It's been a long time but...I used to own an 01 X, but regretfully totalled it in Dec of 03.

I work as a contractor for GM and had the chance to drive one for about 3 days, and I have some valuable input.

Being a hard-core lover of the X I compared the two at length and seriously considered the H3, until I drove it.

The H3 has the inline 5 with 220 hp and a GVWR of 5850 lbs!(Compared to the X's 265hp and 5400 lbs GVWR). I can agree that that the inline has an awesome torque curve, but the inline 5 is lacking some of the get up and go (Sorta like the 99 X). The power will get you there and will move the veh, it just lacks some umph...

The biggest thing that bugged me about the H3 was it's lack of vehicle awareness. It was bigger than it thought it was. You cannot judge the front and rear of the veh, it's narrow windows, though a design element, limit your visibilty a lot.

All and all the H3 is a good looking vehicle that is more than capable, they just need to work on a few things...

* Skip the Supercharged for 07, and put in the inline 6 from the trailblazer (275 hp 25+ mpg)

* Larger windows to allow more visibility around the veh

I recommend that everyone drive the H3 prior to passing judgement on it. Truthfully unless you have driven it, you are working off of specualtion and what the rags say, and how often have you enjoyed a movie that Ebert and Roeper hated?