[logansowner]

Yeah.....what is with all this whinning about interiors anyways? The media complains about GM interiors because it's all they can find to gripe about..now the public has to echo the press. Pay the extra for an uplevel trim if you care so much about the interior but shut up already. I have checked out the interiors of many other brands and I can see cheap parts someplace in any one of them. GM gets it right with relaibality, durability and performance for the money..styling is a personal choice.

I prefer a less plush interior than ones like the Japanese an German ones with countless dozens of tiny and crypticly labeled buttons that take weeks to figure out and way too much attention to use while driving. I don't need or want a dash to be designed like a Blackberry. Get over the BS details and take a look at the value .

So it's kinda like buying condoms in 20 pound packages at Citgo, right?

As far as value...how come any other company can make a similar vehicle to what GM does for the same price and yet somehow they can actually put a real interior in it too?

There is no excuse for how bad that interior is in a modern vehicle, trying to justify it with stupid logic is what got GM to where it is today.

 

[superstreet]

Holy crap! That looks horrid. All SS models should come with leather seats standard, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, high, high quality cloth. No type of seats should be covered in cloth like that, especially in an SS model.

i think it looks good

 

[chakis24]

thats prolly cause its the lowend base model in the pic. the ss is a performance package, and i agree that you ahould be able to get it on any trim level, not just with the LT's. its a performance package, not a luxury package.

 

[smithrobs]

As far as value...how come any other company can make a similar vehicle to what GM does for the same price and yet somehow they can actually put a real interior in it too? QUOTE]

I think the article responds to this nicely,

"at $31,205 as tested, including XM radio, our 2WD SS counts as a genuine bargain in our book."

and

"So, no, you're not going to find the same level of fit and finish as you might on a Range Rover or a BMW X5. But, at about half the price, we're inclined to forgive the Bow Tie boys for a little Motown chintziness for putting the LS2 under the hood."

I can't think of another mid size SUV in it's class, other the Grand Cherokee SRT8, but its MSRP starts at $41k.

 

[91 s-10baja]

correct me if I am wrong, but they changed the dash materials lately. I recall when the TB first came out the dash top looked like elephant skin, when I recently went to look at an SSTB, the grain was much tighter than originally? Someone confirm. Oh and the exhaust could be more visceral.

 

[mjd1001]

Holy crap! That looks horrid. All SS models should come with leather seats standard, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, high, high quality cloth. No type of seats should be covered in cloth like that, especially in an SS model.

High quality cloth sure. Leather standard? No way.

I know a lot of people like leather..but even if it was a no cost option I would not want it. Not having the option to have cloth is enough to make me not want to buy a particular car.

 

[poncho1982]

Holy crap! That looks horrid. All SS models should come with leather seats standard, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, high, high quality cloth. No type of seats should be covered in cloth like that, especially in an SS model.

So what?

I for one am sick of the SS line as high end models. What ever happened to the stripped down performance models? Not everyone likes leather seats. I see nothing wrong with those seats.

SS is Super Sport, not SLS for Super Luxury Sport.

 

[goblue]

So it's kinda like buying condoms in 20 pound packages at Citgo, right?

As far as value...how come any other company can make a similar vehicle to what GM does for the same price and yet somehow they can actually put a real interior in it too?

There is no excuse for how bad that interior is in a modern vehicle, trying to justify it with stupid logic is what got GM to where it is today.

Actually - what I think you meant to say is how come every other foreign company can make a similar vehicle...The Fusion's interior is also a pile, or the Grand Caravan, or the Jeep Grand Cherokee.

The reason is simple. Money. GM, Ford, and part of DCX are funding the retirements and healthcare benefits for a huge sum of people. So much in fact, that if it were dumped on Medicare and the PBGC it could cause a small recession.

You did call it right though - there is a clear difference, and the resale reflects it. the problem is - should we be shortsighted as a country and just let it go, or should we find a solution. GM and Ford's retirees are not GM and Ford's problem - their pensions and healthcare are guranteed. They are our problem.

However, make no mistake about it - those retirees are why the interior on the TB is low budget.

 

[poncho1982]

Well looks to me like we got low quality cloth and worse quality leather.

Look at that shift know, thats the most horrid combination of angles and stiches and ****************ty plastic that I've seen in anything that wasn't made in China...

That vehicle may be damn fast, butthat doesn't hide the fact that it's a piece of poorly built crap.

