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Permalink Reply by Wheaton56 on February 25, 2010 at 5:04pm

a black hummer

Permalink Reply by Mike/WC77 on February 25, 2010 at 8:25pm

FACT

Permalink Reply by John on December 14, 2010 at 4:22pm

Wrong! It's ORANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

Permalink Reply by Robert Suttle on February 25, 2010 at 7:55pm

Well maybe the Hummer for one more year, then? Possibilities: GM, Toyota, Ford or Subaru small or midsize SUV? The trophy truck? This just gets added to a long list of decisions he has had to make lately.

Permalink Reply by Bob on February 25, 2010 at 10:00pm

Now that the Hummer will no longer be manufactured (and thus no sponsorship money ) I suspect he will run something else next year.

The bigger question would seem to be if he will stick with 2WD, or move to 4WD. Production Hummers were all 4WD, and the fact that Robby chose to run 2WD instead makes me think that there was a certain mindful strategy involved that he may (or may not) want to stick with ?

It's pretty clear that the Dakar car was not actually a Hummer in any sense of the word, so perhaps they could use the same chassis concept they have been developing, and simply slap another body and set of decals on it ? I'm not really sure what the set of rules were that he had to follow in order to qualify this year's car for the race. Did the wheelbase have to match the wheelbase of the actual production Hummer ? Or could it simply be....well.....a cartoon car ?

If he wants to remain with the "go large" concept, it's hard to see a maker of small trucks being his new sponsor.