Eat dust, Ecoweenies!
The San Jose Mercury News (CA) reports that Hummer H2 is hot in the valley:

Silicon Valley's newest status symbol needs a big parking space.

The Hummer H2, the huge sport-utility shaped like a brick on wheels, is a surprise hit. In October, it outsold all other models in its class, including SUVs from BMW, Cadillac, Lincoln and Lexus.

Silicon Valley's two Hummer dealers can barely keep the $50,000 behemoths in stock. Putnam Hummer in Burlingame and Los Gatos Hummer are planning expansions so they can sell more. And both dealerships have been surprised by the number of female buyers.

``You're up high. You feel very safe,'' said Sharon Andres, who works for the San Jose Unified School District. She bought a sunset orange H2 two weeks ago. After previously driving a Ford Explorer, she was looking for something bigger.

``It's fun to drive. It's fun to be in. It makes people smile,'' she said.
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The new H2, which is taller and wider than Ford's 20-foot-long, 3.5-ton Excursion but several feet shorter, has such a distinctive, block-like silhouette that it's unmistakable coming down the road. Or in your rear-view mirror.

The only thing like it is the original Hummer, now dubbed the H1. That's the made-for-the-military Humvee that joined civilian ranks in 1992. Now selling for more than $100,000, the H1 was never more than a specialty vehicle.

In the past six months, Hummer dealers have sold more than 11,000 H2s. That's more than the combined total sales of the H1 in 10 years on the market.

Sorry, but I want one of the originals with some of the extra cost options. That'll get me a parking space!

Hmmm, and I thought the pickup was the answer to What Would Jesus Drive!