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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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Concept cars are notorious for rarely making it to the street. But what about the enticing features that designers include in their dreamy visions of our automotive future? We combed through the files we've amassed at the show this week and come up with five features that don't stand a chance in hell of ever escaping the shimmering incubator of the world's design studios. Count 'em down, after the jump. 5.) Saab 9-4x BioPower: Stainless-steel ski rack. Sure, it looks fine, and having the titanium-carbon-fiber Rossignols on the roof is just too risky these days. But where will the douchebag couple who spends the eight hours to Vermont talking about their trip to St. Bart's sit? Think about it. 4.) Saturn Flextreme: Clamshell trunk. While shellfish and trunk space are both well liked, combining the two is a pipe dream that'll, unfortunately, never be fulfilled. Saturn designers deserve credit for out-of-the-mollusk thinking, though. Hiho! 3.) Lincoln MKT: Those massive...
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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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Hummer's just revealed some concept sketches of their new off-road concept car set to be officially unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show next month. The concept was designed by three fresh kids straight from the mean streets of Detroit Detroit's College for Creative Studies . See what the fresh young pups have going on below the jump and in the gallery below. galleryPost('DetroitHummerHXConcept', 3, 'Hummer HX Concept'); Three Young Designers Shape Future of HUMMER through HX Concept DETROIT - Scheduled for introduction at the 2008 North American International Auto Show, the HUMMER HX concept reflects the innovative minds of three new GM designers - David Rojas, Min Young Kang and Robert Jablonski - whose first assignment was to provide a vision for the future design of off-road vehicles. Fresh out of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Mich., the designers' first test in GM was to design a fun, nimble and innovative HUMMER concept. "HUMMER appeals...
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