96 and an H one came in brand new from the hummer dealer down the street and it had a small block Chevy gas engine in it! It was one of those $80,000 H1❤
I want to see this guy do a breakdown video on the 1993 Mclaren F1...
Yes!
And the Commendatori 112i
I’ve owned a 1, 2 and a 3 Alpha. I loved my hummers. Best truck I’ve ever owned. The H2 was my favorite. An amazing ride and I felt safe in her. Loved those trucks
Arguably one of the most badass looking trucks
When is foxbody video coming ???
Never, it’s a slow car unless you mod the shit out of it
@caboose22320 🤣🤣 in a way it is true but it probably is one of the most iconic drag cars
When you add 4 ?'s
@@caboose22320 The MK4 A80 Supra was slow stock. But y'all don't fuss on that!
As someone who owns an H1 a 97 pre GM hummer, the only thing that really let's it down is the 4 speed transmission, the 4l80e is a tank in its own right but diesel engines like to to have a lot of gears to keep them in their power band. I had My truck was swaped to a p400 engine and the six speed version of the allison 1000 with double overdrive in 2016 and with 38x13.5 inch tires it gets a respectable 12mpg city and 22ish on the highway if you stay right at 55.they are tanks though because the 6.5 is an IDI diesel it will run off juat about anything, used engine oil penut oil transmission fluid gasoline even, and offroad I've pulled out more stuck subrus and toyotas than I care to remember. All while knocking on the door of 300k miles in 2023.
I owed 2 Hummers and loved them. The last one was a H3 alpha with a modified LS and modified automatic transmission. It was fantastic. I wish I still had it. However, moving to Thailand forced its sale
I still want a H2 Truck version 😫
Your videos are great!
How insane do you have to be destroy someone's Hummer like that. Do you really care about the environment or are you just violent and crazy? Like these people throwing tomato soup on priceless paintings. Like why though? Activists never care about what they're advocating for. If they did they would be out there actually doing something instead of protesting or causing violence.
Right. Their just using b.s. such as "environmental concern" to just vent out their hate on something they can't get.
Same to the riots which brain-dead folks say are "protests".🙄😅🤣😂😅
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This is the type of content I’ve been missing from donut media, thanks for filling that gap lmao
Amazing video very informative 10/10
I have one and you taught me something 😂
Excellent video! I do wish you had mentioned the new GMC Hummer EV at the end, because it's absolutely ridiculous 🔥
I’m so glad I still drive my H-1 hummer, the experience is funny cuz of ppls reaction
Great video. 👍
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I have a 2006 H1 Alpha 4DR-Hardtop, great off-road vehicle with the added ability of towing a trailer in soft sand and mud.
What color?
Nice, how’s she holding up?
Driving soft top HMMWVs (6.5turbo variant)on the autobahn at high speeds when I was stationed in Germany feels like piloting a plane thats falling apart and out of the sky.
I like your videos, never change
My favorite vehicle!! I still hope to buy one someday!! Especially from predator hummer !!
Hummer H1 and Humvee are best looking off-roaders to this day. Very capable too. People praise g wagon and pay stupid money for it, but it has nothing on H1. It's most likely more comfortable, but comfort is for women 😜
Exactly! Thank you.
People fuss and complain on the Hummer H1/Humvees....yet no one fuss and complains on the Jeeps and Mercedes Benz G Wagens. And those were for the military first (which people fuss about the Hummer being for the military only but don't fuss about the other vehicles mentioned, that were for the military first).
And as for the G Wagen them are problematic
@@dewarkhodern9990 yeah very overated car. It's capable of roader , but no one uses G wagon for off-roading nowadays.
@@mrdato116 Yeah, like I mentioned in the comments, no one fusses on the G Wagen and such like the Hummer/H1.
Very hypocritical if you ask me.
427 Cobra next! & super snake history
The hummer ended in 2006, but the HMMWV carried on. Its slowly being replaced by the Oshkosh jltv, but AM General will probably be building humvees for a few more years yet.
Who are you and how do you know this lmao
@@brandonsimpson1617 Clearly there's sources on that????
Hummers and Excursions.....the good old days.
They are expensive, but many who can afford it still own and drive them. ❤
What funny is that Toyota still makes the 70 series for 30 years till today you can get a 70 series just with airbags and a a 4.5 turbo V8 diesel brand new
The price difference with the wilis is much worth every way.
The end made me miss saturn and Pontiac lol
My friend had a Hummer H1 its was so badazz! Still today you see one and turn your head a new Ford Bronco not so much!
Contracts usually go to the cheapest bidder. Military grade is nomenclature for a POS.
Can you do a video on the history of the Duramax, I heard that it has it's origins from when Detriot Diesel was making small Diesel V8s for C and K series pickups
Duramax= Isuzu
@@schizy Before GMC/Chevy had Duramax, they had the V8 6.2 liter Detroit Diesel and V8 6.5 Detroit Diesel engines.
