The hummer in my point of view is doing just fine, no vehicle can do it all, and any vehicle in our inventory has to do more than one would seem right, its just needed so its done, i know more than a few guys who have survived a blast in a hummv and swear by them ,of course there is always a bigger blast somewhere, but they have risen to the cause i have seen, is there something better in the future of course i hope so, i used to hate them, but ive spent some time in them not a super amount, but i borrowed one for a month and a half and drove it daily, spent quit a bit of time in them around here lately also, they are what they are, a vehicle that was meant to be alot from the start , actually they were designed to be and have alot of varients ,so its hard to say they were not meant for all the upgrades, i think one could argue they were, but like all vehicles they needed structural work as the upgrades became heavy, that just seams normal to me.??its just part of the upgrade, as for the motor, i do not belive they chose the right power plant to start with, but its whats there and it moves them, still a very cool and capable vehicle...Randy