Hummer H3 History
The smallest, most affordable Hummer — built on GM's Colorado/Canyon pickup platform; the H3T pickup was the very last Hummer built.
Photo: “File:2006 Hummer H3 in Shadow Green Metallic, Front Right, 05-22-2022.jpg” by Elise240SX / Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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The H3 was the smallest and least expensive Hummer, aimed at bringing the brand's look to a far broader audience. Launched for the 2006 model year, it was built on GM's GMT355 platform — shared with the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size pickups — and assembled in Shreveport, Louisiana, alongside those trucks.
It launched with a 3.5L inline-five (220 hp), enlarged to a 3.7L five (242 hp) for 2007. For 2008 the more powerful H3 Alpha added a 5.3L V8 (300 hp). A pickup version, the H3T, was offered for the 2009 and 2010 model years.
The H3 outlived the H1 and H2, but it could not survive GM's 2009 bankruptcy. After a planned sale of the Hummer brand to China's Sichuan Tengzhong fell through, GM shut the marque down; the last vehicle — an H3T — left the Shreveport line on May 24, 2010, ending the original Hummer brand.
Generations
Single generation · GMT355-based H3
Photo: “File:2006 Hummer H3 in Shadow Green Metallic, Front Right, 05-22-2022.jpg” by Elise240SX / Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
The smallest Hummer, on GM's mid-size pickup platform shared with the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon and built in Shreveport; inline-five power, later a 5.3L V8 Alpha, plus the H3T pickup that closed the brand.
2005 Photo: “File:2005 Hummer H3.jpg” by Carluver23 / Wikimedia Commons — CC0 1.0
2006 Photo: “File:2006 Hummer H3 in Shadow Green Metallic, Front Right, 05-22-2022.jpg” by Elise240SX / Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
2007 Photo: “File:2007 Hummer H3 wagon (22837607164).jpg” by Jeremy from Sydney, Australia / Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY 2.0
2009 Photo: “File:2009 red Hummer H3T Crew Cab Alpha front.jpg” by BrokenSphere / Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
2010 Photo: “File:Hummer H3T 2010 (13931178968).jpg” by order_242 from Chile / Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Body styles
- 4-door SUV
- 4-door pickup (H3T)
Notable special editions & performance variants
H3 Alpha
V8-powered H3: a 5.3L V8 making 300 hp, replacing the inline-five in the top trim.
H3T
The pickup-bodied H3, with a short open bed. An H3T was the final Hummer built before the brand closed in 2010.
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