I used to hate Hummers, in fact I didn’t even know what they were called as they seemed to be in every USA army movie of the eighties. But one day in the UK a big yellow house with chrome wheels and blacked out windows roared by.

What is that? was the disbelief and so on to the internet to find out it was a Hummer, as they are not so popular in the UK. Then I saw another and by the time CSI Miami had hit our screens I was a fan.

A few trips to Miami and seeing these brutes on roads big enough to handle them, convinced me that some day I would have one, even if it was to get it out of the system.

Well now in the 21st century the new H3 is about to arrive in the UK, this summer to be exact. It looks huge but it seems its about the same size as Grand Cherokee, which makes it a little more acceptable to the UK market, especially with the high fuel costs we have over here and the mini roundabouts. Most US citizens, don’t even know what a mini roundabout is.

I won’t be geting straight away, but after a few reviews and others convincing me its worth its money, it may be a consideration, providing they are right hand drive of course.

But a question i have not asked is what happens if these brutes breakdown? I know they were designed for the army and shouldn’t, but these things do happen. I can’t imagine the local breakdown cover man having spares and it will be some recovery truck that got this beast home. Just a thought