I might be wrong, but I read somewhere the H2's suspension is based on the
Chevy / GMC Truck 4x4 suspension.
50k is a lot for a rebodied Chevy pick up if that's true!
The upcoming H3 is based off the replacement for the S series and it's
priced in the 30-35k.
Ron-
01' Dakota 3.9 4x4
Street,Strip,and Show
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Pitz" <dakota@billpitz.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 10:38 PM
Subject: DML: OT: Yuppie SUVs WAS: Porsche vs. the "PIT"
>
> On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 09:29:55 -0400, jbattles@bankfinancial.com ("Josh
> Battles") wrote:
> >You're right, the H2 is the ultimate yuppie mobile - except it must be in
> >yellow, not baby blue.
> >
> >This however, is different. This is a Porsche. Porsche's have never
> >been
> >trendy, so they don't qualify for the yuppie award. Also, from looking
> >at
> >the videos on the Porsche website, it looks like this vehicle is a real
> >contender offroad. (I don't know about you, but I'd have a hard time
> >taking
> >$100,000 offroad.)
>
> I agree about that. $100k is a lotta money for something to take
> offroad. It had better have self-healing paint for that price. :-)
>
> Anyway, here's something that I've always found interesting about the
> H1 vs. H2...
>
> The H1 has a pricetag of ~100k and comes with less creature comforts
> than the H2 (although they've added quite a few yuppie features to the
> H1 recently). The H2 has all of the yuppie features and is still only
> ~50k. There's got to be some seriously lacking heavy duty-ness of the
> H2 suspension/chassis, IMO...
>
> -Bill
>
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