You are talking about a vehicle that is at the end of it's life anyway. You really think they are going to invest money for the interior of an EOL vehicle? No Way.

You should be grateful that they even did an SS version, instead of killing it earlier than they said, or letting it go out without a bang.

Poorly built? no way. Just an ugly interior. I'd put a TB up against ANY mid size SUV's for a little off road thrashing. TB's are VERY tough where it counts.

Sheesh you people are too picky.

Yeah, the interior is ugly, but GM was at a different point when that truck was designed.

Look at tha Acadia, and thats what the Trailblazer interior would have looked like had it been designed today.

 

[1qwikss]

i personally choose cloth over leather all the time.
i just don't care for leather myself.

 

[Frayles]

Being the owner of a 2006 Trailblazer AWD SS model, all I can say is don't knock it till you try it. I have zero complaints with mine. I get thumbs up all the time from different people. The interior may be dated, but it does it's job. I didn't buy the truck because of it's interior, I bought it for the engine and the fact that I can drive it all year round in MA. Let's see A/C, satellite radio, comfortable leather seats etc plus the LS2 engine for around 32K , SOLD! I didn't need all the bells and whistles to be happy. Besides with the emergence of the aftermarket for the SS, for around a grand you can turn a 5000 pound SUV into a low 13 second SUV in the quarter mile with minimal effort. Money well spent I think.

 

[91 s-10baja]

i personally choose cloth over leather all the time.
i just don't care for leather myself.

I respect that, but Leather is so much easier to maintain.

 

[Swahili]

I saw a black TB SS sitting in a parking lot just yesterday and wow, what a sharp looking truck. Really wouldn't mind taking one of those for a test drive . As for the interior, it's an older model SUV, not a luxury car.

 

[ByTheLake]

that cloth does not look horrid,everything inside but that cloth looks early 90's and horrid.Personally I prefer decent looking cloth than low-quality leather.

I'm with you ... I'm not a fan of leather seating, but I'd prefer nicer-looking, nicer-shaped cloth seats with lots of side bolstering.

 

[ByTheLake]

As far as value...how come any other company can make a similar vehicle to what GM does for the same price and yet somehow they can actually put a real interior in it too?

There is no excuse for how bad that interior is in a modern vehicle, trying to justify it with stupid logic is what got GM to where it is today.

Finally, somebody with an honest reflection on the interiors. GM has been telling us that its improving interior quality and style, and we've all drank the Kool-Aid and now are convinced that the interiors are better.

Maybe its arguable, but I'm absolutely disappointed in most GM interiors today, even the newer ones. I remember the real wood appointments in upscale vehicles. Cadillac's new Escalade and STS have gobs of plastic wood that bends and wraps in ways that real wood could not. Looks terrible.

A few years ago, GM finally decided that all the plastic ribs and cladding on its vehicles was a styling mistake. I'm praying for the day that GM can realize that plastic wood grain is just as ugly.

Obviously, just my opinion.

 

[93GT]

Who the **************** needs a fast SUV? I feel sorry for the tool that buys one of these things, especially when the $3.00+ a gallon days come back...

Destroy it it's the worst idea ever.

 

[mbukukanyau]

Trailblazer SS.. represents everyrthing wrong with GM

 

[paul8488]

A TB SS makes much more sense to me than the Chrysler Aspen. At least the SS offers something you didn't have otherwise.

 

[HoeyHimself]

Trailblazer SS.. represents everyrthing wrong with GM

And Malibu & Maxx SS models

I dont mind the cloth interior..sure its not the most attractive..but whats wrong with the SS being above all performance and apperance secondly? Why do you have to get a SS as is, no choice other its paint colors? Id rather have a bottom line TB with the heart of a SS TB..but not everyone would, thats why its good to please the people who only car about the oopmh while still pleasing the people that buy to have all the creature comforts.

 

[usa1]

correct me if I am wrong, but they changed the dash materials lately. I recall when the TB first came out the dash top looked like elephant skin, when I recently went to look at an SSTB, the grain was much tighter than originally? Someone confirm. Oh and the exhaust could be more visceral.

The SS TB come with a black plastic trim interior. It looks better than the previously offered tan and gray interiors (I've yet to see any gray interior that look really good and tan can look really bad like in the TB), but I've compared the two and the black trim is the same grain as the old one.

Mark