GM Reveals 2013 Chevrolet TrailBlazer - Page 3

fielderLS3 · 03-21-2012, 11:42 PM

It's a body on frame? God bless GM. At least there will be one company that still builds a proper mid-size SUV.

Captain Awesome · 03-22-2012, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

US sales are still up in the air.

Put in the new V6 from the Terrain, scrap the Traverse, and you got a winner.

Captain Awesome · 03-22-2012, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

US sales chances are not looking good at all...

Pass the word along that the people who decided this are complete idiots.

25thanniversary · 03-22-2012, 12:34 AM

It's nice i would buy one

*DGthe3* · 03-22-2012, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Awesome

Pass the word along that the people who decided this are complete idiots.

Why? Because they're catering to a market that prefers the ride, handling, and fuel economy of car based crossovers over the towing, hauling, and off-roading capability of body-on-frame SUVs? Building what the majority want ... yup, stupid way to run a business. Much better to cater to each and every niche, spending billions to make millions.

Would it be nice to see a new TrailBlazer? Sure. But I honestly don't see there being a big enough pool of buyers in the US to justify it. What role would the TrailBlazer fill? People who really want/need the capability of an SUV will get a Tahoe or Suburban. The ones that care more about fuel economy will take an Equinox or Traverse. So the TrailBlazer buyer is looking for what, something that isn't terribly capable or efficient?

*TAG UR IT* · 03-22-2012, 01:09 AM

Not bad at all!

Fen...you hear any word on the new Tahoe they are supposed to design? It's, from what I've heard, supposed to look more like the Traverse (or maybe the Trailblazer??). If you hear anything, pm me!

SteveRS · 03-22-2012, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

US sales chances are not looking good at all...

of course cause the US never gets the awesome cars they export them all... but ill let you know when i see it in korea

01pewterz28 · 03-22-2012, 08:53 AM

WOW love it too bad we will not see it here in the states just like some of the cool models they over in the Middle East and we cannot get them in the states what a shame I enjoy buying cars/trucks but right now GM has nothing that I want to spend my $$$ on I already have the Camaro, Suburban, and Malibu give me something different.

Sean

Number 3 · 03-22-2012, 09:39 PM

I think you all think this vehicle is bigger than it is. Duramax Diesels? Me not think so.

And I have no idea where you guys (Spike, cough) are getting 30 mpg from an engine that doesn't exist or even one that does. Wow!

Captain Awesome · 03-22-2012, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by DGthe3

Why? Because they're catering to a market that prefers the ride, handling, and fuel economy of car based crossovers over the towing, hauling, and off-roading capability of body-on-frame SUVs? Building what the majority want ... yup, stupid way to run a business. Much better to cater to each and every niche, spending billions to make millions.

How does it cost "Billions" to take a vehicle that is already made and sell it to people? I think you have misplaced a decimal point or something.

Oh... I think I figured it out. You were talking about spending billions to make millions. You apparently confused this with the Volt topic.

dgformula2k · 03-23-2012, 10:03 AM

I honestly don't know what's so "awesome" about this TB. Is it the body on frame? And those 2.5 and 2.8 engines (the gasoline versions) everyone on here crapped on. It looks like a 4Runner to me. Meh. I'd rather have a Durango, at least you can get Hemi power with it. And its better looking IMO.

POWERFREAK · 03-23-2012, 10:11 AM

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Tell me about it... I can't wait for the rest of our country to collectively pull our heads out of the sand and see that diesel isn't the old, ugly, dirty fuel that it used to be.

I laugh at the fact that we are just now getting technology in gasoline engines from the factory that has been around for over a decade in the diesel world (turbo/superchargers stock, direct injection, etc).

its been a long time coming and we still aren't all the way there yet. Electric vehicles are a stopgap solution to a long term problem. As much as I like the Volt, even it is not good enough. I'd love to see a diesel Volt...hmmm....

Jeep recently announced the Cherokee will be available in the US with a V6 Diesel soon...Wrangler rumored to be next.

FenwickHockey65 · 03-23-2012, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by dgformula2k

I honestly don't know what's so "awesome" about this TB. Is it the body on frame? And those 2.5 and 2.8 engines (the gasoline versions) everyone on here crapped on. It looks like a 4Runner to me. Meh. I'd rather have a Durango, at least you can get Hemi power with it. And its better looking IMO.

Those engines are COMPLETELY different than the Duramaxes in the TrailBlazer.

And diesel > Hemi. End of story.

Scrappy Doo · 03-23-2012, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

Those engines are COMPLETELY different than the Duramaxes in the TrailBlazer.

And diesel > Hemi. End of story.

Are you talking price? LOL

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03-22-2012, 08:53 AM	#36
01pewterz28 #TeamBeckyD Drives: 2017 HBM 2SS Convertible A8 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Apopka, FL Posts: 10,494 View My Garage	WOW love it too bad we will not see it here in the states just like some of the cool models they over in the Middle East and we cannot get them in the states what a shame I enjoy buying cars/trucks but right now GM has nothing that I want to spend my $$$ on I already have the Camaro, Suburban, and Malibu give me something different. Sean __________________ #TeamBeckyD FIFTY HBM 2SS VERT

03-22-2012, 09:39 PM	#37
Number 3 Hail to the King baby! Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 12,301 View My Garage	I think you all think this vehicle is bigger than it is. Duramax Diesels? Me not think so. And I have no idea where you guys (Spike, cough) are getting 30 mpg from an engine that doesn't exist or even one that does. Wow! __________________ "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley

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TAG UR IT www.Camaro5store.com Drives: 2014 ZL1 #705 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: SA, Texas Posts: 26,544 View My Garage	Not bad at all! Fen...you hear any word on the new Tahoe they are supposed to design? It's, from what I've heard, supposed to look more like the Traverse (or maybe the Trailblazer??). If you hear anything, pm me!

03-23-2012, 10:03 AM	#39
dgformula2k lurker Drives: 2000 Firebird Formula Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Austell, GA Posts: 89	I honestly don't know what's so "awesome" about this TB. Is it the body on frame? And those 2.5 and 2.8 engines (the gasoline versions) everyone on here crapped on. It looks like a 4Runner to me. Meh. I'd rather have a Durango, at least you can get Hemi power with it. And its better looking IMO.