We’ve already shared with you gobs of information about the 2019 Chevrolet Blazer, including its engines, trim levels and pricing, unibody structure, rear exhaust treatments and dimensions. But what we haven’t yet considered is how Chevy’s upcoming midsize crossover SUV stacks up from a size standpoint to other GM crossover models, particularly the compact Chevrolet Eqinox, Chevrolet Traverse, Cadillac XT5, and GMC Acadia. For good measure, we also threw in the Chevy FNR-CarryAll Concept. For the sake of sanity, we will refer to the FNR-CarryAll as the three-row Blazer concept going forward.
| 2019 Chevrolet Equinox | 2019 Chevrolet Blazer | 2019 Cadillac XT5 | 2019 GMC Acadia | Chevrolet FNR-CarryAll Concept | 2019 Chevrolet Traverse | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelbase (in / mm): | 107.3 / 2725 | 112.7 / 2863 | 112.5 / 2858 | 112.5 / 2858 | 112.87 / 2867 | 120.9 / 3071 |
| Length (in / mm): | 183.1 / 4651 | 191.4 / 4862 | 189.5 / 4813 | 193.6 / 4917 | 196 / 5000 | 204.3 / 5189 |
| Body width (in / mm): | 72.6 / 1844 | 76.7 / 1948 | 75 / 1905 | 75.4 / 1915 | Not Available | 78.6 / 1996 |
| Height (in / mm): | 65.4 / 1661 | 67 / 1702 | 66 / 1676 | 66 / 1676 | Not Available | 70.7 / 1796 |
| Front track: | 62.2 / 1580 | 66.4 / 1687 | 64.4 / 1636 | 64.5 / 1638 | Not Available | 67.3 / 1709 |
| Rear track: | 62.2 / 1580 | 66.2 / 1681 | 64.4 / 1636 | 64.5 / 1638 | Not Available | 67 / 1702 |
What we see is that the Blazer’s 112.7-inch wheelbase is nearly identical to that of the XT5, Acadia and three-row Blazer concept. In fact, we have reason to believe that the differences in wheelbase measurements between the three models – all of which share the same short-wheelbase GM C1 platform – is the result of different rounding methods, rather than actual differences in wheelbase length. Meanwhile, the Chevy Traverse – which rides on the extended-length C1 platform, which enables the vehicle to be an entire size class above the aforementioned models – has a notably longer wheelbase measuring nearly 121 inches.
2019 Chevrolet Blazer LT (undergoing testing in July 2018)
2017 GMC Acadia
2017 Cadillac XT5
The Blazer’s 191.4 inch overall length is slightly longer than that of the XT5 (189.5 inches), a difference enabled by different styling of the front and rear clips. Meanwhile, the 2019 Blazer is shorter than the three-row Acadia (193.6 inches), and the three-row Blazer (196 inches). Of course, all four models are shorter than the gargantuan Traverse (204.3 inches).
Stay tuned to GM Authority for more Chevy news and Blazer news.
Comments
A Three row Blazer is not needed what is needed is the Trailblazer on the Colorado frame is needed without a 4 cylinder engine.
Oh a three-row Blazer is needed alright. With the rate people are buying these things, it’s bad business not to have one.
Now, a body-on-frame midsize SUV would be a welcome addition… but it would be a niche-market product compared to the new-for-2019 Blazer, which is a mainstream, mass-market offering that will attract interest, purchase consideration, and buyers – in droves, while making money hand ever fist.
Alex, do you think we’ll hear anything from GM about the LGW or a twin-Turbo LGX or versions thereof, being propogated into other GM brands beyond Cadillac?
Hey, look, it is ANOTHER RED CHEVY BLAZER article from GMA. Almost daily there is the same article with the same top-of-the-line red Blazer pictured. I guess GMA doesn’t have confidence in the more mainstream versions to show them. More likely this vehicle will be a flop in sales given GMA is trying so hard to promote it. It cant just sell itself. Nobody promotes the Toyota Camry or Honda CRV so much, yet they sell.
