Following closely behind the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, Car and Driver has also spotted the upcoming, 2018 Chevrolet Traverse as well.
These two crossovers will play an integral part in Chevrolet’s vehicle strategy, as buyers shift towards CUVs more permanently. Both will be joined by a new midsize crossover to slot between Equinox and Traverse.
We can’t comment much on design, because camouflage is caked on to the max, leaving the imagination to work out the details. Imagine a much more angular front end, taking cues from Chevrolet sedans, while the rear remains for a mystery.
The biggest news on the 2018 Chevrolet Traverse is its size. While the 2017 GMC Acadia shrinks to a midsize crossover, the Traverse will remain a full-size vehicle with a third row. The jury is still out on what GMC will do to replace the vacated space the Acadia once held, but it will likely arrive sooner rather than later. This market is booming, after all.
Underpinning the 2018 Traverse will be the same platform the 2017 Acadia and 2017 XT5 are riding on: C1XX. The new architecture ditches the old Lambda bones, and should help the Traverse shed a couple hundred pounds in the process. Expect all-wheel drive as an option, and a 3.6-liter LGX V6 to provide the power to a six-speed automatic. That is, unless the all-new, nine-speed automatic is ready by this time.
Much like the current Equinox, the current Traverse is hot. Don’t expect a rush to bring this vehicle to market, as Chevrolet milks the first-generation’s sales until the end. Do expect a possible 2017 Detroit debut, though.
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All these vehicles changing to the new platform, yet we have not heard or seen anything about the Enclave. That has got to be around the corner as well in terms of a all new vehicle on the new platform.
It is.
Just because you think you have not seen one does not mean they are not around. Too often these new vehicles are under old bodies and more wrapping.
There’s also prototypes of GMC Terrain running around too
Far and away the best vehicle (along with similar Buick Enclave/GMC Acadia) GM makes, there’s just no comparison, and NO crossover of any kind has more 3rd-row or seats-down cargo room, and that’s my biggest pitch to people looking at these and other mid-size/large crossovers, so hopefully GM doesn’t lose it with the redesign. Bonus points if a CD Player is still standard (or at least optional) on all models, ditto bodyside moldings and spare tire, 2 more features I will absolutely NOT be without in a vehicle purchase, and glad to see these 3 still have. Oh, and tell FUYAO to stay out when choosing glass suppliers, I’m SICK of seeing both Chinese and Mexican glass in North American-built vehicles. Hopefully PGW remains, as in the current vehicles (rearmost quarter windows on Traverse come from Pilkington North America, formerly LOF, also fine). Oh, and spruce up the basic Traverse LS, I shouldn’t have to see black moldings on a modern base car, let alone one that’s over $30,000-its not a cargo van or a basic work truck, so I shouldn’t have to see it on any car of any kind that’s not a Spark!
You my friend need your head examined! These are the things you are focusing on! Really you care about where the glass in a vehicle comes from?