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Chevy Trailblazer: Subcompact Crossover

Looks much better than the Trax to me, which it is set to replace in the US. Just not sure which name they'll use here. I like the design a lot.
 
Wait.

Trailblazer?

Like the Grand Cherokee-sized SUV they used to make a few years ago?

Did Chevy take a page out of Chrysler's nothing-is-sacred naming strategy? lol
 
UN4GTBL said:
Wait.

Trailblazer?

Like the Grand Cherokee-sized SUV they used to make a few years ago?

Did Chevy take a page out of Chrysler's nothing-is-sacred naming strategy? lol
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I would not be surprised to see them build a "line" around the Colorado name. They have a (Holden) Colorado 7 in other countries, so maybe the mythical BoF midsize SUV in the US will share the Colorado name too.
 
Ryan said:
I would not be surprised to see them build a "line" around the Colorado name. They have a (Holden) Colorado 7 in other countries, so maybe the mythical BoF midsize SUV in the US will share the Colorado name too.
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I hadn't even considered that but that actually wouldn't surprise me at all now that you mention it. As for the Colorado 7 let's hope it stays there at least until it's re-done because that thing is uuuuuugly. Curiously enough though the Colorado 7 is now called the trailblazer in Aus.
 
Jalopnick was not kind reviewing this vehicle and I agree what is GM thinking?
Take a sacred nameplate and hang it on that ugly thing.
No wonder GM is failing.
 
Blown7 said:
Jalopnick was not kind reviewing this vehicle and I agree what is GM thinking?
Take a sacred nameplate and hang it on that ugly thing.
No wonder GM is failing.
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I don’t think nameplates make or break a brand. I’d much rather them do this than keep the Trax around with its blob styling and lack of personality.

And who knows, it may be called something different in the US.
 
For us OG who can remember buying and driving the Legacy vehicles. .it just doesn't feel right. As the Jalopnick article said people are expecting a retro vehicle like the new Ford Bronco...it's passion and emotions that has alot to do with a new vehicle purchase.
I guess if you never lived those legacy times it's hard to comprehend.
 
Blown7 said:
For us OG who can remember buying and driving the Legacy vehicles. .it just doesn't feel right. As the Jalopnick article said people are expecting a retro vehicle like the new Ford Bronco...it's passion and emotions that has alot to do with a new vehicle purchase.
I guess if you never lived those legacy times it's hard to comprehend.
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The Trailblazer that comes to mind for me is this unremarkable vehicle:
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Names get put on different types of vehicles as times change. Charger is a good example of that. Maybe people hanging onto the past need to get over the name and appreciate the improvement in the vehicle instead.
 
This is my remembrance and the iconic end of Gen 1

The new Bronco is using the 1960-1970 base also.


All us Baby Boomers are the guys that can afford the high prices now it seems.... with lots of financing..

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Blown7 said:
This is my remembrance and the iconic end of Gen 1

The new Bronco is using the 1960-1970 base also.


All us Baby Boomers are the guys that can afford the high prices now it seems.... with lots of financing..

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It seems like you're confusing the Blazer with the Trailblazer? This thread is about the Trailblazer.

Although I do agree, that model you posted a picture of is what comes to mind when I think of the Blazer. They could have chosen a different name for the new one. Blazer is still kind of a cool name for a sporty crossover like the new one, though, and it doesn't take away from how much I like the vehicle.
 
Ryan said:
It seems like you're confusing the Blazer with the Trailblazer? This thread is about the Trailblazer.

Although I do agree, that model you posted a picture of is what comes to mind when I think of the Blazer. They could have chosen a different name for the new one. Blazer is still kind of a cool name for a sporty crossover like the new one, though, and it doesn't take away from how much I like the vehicle.
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Ahhh .......see us old timers even confuse those two brands....
 
It is a general consensus across the internet forums that GM has some of the ugliest front ends in the market place. The full size pickup truck front end comments are downright nasty.

I have to agree the front on this vehicle looks like 5 people were each assigned to design the top, bottom, each side and the middle and GM used ALL of the design ideas at one time.
 
I have literally seen vomit that I have ejected that I’d rather look at than the new Chevy designs.

All of my Chevy friends are like, “STFU Muther, I don’t want to talk about it!”

They are hoping the C8 Vette brings it back home. I was told the C8 Vette will continue the tradition of ugly Vettes that began all the way back in 1984
 
Ryan said:
Looks much better than the Trax to me, which it is set to replace in the US. Just not sure which name they'll use here. I like the design a lot.
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Yep, That's our next Trax from South Korea.
However, it does raise the question should FCA "split" the Renegade into two models ( especially International markets).
 
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Muther said:
I have literally seen vomit that I have ejected that I’d rather look at than the new Chevy designs.

All of my Chevy friends are like, “STFU Muther, I don’t want to talk about it!”

They are hoping the C8 Vette brings it back home. I was told the C8 Vette will continue the tradition of ugly Vettes that began all the way back in 1984
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A friend of mine is a Chevy die hard, we were talking the other day and the Silverado came up. He just gave me this look of "I don't even want to hear it" even though he knows I'm right lol.
 
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