Like Michael Jackson, the Hummer brand was once popular and considered cool, but lately, the maker of adult Tonka trucks garners about as much public admiration as Wacko Jacko himself. With a slap to their noggins in the form of high gas prices, those poseurs who previously bought Hummers as 6,600-pound, 10-mpg fashion accessories are thankfully a nearly extinct breed. Though there is now the smaller, somewhat more sensible H3 for those tenderfoots, nothing less than a 2009 Hummer H2 SUT will do for those who engage in "National Geographic"-caliber off-road adventures and who tow big-boys' toys.

While the regular H2 utilizes typical SUV design, the H2 SUT (Sport Utility Truck) is more like a crew-cab pickup truck. Both H2 variants are identical from the nose to the rear doors, after which the SUT has a small pickup-style bed in place of the covered cargo compartment. The H2 SUT also features GM's innovative Midgate design (as seen on the Chevy Avalanche). The Midgate in the H2 SUT has a power rear window that descends into a folding panel that in turn can flip down (after the rear seats are folded down) to extend the bed into the cabin.

Thanks to recent refinements, the 2009 Hummer H2 SUT is the best one yet, though there's still no getting around its XXL size and heavy thirst. If you don't have a hankering for a small pickup bed and can instead live with a conventional SUV, other choices such as the Cadillac Escalade, Infiniti QX56 and Mercedes-Benz GL-Class offer more on-road refinement, more accommodating cabins and not-as-horrible fuel consumption.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec viverra lobortis enim. Vestibulum vitae neque non dolor rhoncus accumsan. Quisque urna nulla, tempus porttitor, cursus ut, sagittis ac, est. Mauris hendrerit. Aliquam in orci. Nunc quis eros. Vestibulum vestibulum egestas nunc. Pellentesque purus. Donec in magna. Mauris sed libero adipiscing purus elementum pharetra. Fusce nulla sem, venenatis in, consectetur id, consequat non, quam. Morbi sit amet purus nec tellus accumsan mattis.

Integer lacinia enim. Vivamus tristique quam eu felis. Aliquam in nibh. Proin mattis. Maecenas ante. Quisque cursus, orci eget elementum faucibus, nisl velit iaculis tellus, a placerat diam risus quis orci. Quisque consequat. Mauris rutrum. Proin eget est. Ut sagittis velit non purus. Integer feugiat dolor cursus lacus. Phasellus faucibus tincidunt sapien. Nam mattis purus at erat. In mi diam, pretium ut, venenatis et, imperdiet a, lectus. Curabitur purus. In eget diam.

Duis quis neque sit amet sem sodales molestie. Quisque nec felis. Suspendisse potenti. Nam eu libero eget leo sagittis vulputate. Phasellus ullamcorper sapien ut dolor. Mauris sodales mi nec urna. Phasellus eget justo. Integer sollicitudin mauris sit amet erat. Nullam iaculis vestibulum diam. Fusce pulvinar ullamcorper est. Quisque enim dui, semper et, tristique non, porttitor sed, dui. Suspendisse vel mauris. Fusce id leo volutpat tellus porta consectetur. Suspendisse vestibulum lorem ac felis. Vestibulum condimentum velit nec risus aliquet sodales. Praesent quis libero ut nibh gravida tempor. Donec fringilla. Phasellus eget eros sed lorem laoreet fringilla. In hac habitasse platea dictumst.

Donec vel nisi. Donec mi ipsum, tristique ac, posuere vitae, viverra sed, metus. Vestibulum ornare sem at nulla. Aenean placerat sollicitudin est. Cras eleifend fringilla nisl. Morbi erat nibh, bibendum sed, scelerisque a, elementum sed, nisi. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Nulla sagittis. Fusce augue risus, varius eu, luctus quis, iaculis ut, augue. Sed nulla purus, laoreet et, consequat non, commodo eu, leo. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.

Sed laoreet. Phasellus bibendum, nisi vel consectetur ornare, lectus nisi luctus nisi, vel consequat mi mi nec odio. Donec est leo, lobortis vel, pellentesque aliquam, vehicula non, justo. Etiam dictum. Nullam ac turpis. Etiam sed velit sed lorem commodo fringilla. Suspendisse sem tortor, convallis eget, aliquet vitae, pharetra eu, orci. Curabitur vitae lacus eu lacus euismod viverra. Praesent ut enim quis diam porta imperdiet. Phasellus auctor placerat sapien. Nulla facilisi. Vestibulum tortor nibh, consectetur a, porta et, congue nec, libero. Nulla condimentum. Praesent lobortis velit non est. Nam justo. Aliquam erat volutpat. Maecenas eget mi et ligula accumsan mattis. Integer diam elit, placerat ut, elementum fringilla, ultrices sed, orci. Aenean venenatis. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae;