Cadillac Escalade V - Supercharged 6.2L V8, 682HP - Coming to Silverado?

[f8l vnm]

Would have been cool to see a 3.0 Turbo or even the 2.7 Turbo in the Blazer. Then you can get away with the SS 

[TNTSierra]

2 hours ago, f8l vnm said:

Would have been cool to see a 3.0 Turbo or even the 2.7 Turbo in the Blazer. Then you can get away with the SS 

Or a 6.2L………….like the older 6.0L. But yes, a 3.6L turbo black wing motor would suffice Im guessing!!!  

[f8l vnm]

13 hours ago, TNTSilverado said:

Or a 6.2L………….like the older 6.0L. But yes, a 3.6L turbo black wing motor would suffice Im guessing!!!  

Those days are gone brother sadly we were around for the last great run of ICE engines it seems like. 

[KARNUT]

From what I’m reading the blazer ss is going to be electric. Being the wife gets the next pick it ain’t going to be that.

[f8l vnm]

[shanemoon]

4 hours ago, f8l vnm said:

Huge missed opportunity with the Blazer in my opinion. We've seen how much people are loving the modern throwback retro cars. They could have killed it by doing a retro throwback to the old Blazer.

[KARNUT]

25 minutes ago, shanemoon said:

Huge missed opportunity with the Blazer in my opinion. We've seen how much people are loving the modern throwback retro cars. They could have killed it by doing a retro throwback to the old Blazer.

I don’t think GM cares really. There’re hell bent on electric. We’re already hearing rolling blackouts. We’re going to have to have backup generators to keep our lights on. It’s seems the more (advanced) we get, the more we’re inconvenience. 

[shanemoon]

2 minutes ago, KARNUT said:

I don’t think GM cares really. There’re hell bent on electric. We’re already hearing rolling blackouts. We’re going to have to have backup generators to keep our lights on. It’s seems the more (advanced) we get, the more we’re inconvenience. 

They can still make it electric. I just think they should have brought back the retro look with the Blazer name. Similar to what Toyota is planning on doing with the FJ. 

[Black02Silverado]

They need to offer a straight 6 with a turbo.  The power they could get for that is insane and the cost would be minimal since it is an easy design.    Think of all the engine bay room.

[todd308]

Having drove an S10 Blazer for 20 years, and a 76' blazer for a few years, while I think the new Blazer looks sharp, it's a little bitter sweet that now the "Blazer" is just another tall car.  But I'm not surprised, I mean really compact SUV's are what sells and no one wants off-road capability anymore.  The 4 runner is really the only off-road SUV around now, I guess you could make a case for the Grand Cherokee.   The Bronco fits in there, but not with $30k markups and 2 year waits. 

 

To show you just how much GM is out of touch with off-road......the RS trim Blazer, ya know the "sports car" trim with 7" of ground clearance.... a whole 0.3" more than a Honda Civic......they offer running boards......

 

Honestly it's probably just as well, all the cool cars in demand are priced so high now with market adjustments they are ridiculous......Defender 110, Bronco, etc.   If they offered the new Hummer in a gas motor they couldn't make enough of them.  Rivin SUV (minus the headlights) the same way, same with the FJ coming up.  Lots of great looking off-road SUV's around that are all electric making them basically worthless off the beaten path. 

Edited June 23, 2022 by todd308

[shanemoon]

21 hours ago, todd308 said:

Having drove an S10 Blazer for 20 years, and a 76' blazer for a few years, while I think the new Blazer looks sharp, it's a little bitter sweet that now the "Blazer" is just another tall car.  But I'm not surprised, I mean really compact SUV's are what sells and no one wants off-road capability anymore.  The 4 runner is really the only off-road SUV around now, I guess you could make a case for the Grand Cherokee.   The Bronco fits in there, but not with $30k markups and 2 year waits. 

 

To show you just how much GM is out of touch with off-road......the RS trim Blazer, ya know the "sports car" trim with 7" of ground clearance.... a whole 0.3" more than a Honda Civic......they offer running boards......

 

Honestly it's probably just as well, all the cool cars in demand are priced so high now with market adjustments they are ridiculous......Defender 110, Bronco, etc.   If they offered the new Hummer in a gas motor they couldn't make enough of them.  Rivin SUV (minus the headlights) the same way, same with the FJ coming up.  Lots of great looking off-road SUV's around that are all electric making them basically worthless off the beaten path. 

I agree that the new Blazer looks good. But like you said, just like another mid-size SUV. 

I think they could have killed it if they did some sort of modern take on the old K5 Blazer. Doesn’t have to be all that off road capable. Suzuki’s new Jimny is ultra popular and doesn’t actually have that much off-road prowess despite its looks. 

[todd308]

Agreed, I mean the popularity of the 4-runner, which is horribly underpowered with less tech in even the TRD Pro trim than a mid level Rav 4 has, along with the ridiculous popularity of the Bronco, excitement over the FJ, Hummer, etc. shows that there's clearly a HUGE market for a larger size SUV that actually has some off-road capability but isn't $80k like a Tahoe/Yukon is.   Toyota has zero problems selling every 4-runner they make, even before covid dealer markups on TRD Pro trims were common and now even mid trims are getting $5k markups and selling.   

 

A K5 blazer, like the early 70's models that had a full top with a somewhat utilitarian interior (not low tech, just not luxury) and a price tag that's not $100k would sell huge.    Hell even revamping the S10 blazer into something that could compete in size/off-roading with the 4-runner would sell huge.   The problem with all of GM's SUV's smaller than the Tahoe/Yukon is none of them have any more business off-road than an AWD car.   

 

I think it really shows where GM is focused, I mean look at the Hummer, it's great, but it's ridiculously expensive, and it's worthless unless you want to be tied at the hip to a charger, the new $150k Escalade is another great example of something that own't benefit 99% of their customer base.   Meanwhile Ford brings out the Lightening that's priced about the same as their other F150's, A bronco......A bronco Raptor.   Toyota starts putting hybrid's with significantly more power than even the 6.2 in the Sequoia and Tundra.   Honestly my only explanation for it is GM knows they can't compete in the head to head in the same market areas, so they avoid them and build vehicles that avoid head to head comparison.   IE they don't make competition for the Raptor/TRX, they don't make competition for the Sequoia/4-runner/Grand Cherokee/Jeep, etc.   They just avoid those areas

 

Sadly I don't think we'll ever see it.  Even some of the new offerings, the Defender 110, Grenadier etc. are awesome looking with a good balance of features that can still go off-road but they are $80-100k+.   Even the 4-runner TRD Pro is pushing $60k in what has to be the most feature neutered $60k vehicle ever. 

 

 

Edited June 24, 2022 by todd308

[asilverblazer]

2 hours ago, todd308 said:

I think it really shows where GM is focused, I mean look at the Hummer, it's great, but it's ridiculously expensive, and it's worthless unless you want to be tied at the hip to a charger, the new $150k Escalade is another great example of something that own't benefit 99% of their customer base.   Meanwhile Ford brings out the Lightening that's priced about the same as their other F150's, A bronco......A bronco Raptor.   Toyota starts putting hybrid's with significantly more power than even the 6.2 in the Sequoia and Tundra.   Honestly my only explanation for it is GM knows they can't compete in the head to head in the same market areas, so they avoid them and build vehicles that avoid head to head comparison.   IE they don't make competition for the Raptor/TRX, they don't make competition for the Sequoia/4-runner/Grand Cherokee/Jeep, etc.   They just avoid those areas

I think they are concerned those markets aren't deep enough for all the players. So they stay in the main stream. I think the better description is their over whelming conservative product approach.

Edited June 24, 2022 by asilverblazer

[Low Elevation]

Like was mentioned they need to put this engine in a Silverado SS version. They would sell a ton.