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Originally Posted by Scrappy Doo
I just don't see the reasoning in making the Equinox, trailblazer and the traverse. I can see keeping the Equinox and then adding this and dropping the traverse, or dropping the current traverse and naming this the traverse.
Equinox, Trailblazer, Traverse, Tahoe, Suburban..... That's a lot of SUV's for 1 brand. Add in the Enclave, Acadia, Terrain, Yukon, Yukon XL, Escalade, Escalade XL.... That's a ton of different SUVS.......
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Its despite the fact that it has 7 seats, its a midsize SUV. The Equinox is a compact crossover, so its one size smaller with a lot less overall capability as a working vehicle. The Tahoe & Suburban are fullsize SUVs, larger and more capable than the Trailblazer. The Traverse is a large crossover, more space, probably equal in towing but probably not equal off road. The real only overlap that I see in the Chevy lineup is Tahoe & Suburban.
If it were up to me though, I'd get rid of the Suburban we know, but use the name on the Tahoe, killing off that name plate. Then, I'd get rid of the Yukon and leave the Yukon XL, but drop the 'XL'. So GMC gets the biggest SUV in the GM lineup, Chevy keeps the Suburban name. Then, I wouldn't bring back the Trailblazer. I'd bring back the Jimmy by itself. That gives GMC a midsize and fullsize+ SUV and gets rid of some of the interbrand competetion between GMC and Chevy. Buick and Cadillac are able to differentiate themselves enough from Chevy and GMC that I don't think its a problem when they have models.