2019 Blazer - HOT OR NOT

[HondaHawkGT]

On 7/2/2018 at 5:59 PM, i82much said:

You bring back a muscle car, all you have to do is make it fast and make it look good.  So there has been a lot of success at doing so, the Mustang, Camaro, and Mopars are great and really evoke the original. 

 

But realistically, there is only one solid front axle SUV out there, the Wrangler, and the rest of the modern SUV's are just pale imitations.  You can't throw a unibody chassis and a bunch of CV axles on something with a Blazer nameplate and pretend like it is anything like an old K5.  I can't see myself having any interest in something like this, I would get a Wrangler instead.  Yeah, FCA makes junk, but at least the Wrangler is authentic junk.  This thing is just a glorified Honda Pilot.  

 

Which is why the next Bronco is going to be a watered down cash grab. It'll have a weak IFS, complete with plastic IWE-based 4WD and a detuned powertrain to move it.  No V8. No solid front axle. And it'll be priced like a Range Rover.

 

Want an offroading SUV? Buy a Wrangler Unlimited. It'll be more reliable than a Ford powertrain anyways.

 

 

[Goinovr]

Chevy had a chance to build something awesome to compete directly against the 2019 Ford Bronco and decided to play it safe. Hell, they ran away with their tails between their legs on this. 

[BigBlueLB756]

On top of that, they'll probably NEVER promote or advertise it.

[Loco-diablo]

On 6/22/2018 at 3:23 PM, MaverickZ71 said:

BAD use of a badge that was once loved, in a vain attempt to generate some attention for yet another cookie-cutter unibody CUV.    

 

Yup.. looks like every other Toyota, KIA, Hyundai, Nissan, CUV out there. Nothing special whatsoever.

 

 

[GPGuy]

I would like it better if it weren't made in Mexico.

[Jsdirt]

That's today's GM for ya. I live in America, and GM is known as an "American" brand ... yet, my Silverado was made in Canada, with parts made in Mexico, Malaysia, Thailand, and China.

 

There's more American content in a Toyota, Honda, or Hyundai these days ... 

[Grumpy Bear]

Is that a Pilot?   

[Jsdirt]

10 hours ago, Grumpy Bear said:

Is that a Pilot?   

  

[jimbofoxman]

Looks just like all their other silly round SUV's!  19' Silverado's look awful too!

[jps4jeep]

New cookie-cutter SUV is not a bad idea, calling it a blazer is stupid. This is just as bad as when chevrolet re-badged the S10 as just blazer and the blazer became the 2dr tahoe.

 

If the blazer came back, it should be true to the original platform.

2dr

short wheel base

4lo transfer case

(fingers cross) solid front axle and removable top.

 

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On 7/9/2018 at 8:13 PM, starman8tdc said:

turd:

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noun, vulgar - slang
a lump of excrement.
synonyms:    stool, dung, scat, dropping;

 

More:
a person regarded as obnoxious or contemptible.

I feel so much smarter for knowing more about a turd. LOL

[pogrelis97]

Looks to me like it's based on the Cadillac XT5 platform.

Lets face it, there's not a big enough market to build a solid axle 4x4 blazer unfortunately. I think it looks ok and I'll definitely look at one when we trade the wife's Cadillac SRX in in a couple years as I'm sure it will be a cheaper option than the XT5.

Are any of you actually wanting to spend 30k plus on a vehicle that will rarely leave the pavement just because it has a solid axle?  

[dgstarr63]

NOT?

 

I only buy US or Canada vehicles.  GM  wages in Mexico are about $3 an hour, they save money we loose living wage jobs.

[Spurshot]

If it didn't have badges, I would have guessed it was a Toyota.

[mikedeezxxx]

Not liking it at all. I have a 2008 Trailblazer SS. I don’t think they’ll make anything that can touch it ever again.


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