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I had a chance to talk with David Rojas and Robert Jablonski, the exterior and interior designers of the Hummer HX Concept with one question on the table: What's the link between the HX and the Warthog from Halo? The answer wasn't as clear as I was hoping. I couldn't get either of the twentysomething designers to admit that the HX was inspired in any least bit by the Warthog from Halo, but I think I can still make a case, even though GM has already openly denied any kind of a link between the two. Unlike the pictures we saw earlier , the doors and the rear hatch roof were now removed on the vehicle I checked out, which made the HX look even more familiar and justified my relentless drilling of the designers about Halo. I fully expected Rojas and Jablonski to quickly deny any kind of link--but the l level of denial was stunning. Not only did Rojas quickly shoot down even the slightest bit of speculation, he was adamant, repeatedly stating the he neither owns an Xbox nor plays...
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Detroit Auto Show : You know who's old and out of it? Me (Loverman). Not only don't I know what Type3Notchback's talking about is, I don't like Halo. At least the Hummer HX Concept looks kinda nifty.
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GM rolled out its Halo 3 Warthog doppelganger, the Hummer HX concept amid considerable pop and circumstance around E85 Ethanol and other green technologies. GM's sales VP Mark Le Neve introduced the concept as a vehicle that'll get the kids to put down their Wii controllers and start climbing rocks IRL. No word on production plans, but we've been expecting a Jeep Wrangler/ Toyota FJ Cruiser competitor for a while. This may be it, though likely without the chain gun and plasma pistol. galleryPost('hummerhxlive', 12, 'Hummer HX Concept Live in Detroit'); galleryPost('hxhumminterior', 8, 'Hummer HX Concept Interior Live Photos'); galleryPost('hxexterior', 6, 'Hummer HX Concept Exterior'); galleryPost('hxinterior', 6, 'Hummer HX Concept Interior');
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