[Z Fury]

Another GM hater !! I wonder if they called the Blazer the Traverse Sport if it would get a favorable review. People want crossovers, not body on frame SUV's and the Blazer is a name from the past. It will sell like crazy just like the Equinox !!

Some of us would love a body-on-frame SUV that is smaller than a Tahoe.

EDIT - ...that doesn't cost $60K...

 

[Mingo]

Jeep makes real off roaders that everyone, including women, want. GM continues to foist chickmobiles like this on to the Oprah-watching, latte sipping public. Even soiling the iconic name of a classic. Other than the Corvette, which I have, GM doesn’t make anything that I’m interested in.

By the looks of the scattering of the Camaro team, apparently there will be no 7th Gen Camaro. The good name of Camaro will likely resurface as a midsize crossover with design cues from whatever the 7th gen was supposed to look like.

 

[bballr4567]

The Edge has been charging these prices for years and is doing just fine with nearly identical equipment and features. Granted the ST seems to be a better value for the top-end price.

I don't think critics understand this segment or customer very well. It's ultimately a mid-luxury vehicle in many ways.

I'm not a huge fan of the Blazer's Camaro design, I think it's a confusing mix for a vehicle typically targeting higher-end female customers. But it's a striking design none-the-less and looks more premium than Chevy's typical utilities. GM is pretty good at selling utilities right now so I'm willing to bet they did their homework. I would still prefer the more sophisticated look of Edge, Grand Cherokee (sorta competes), or even Honda Passport, but if you're shopping Murano then the Blazer is the only other vehicle offering a similarly striking design.

Blazer is a great name, but probably a distracting choice among critics that just can't help themselves talk about what Blazer means to them. It's a little like critics concluding that the Edge ST is replacing the Focus ST...it's not...so critics collectively rebel on a completely irrelevant point. Critics are just terrible customer research agents.

The problem with the pricing is that it absolutely BALLOONS up the instant you start adding options and you have to add options to get things that are standard in every other vehicle in this class.

It's the fact that nothing in the Blazer is class leading. It gives GM's own customers a different vehicle to buy instead of outside customers a reason to buy a vehicle.

 

[Mr.Buttons]

Another GM hater !! I wonder if they called the Blazer the Traverse Sport if it would get a favorable review. People want crossovers, not body on frame SUV's and the Blazer is a name from the past. It will sell like crazy just like the Equinox !!

And it should be called the Equinox RS/SS Sport XL.

 

[kool1]

The problem with the pricing is that it absolutely BALLOONS up the instant you start adding options and you have to add options to get things that are standard in every other vehicle in this class.

As I have said - if I build a Blazer as I want it with a V6 I almost get to my Cadillac XT5. I like my Caddy much better!

 

[Mr.Buttons]

By the looks of the scattering of the Camaro team, apparently there will be no 7th Gen Camaro. The good name of Camaro will likely resurface as a midsize crossover with design cues from whatever the 7th gen was supposed to look like.

It's working wonders for the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross.

 

[Mingo]

It's working wonders for the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross.

That fact has not been lost on GM management.

 

[rockyspaw]

By the looks of the scattering of the Camaro team, apparently there will be no 7th Gen Camaro. The good name of Camaro will likely resurface as a midsize crossover with design cues from whatever the 7th gen was supposed to look like.

Offer a true 2-door coupe variant and call it Nomad...I'll buy it!

 

[sdotjeezy]

Unfortunately, those positive attributes can’t overcome the Blazer’s high price and an overall impression that Chevrolet just didn’t try very hard with this one.

Can say this about everything they do except for the Vette.
Lazy company, lazy CEO

I wouldn't blame the CEO, GM is actually turning a profit - can't be mad about that. GM should've done either of 2 things:
1. Figure out how to build this CUV off of Alpha and keep it @ this pricepoint.
or
2. Build it as a 3 row FWD CUV, that would've actually been worth the premium over the Traverse.

The Edge got away w/ its pricing on the ST because it had a TTV6 w/ 350+/- horsepower. The Blazer just has the standard corporate 3.6 which makes it just as quick as the 2013 Equinox.

 

[syakov]

its a good thing this isnt a camaro, if it were it wouldnt sell and it woult have no room for people or stuff. I dont think chevy is claiming this is a raised version of the RWD camaro. The pricing is high, but the Edge Platinum is nearly $50k loaded with a 2L turbo. And the edge doesn't come with much of anything standard that isn't on the blazer.

 

[Mr.Buttons]

I wouldn't blame the CEO, GM is actually turning a profit - can't be mad about that. GM should've done either of 2 things:
1. Figure out how to build this CUV off of Alpha and keep it @ this pricepoint.
or
2. Build it as a 3 row FWD CUV, that would've actually been worth the premium over the Traverse.

The Edge got away w/ its pricing on the ST because it had a TTV6 w/ 350+/- horsepower. The Blazer just has the standard corporate 3.6 which makes it just as quick as the 2013 Equinox.

Hell,I'll take the 350hp Edge ST all day everyday over the Blazer. Lower it a couple inches and a catback sysyem and sometuning and look Mom I have a somewhat modern day Typhoon from a company a few years ago I wouldn't have even thought of buying a vehicle from.

Chevy is offering me what? A ugly Equinox?....pass.

 

[b4z]

so .87 g is impressive, but my experience with fwd based gm vehicles is that they dont hold up if you try to drive them hard.

 

[Ambalanche]

To imply any resemblance to the Camaro based on the dash vents is crazy! That and the Bowtie are the only resemblance I see!

 

[Ambalanche]

It's working wonders for the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross.

I have yet to see one of those on the road...

 

[sdotjeezy]

so .87 g is impressive, but my experience with fwd based gm vehicles is that they dont hold up if you try to drive them hard.

Hate to be that guy, but why would you drive a FWD crossover hard?

 

[Z Fury]

Hate to be that guy, but why would you drive a FWD crossover hard?

Because they don't make a TBSS replacement, so that is the only choice we have if we are remaining loyal to GM yet need the size of a CUV/SUV.

 

[sdotjeezy]

I'm loyal to no brand...they're not giving me a discount nor paying me to cheerlead so I'll buy/drive whatever suits my wants/needs. You should give it a try

My last car purchase, I needed a large CUV for my wife and 4 kids...it came down to the Atlas RLine, Enclave, Durango RT, and MDX. The Enclave checked all the right boxes, had the most room, cargo space, was the 2nd most comfortable and most importantly...the cheapest.

 

[Extreme4x4]

Hate to be that guy, but why would you drive a FWD crossover hard?

This Gal drives her FWD based AWD 2013 Explorer Sport very hard.............. especially in cornering (with the TTV6 you don't have to use much throttle to go fast). So much so, that I wore out the edges of my last set of tires when there was still plenty of tread.

We wanted to buy a 2013 Boss 302. We get snow. No workie for a daily driver based on that. So, my Mommy Mobile had to be fun to drive. My Explorer Sport fits the bill, looks great, and can hold a sh** ton of stuff in it. It was a win win.

BTW, I built my 1991 Mustang GT for handling (would pull over 1G), and loved SCCA racing. I understand that I am not the typical Crossover buyer, but we do exist.............. and I see Explorer Sports everywhere (they started breeding in my small town after we got the first one).

 

[Mr.Buttons]

I have yet to see one of those on the road...

Bingo!

 

[steve333]

The updated 2019 Cruze has a defeat switch, no idea why Chevy chose to not offer it in the new Blazer. Bad decision if you ask me. But overall my guess is the Blazer will sell pretty well, given that people for some reason want crossovers these days.

Mary killed the 2019 Cruze, figures it had a defeat switch.
Barra has to go