There were/are not Powerstrokes(which there is talks that the V8 Powerstrokes got it's influence from those engines), however their decent and get better fuel mileage which those engines were built mainly to get better fuel mileage. Their are short of like a gas powered version of the V8 305 and 350 but in diesel form
The 6.2 and especially the 6.5 had very weak crankshafts. You can identify what transmission it was in front of by where the crank broke. Automatic trucks would always break behind the 1/2 journals, (harmonic balancer issues) manual transmission trucks broke in front of the 7/8 journals. The last gen 6.5 for Hummer use corrected these issues with a forged crankshaft and a full main bearing support that bolted to the block with the main bearing caps integrated into it. $10 grand upgrade. A little too pricey for a average Joe and a 20 year old truck.
Wow. 70k. That's expensive.
My cousin has a military Humvee it was his daily driver for a while
I think I found my new garage queen
One thing you got wrong.
The super wide body and wheels is not due to the transmission and torque multiplier.
It's designed to fit in the tread of other track vehicles like tank and APC. It's designed to be that wide.
That's a myth lol
In short, that military industrial complex be hittin sometimes
Powertrain failure was eminent. We had mandatory engine swaps
Put a Duramax diesel Allison transmission combination in an H1 and you have the the Hummer that was always meant to be.
was the intro clip taken from chrisfixes video?
6:17 did he say dismal braking performance? Those inboard calipers stop on a dime! They are great brakes!
Detroit v8 from 1999 model h1 is worst than the 2.8L 200hp MWM engine of the chevy S10 '-' incrible! Nice Video!
Should I do any mods to my 2004 3.8L v6 mustang or is there no hope and I should leave it as is?
Boost it
Keep it stock man. It's a V6. If you are into cars, you get the top spec of that specific car. And in your case, get a GT with a V8. And see how you like it in base form before touching it. It's not worth it to invest in a V6.
the civilian version was more akin of a niche product than a typical civilian offroader, it wasn't made to be a best seller outside of the military market
I see resto-modded H-1s occasionally, with a PIMPED out Duramax blowing obscene clouds of pure carbon. They are utterly glorious in this configuration!
damn i sure hope you never experience a car actually blowing out stuff like that. sounds pretty unhealthy
@brinki Oohhh but I have.
97.3 out of 100 plants that utilize photosynthesis recommend uppity carbon blowing diesels over EVs!
@@fobbitoperator3620 if you put a plant in a cloud of pure carbon, it would do exactly the same thing a human, or any organic matter would in that situation. That is combust immediately. Photosynthesis kinda can't do anything with pure carbon.
I highly doubt that you ever experienced that, considering steel and almost all other metals melt way before carbon does sublimation.
@@brinkipinki HHhhhmmmmm, you've been partying with Al Gore again, haven't you brinki??
tsk tsk...
@@fobbitoperator3620 I don't think you need some weird american oligarch fpr you to know what carbon is, lol
Bro I am only like 1:30 in this video smacks 10/10 so far
Cash Money had those on Mono blocks... hummers on choppaz!!!
Are you still thinking about doing a Hayabusa engine special? That would very interesting. 😊I😮
On the explained series yes👍
ive worked on the H2/H3..... and they are CHEAPLY built
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even cheaper than the GMs at the time (which, sure, were plastic fantastics.... but that made them quick, easy, and cheap to fix/work on)
it was a REAL "parts pin mashup"
...donknow it failed at sales- but it was /is still one of the best militaryvehicles/ offroaders out there....!!
I used to not care for them. Now I want a H1
Any car that burns through that much fuel is not even close to being a consumer vehicle
I'm confused in 1992 the Hummer H1 was only $50,000 I know this because I got an invite from AM general. To be exact the Hummer started off at 52,000 that was the H1 The failure came when GM decided to up the prices to over $100,000 nobody could afford it.
Would love to have one. But all us trucks are crazy expensive to buy in Europe! A RAM 2500 is about 250% more expensive in Europe compared to the US. The government has also but another limit...any cars this have has to be operated with a higher class licence..that would put you about 5-10 grand out of pocket.
The Humvee(Military Spec. While the "H1"," Hummer "are "Civilian" spec) , is/was not bad. It was just placed in doing what it was not built for. Such as placing too many armor platings on them and putting them(as a last-ditch effort) in situations/missions which it was not built/intended for(War On Terror in places like Afghanistan and Iraq especially in Urban Combat. Misused. Compared to when it was in the Gulf War).
You can still buy a military truck for the road. See Razvani.
That's a modified Jeep Wrangler JK, not a military vehicle
@@jackbower8671 Yep
what is the name of the movie which the ford bronco appears?
I still want one of those even though they are completely impractical.
"impractical" is used too much.
I don't see folks usin' that word and talkin' down and such on the Benz G Wagens which are overrated
I drove one. NO PROBLEMS. good for what it was.
Just make it a hybrid haha and put a 9 speed auto in it with last 4 gears used for overdrive
Would love to see the mpg then
👍
This vehicle is so American I imagine a few bald eagles soaring above and the smell cheeseburgers to go with the gunpowder!
Show me a hellaflush, aired-out, stanced and cambered HMMWV with twin Hellcat engines, all built and set up for drift.
Go!