General Motors will build the 2019 Blazer in Mexico, the automaker has confirmed.
Production of the resurrected Chevrolet Blazer will begin later in 2018 at GM Ramos Arizpe plant in the state of Coahuila operated by GM Mexico. The facility currently builds the Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Sonic as well as V6 DOHC and V8 OHV engines.
GM Ramos Arizpe Plant in Mexico
A GM spokesperson stated that the automaker made the decision to manufacture the 2019 Blazer in Mexico rather than in the U.S. due to the U.S. facility capable of building a midsize SUV – the GM Spring Hill plant in Tennessee – running three shifts and being at full capacity.
The all-new Blazer, which is a midsize crossover based on the same on the same architecture – the GM C1 platform – as the second-generation GMC Acadia and first-gen Cadillac XT5, will arrive across U.S. dealerships early next year. The last time a vehicle called the Blazer was sold in the U.S. was 14 years ago, and the all-new model will have very little in common with its predecessors, since the new vehicle is a two-row crossover that’s based on a unibody car platform, making it more car than SUV and creating the term “crossover”. By comparison, previous Blazers utilized body-on-frame construction used in pickup trucks and SUVs. The setup enabled prior Blazers to have rather significant prowess off road, which the new model will not enjoy.
The all-new 2019 Blazer, which slots between the compact Chevy Equinox and the full-size Chevy Traverse, will compete with the Ford Edge, Nissan Murano, Jeep Grand Cherokee, and Hyundai Santa Fe Sport. Pricing for the new model has not yet been announced.
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So GM can not build the Blazer in the U.S due to CUV plants at full utilization, so they retool a plant in Mexico which currently makes the Cruze, giving jobs away when Lordstown, which also makes the Cruze, lays off eliminating hundreds of jobs and a full shift…TODAY OF ALL DAYS!!! SMH
Just lost a customer…
It’s amazing how the Democrats just abandoned the UAW and American worker. Might explain why traditionally solid Blue States like Michigan switched and voted majority Trump. With the UAW working closely with the President these days, even getting along quite well, it doesnt bode well for the Democrats in the upcoming mid-term elections. Americans wont forget who has their backs.
…and the dated Camaro-esque interior is not the best choice.
Can you see the upcoming Cadillac XT4 dash in the new Blazer? Its there in the touchscreen and the buttons underneath. Push-button start too.
And ofcourse the Camaro parts bin too.
Trump / Republicans in charge now and allowing this! Better call him…oh forgot…Trump “really don’t care” .
I don’t think Trump can control what GM does. It’s not like state owned entities in communist countries. Blame the move on space utilization, labor costs (Unions are costly when it come to labor), and such.
Sarcasm
Yeah, because the Republicans are such staunch Union supporters. SMH
Um, that would be the big labor Democrats not the right to work Republicans.
Stop making propaganda!
1st, workers in Mexico are also Americans. I never heard that Mexico is in Asia or Africa.
2nd pitting one group of workers against another means serving as a tool for the bosses, and is the worst thing one can do to a worker, be this American, Asian, African, or European.
You must be saavy enough to know U.s. citizens call themselves “Americans”, an endonym. Defined societies, nations have a right to set internal policies and boundaries. Conflating that with malice toward others is disingenuous.
America stretches from Cape Columbia on Ellesmere Island in the North to Cape Horn in the South.
To confuse one of the countries existing on this continent with the continent itself is misleading. One might even call it hybris.
Okay, from the larger picture, calling ourselves Americans is conceited. Yeah, well.
No, all people living in America between the Polar sea and the Magellan Strait can call themselves “American”. There is nothing wrong with it.
Wrong is only to deny that an Argentinian or Brasilian or Mexican is an American,
North America does go from the polar regions in Canada all the way to the tip of Mexico and it is divided into three countries the way i see it.
Not quite. Guatemala, Cuba, Greenland, Panama, Bermuda, et al. There’s a lot more to North America than just the 3 amigos. Granted those 3 are the most obvious geographically and economically, but there’s more than 3.
There are various viewpoints from which the border between North, Central, and South America is being drawn. Politically, Geography or Geology. And in all of those
Some hold that North America ends at the Rio Grande.
Others think that it was a serious error for Mexico to be content with the role of the maquiladora country for the USA, instead of joining ALBA or at least Mercosur.
But rejoice — NAFTA was awarded the 2026 Football World Cup (football in the sense of the ball being played with the feet, in contrast to the US version of Rugby, where it is touched more by hand than by foot).
Have you forgotten that the Democrats saved GM after Wall St. crashed the economy back in ’08?
Remembered yes, but… Rino vs. Dino thinking can never strongly inform understanding of politics. It is Congress’ duty to issue and regulate currency that supports the economy. They have continuously failed as a whole, starting with the national debt farce. And not holding up Wall St’s power as revocable.
If you think that either Republicans or Democrats have you or this country’s but interest in mind, you’re even more ignorant than the people you’re trying to “call out.” Grow up and demand change for your country. Don’t play party politics with two dangerous and wasteful organizations. Especially since it does sound like YOU care about this country. Neither party does. It scares me that people like you believe otherwise.
In regards to the Blazer’s manufacturing location, I’m disappointed to say the least and I hope that GM reconsiders, but I understand their mindset behind it if their other facilities are at max capacity. Frankly, I think GM needs to cut vehicle models and brands anyway.
Nothing explains the citizens of Michigan voting against their own best interests.
Americans do not care about GM. Why should GM care about Americans?
Americans care more about the next thing than having any self respect. And how many Americans still think this is 1982 when it comes to cars?
Give me a break.
Michigan citizens, like so many others in this country, will pay the ultimate price as Asia takes over the world.
Especially with the push from agent orange to make America an outlier.
Just think, the middle class in China is exploding. The middle class in America? Collapsing.
Just me or the taillights LED design matches up with the mid engine vettes rolling around, im guessing this the new Chevy design. Looks good especially with how the vettes light will be narrow and long
I think the design is a wreck. The side mirrors form a blind spot as they do on the current and previous Equinox. Visibility out the rear quarter windows is also poor. I drive a 2018 Subaru Outback and can find no faults from excellent visibility to outstanding safety to 35-40 mpg on the highway. I drove GM cars since 1966 until Subaru opened my eyes what an exceptional vehicle they manufactured.
As long as that horrendous boxer engine doesn’t start tapping and blowing smoke.
Subaru’s are ugly vehicles.
You poor thing.
Ever looked at Subaru ratings?
How about this. My mothers Subaru was a joke. My brother in law, who sold that junk, traded in his 20 month old Subaru pile. Remembered he is an American and purchased a Traverse.
Ask other owners as my post shows Subaru is junk.
Is tariff Trump going to shut down the automotive industry in Canada if so i hope GM moves every to Mexico I certainly don’t want to buy any foreign made car from US, I would sooner buy from Mexico than..
With Trumps new tax incentives, Ford decided not to move the Lincoln assembly plant to Mexico, and continue building them in the USA. GM, make it happen!!
Outside of the auto industry, Apple committed to bring 22,000 jobs back to the US, which includes manufacturing, building new plants and customer service hubs. Again, Trumps corporate tax plan was a huge incentive for Apple.
I’m glad it’s not coming from overseas, but I do wish GM could figure out a way to keep Lordstown busier.
If memory serves me right, GM pays approx. $3. hr. for labor in MeXiko. Forget the taxpayers bailout handed over by politicians with no input from the public, forget American jobs forget all of it it’s all about their bottom line. So run out and get you one folks.
I would just to keep tariff Trunp happy..
Ir you Want to make América Great again donˋt bus foreinger brands