Chevrolet News:Chevrolet Brings Back the Blazer As A Crossover

[riviera74]

10 minutes ago, regfootball said:

Anybody mooaning about what this new Blazer is should actually sit back and ask themselves why it took Chevy 16 model years to put out a competitor for this

16

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Murano

Same reason GM did not put out crossovers 16 years ago (for the most part): BOF SUVs were way more profitable back then, at least until $4 a gallon gas and the recession killed a lot of them.

[regfootball]

10 minutes ago, balthazar said:

Murano is selling barely over twice the rate of the Armada. It could slide off into oblivion and I doubt many people would notice/care.

despite the fact that the similarly sized Rogue it shares the showroom with, which is a CUV by the way, sold over 400,000 units last year.......

the Murano which is in much higher price classes still sold 80,000 or so units.

that's a sizable market and its growing.

Chevy should have had a Ford Edge / Murano competitor by 2011 at the latest.  Not 2019.

12 minutes ago, riviera74 said:

Same reason GM did not put out crossovers 16 years ago (for the most part): BOF SUVs were way more profitable back then, at least until $4 a gallon gas and the recession killed a lot of them.

the last Blazers and Trailblazers were among the junkiest vehicles GM has ever built.

[balthazar]

Nissan should have had a competitor for the SIlverado in 1980, not 2004 (BTW; still not a competitor).

Point being- I don't believe OEMs are putting the bloa-funked murano up as a target for product planners. Nissan's non-car sales ace is the rogue; everything else in their trucklet portfolio does so-so.

[G. David Felt]

46 minutes ago, regfootball said:

the last Blazers and Trailblazers were among the junkiest vehicles GM has ever built.

The last trailblazer still sold millions and if like I do, you got the limited production AWD SS you got your Corvette SUV. I like my SS very much as does everyone that has drove it or ridden in it.

[A Horse With No Name]

On 6/21/2018 at 10:32 PM, Drew Dowdell said:

Well there you go @regfootball , the sporty GM crossover you were asking for.

Me? I kinda like it, and I’m just glad there is the 3.6 liter instead of the 2.0T from the Traverse.

Good tie in to Camaro too, I wonder if there is actually any parts sharing there or just in appearance. 

I really really like it. Bronco is nice looking also. Probably one of the best attempts for the domestics to win me back. BRAVO!

[Guest David-Off]

Holy Aw Shucks. Not very attractive and what a waste of a good name.