Catch Up On The History Of The Chevrolet Blazer: Video
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Yes, the Chevrolet Blazer is more than likely returning, though it won’t be the “Blazer” we know and love. We’ll likely see the nameplate slapped onto a front-wheel-drive crossover vehicle.
We digress. Today, it’s all about the past. And in the past, Chevrolet built the Blazer, its answer to the Ford Bronco. It began in 1969 when Chevrolet saw the Bronco’s success and wanted a piece of the two-door sport utility pie. The original Blazer was basically a downsized Suburban, which itself was based on the K10 pickup at the time. These first-generation Blazers also came from the factory without a roof.
Still, it found success and quickly went on to sell 45,000 units a year. In 1973, the second-generation Blazer hit the scene and stuck around for 18 years, and in 1991, yet another new Blazer hit the streets.
The S-10 Blazer arrived in 1992 and tweaked the winning Blazer formula with a smaller package, but stuck to its off-road roots. The S-10 Blazer was also the first Blazer to receive four doors.
In 1994, the full-size Blazer became what we know as the Tahoe today, while the S-10 Blazer became known as just Blazer. It was the same as the old Blazer, but boasted a new design.
1999 saw a big reveal for the Blazer line: the Trailblazer package. The special edition package marked the nameplate’s off-road roots, and would prove so popular that the Blazer would soon become known as the Trailblazer in 2002.
Alas, the Trailblazer and Blazer left this world long ago. To this day, we still hope Chevrolet has something up its sleeve to rival competitors from Jeep, and soon Ford. The Bronco’s coming back after all.
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Its returning as a FWD midsize crossover with a little 4 banger
Unfortunately………
For many of us, great would be the day when the car manufactures said “Screw it, let’s have one last hurrah and really bring back the cars people love.” There are many of us young and old that long for the day where we can see a GM lineup that included a DOHC 302ci Z/28 Camaro, a Camaro SS 5.7L a Camaro SS-1LE 6.4L 396ci, a 7.0L (427ci) Yenko Camaro, a 750hp supercharged ZL1, a RWD alpha-2 platform based Malibu Chevelle SS, a 6.4L Silverado SS, a 7.0L Omega Platform Impala SS, a real Silverado based 2-Blazer with off road capability and even a Tahoe SS. We’d love to see the Pontiac lineup reborn with a Alpha-2 Chassis Firebird lineup with a Formula, a Trans Am WS6 and a Firehawk, along with a few Grand Prix models on the Alpha platform and even an Omega chassis Bonneville. We’d love to see a revised 360ci 5.9l V8 and a 426 7.0L Hemi V8 engines in the new Challenger, Charger & Durango, a new Ramcharger SUV. There are alot of us who would love for these days to come back but unfortunately these days will never happen. There are no more roads to drive, no time to drive them, no more exciting cars, no more fun. We are stuck with 14hr a day shifts, no money and a bunch of wannabe honda, fuel sipping, boring, depressing vehicles that have no symbolance of what people love and miss. Everyone is so focused in following china and worrying about china, we are no longer America. Cars like the ones ive mentioned above are the cars we need, but will never have again.
My very first car was a 1974 K5 Blazer which I bought in 1979. Light skyline blue and white. I loved that thing, but what a pile of junk. By 1980 the engine was blowing blue exhaust and ticking like a spastic alarm clock, the fiberglass top wobbled like a bowl of jello every time I drove over the train tracks, and by 1981 the transmission was toast. And not to mention the rust. So…much…rust.
Almost forty years later, and I am now on my FOURTH Chevy two-door 4WD full-sized SUV, my 1997 Tahoe Sport. What a difference! Over 200,000 miles on the original 5.7 Vortec and 4L60 transmission, and they both still run smoothly and perfectly. I’ve driven it from Alaska to Acapulco, and from below sea level in Death Valley to almost 14,000 feet in Colorado. The thing just will not die. And when things wear out, as they will, the truck is very cheap and easy to fix. GM vehicles of the 1990s don’t get a lot of respect, but DAMN, they did something right when they built my Tahoe!