A new "Blazer". Not an SUV in my opinion.

It's tires are 235/55 R20. Weird.

 

No front comparison pics?

 

It was parked up against a bush.

 

Bummer ... does it look better in person? I've been slowing down at dealerships to see if they had any yet arou d here, no go...

 

It's nice looking, for a cross-over. I'd never take it to the woods. It has no clearance at all.

 

Well - I would say - it's at best an SUV.

It's definitively no longer a "truck".
No dirt roads, no trailer pulling (4'500 lbs).

 

Now I see that Chevy is going to introduce a 'Trailblazer' in a year or so. This will also have a 4 cyl. turbo engine. I don't see the GM corporate strategy thinking when they already have a new Blazer and the existing Equinox SUV. The Equinox comes with a 4 cylinder FWD or AWD ? Isn't another FWD /AWD 4 cyl. SUV crowding out their current product line ? I think they should come out with a SUV smaller than the Tahoe /Yukon in RWD or 4WD based on the Chevy Colorado/ GMC Canyon. Meaning an SUV with a body on frame platform, not another unit body SUV.

 

In Australia I think they had basically a Colorado-based SUV under their Holden marque.

I can only think they want to appease the market (they are in it for the money) which appears to want a more utility-ish vehicle that is AWD but also comfortable to drive; think variations on the CR-V, RAV-4 but with a variety of up-scale options.

 

I'm still mad they stuck the Blazer name plate on a Murano. Some guy on reddit got angry when I told him his (new) Blazer isn't a Blazer.

 

Unless it is body-on-frame and has 4-lo, it is not a full-fledged SUV. (2wd Blazers are almost fledged SUVs )