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Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON
Among unveilings this week at the SEMA show in Las Vegas will be the 2005 Hummer H2 SUT, the sport/utility truck variant of the H2 SUV. Like other SUTs, notably the Cadillac Escalade EXT with which it shares some platform parts, the H2 SUT replaces the closed-in cargo area of the SUV model with a three-foot-long pickup-like bed.
Its most noteworthy feature is the powered midgate. It's similar to that in the Avalanche except that it lets the driver power the back window down into the midgate before folding both that gate and the rear seat to open a commodious cargo hold six feet in length. Touch a single button to make all the windows go down, and there's an expansive sunroof as well, for a true open-air driving experience in the deep outback. A higher level of standard equipment means the base price on the SUT will be a bit higher than the regular H2, which starts at $49,190. Production begins April 30. GM hopes to sell about 12,000 of the SUTs annually.
Now arriving in Hummer dealerships is an upgraded version of the original Hummer, the H1. Never fear, this model hasn't surrendered its link to the military Humvee-in fact, there's been some cross-pollination that improves both the military and civilian models. There's been a 10 percent ...