There is a new Hummer concept car for their HX series and boy does it look cool. However, online gamers and fans of Halo say the car is directly influenced by the military vehicles of the game, namely the Warthog. The guys at GM are saying this is false and the design of the HX is based around ATVs (Wait, haven't Hummers always been just a bigger terrain vehicle? Go figure.)
Carl Zipfel, design director for GM, denies these speculations but admits being flattered by the comparison made by online bloggers and forum goers. On January 13th, the HX concept was introduced and Zipfel spoke of its futuristic aesthetics and off-road capabilities at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Zipfel does admit that his design team plays the game. In fact, he himself owns the game at home! Anyways, here are some photos of the new HX concept as well as the Warthog from Halo. You make the deduction...pretttttttttty close.
-Rack of Lam
(There is a video about this car and I'll have it up here as soon as I get it.)
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