I, like many others, will not buy a Chevy Blazer since it is made in Mexico. How could GM fire 15,000 American workers and then justify making this thing in Mexico “because they can make more profits”? They could have easily put this in an “idled” plant in the U.S. Sorry, I support building American communities many of which were destroyed by GM…I support American jobs, research and development. Too bad GM is looking for a quick buck and forgets it is the American taxpayer that bailed them our to the tune of $12 billion plus.
Noticed that too.
Seriously, GMA, this doesn’t look good. Looks a bit desperate to sell this thing especially when you can only seem to show the top tier model which most people cant afford. And given it is made in Mexico and the new Ford Blazer is coming soon, I don’t hold out much hope for this vehicle being a sales success. Seriously, bad time to launch a Mexico-made product with dubious quality when you just fired 15,000 hard-working Americans who also bailed you out.
Oh, and Ford like Toyota, Honda, Mercedes, BMW, and others all seem to have found a way to make their SUVs in the U.S., make money and employee vast amount of Americans in the process. GM is not with the majority and I think it is going to hurt them long term. It already is……………………………
Ford Bronco will be made in Michigan! USA.
Lincoln Aviator made in the U.S. too.
As much as I have supported GM all my life, I cannot consider the Blazer. Sorry, GM. You need to make better decisions.
This vehicle looks awful, but the story behind it is a fraud. its already bad news that a new SUV bearing the iconic Blazer nameplate will be built in Mexico whilst GM is cutting plants and shedding jobs, bringing Devastation to families and communities across this country.
GM employs over 15,000 production workers in Mexico, pays the workers less than $3 per hour and exports over 80 percent of the vehicles to the U.S. to sell here. This is all happening while UAW-GM workers here in the U.S being are laid off. Only by voting with your wallets, and buying vehicles built in the US, will GM change its disastrous course.
How come the “Blazer” is so woefully inefficient compared to Acadia? And how come the Equinox is still so large for a compact CUV? Reminds me of the two 1990’s Chevrolet compacts-Cavalier and Beretta/Corsica…too close in exterior and interior dimensions.
Can someone do an interior specification/dimension comparison chart? Last I remembered, there was little of a seats-down cargo space (cubic feet) difference between Equinox and “Blazer”.
I wish I could have deleted the third row in my Denali like the All Terrain. Folded it when we bought it and never had them up since.
Just wish it was a option to delete as cargo room and storage is more of what we use.
Chevrolet’s Blazer RS V6 may be a real bargain compared with the Cadillac XT5 or Acadia Denali; but it would be interesting if Chevy decides to drop the 420 hp 6.2 Liter V8 EcoTec3 L86 in the Blazer.
Affordable? Have you actually seen the top tier pricing? Are you serious?
And with it made in Mexico and all the other issues with GM right now, try selling this vehicle. The depreciation will kill you.
You need to drop the crazy transverse V8 idea. You already have a vehicle with start stop technology to keep it relevant with coming MPG and emissions regulations.
So the regulations would not permit it. The drive line can not take it unless the engine management is tuning it down like the GTP GP V8 that was a total mess.
Come on I know you are smarter than this and know better.
The 6.2 is going to remain in a Tahoe till the regulations force it out. That day I am sad to say is coming. Smaller engines and multi valves are applied to meet the coming numbers.
We may get more power but not 6.2 V8 engines in this vehicle.
I had a 5.3 GP, other then trans problems (which I had a warranty, thanks Lord) was a blast, decent room, economy and an absolute sleeper . A 5.3 RS Traverse would print money
By print money do you mean the 500 units a year that would sell? Not sure why most folks on GMA think the answer to all problems is to throw the 6.2 into everything.
Because some people are terribly short sighted, so much so that they desperately hang onto the idea that we are just one V8 powered car away from launching a second muscle car era, where gas will be cheap and everything will be RWD.
It hasn’t happened for almost 20 years now by my observations, so why some people continue to entertain the idea shows how desperate they are.
But from what I can see, it will never happen because for a number of reasons:
1) V8 engines can command a premium, therefore no automaker would price it to be affordable to sell in volume.
2) Insurance for fast toys.
3) While their fuel economy is light-years away better, a V8 intended for performance is still going to be hard on gas.
4) The majority of the public nowadays simply doesn’t see a V8 powered vehicle as being amazing, nor is a V8 a primary demand of what they want in a vehicle.
5) And finally, the unwillingness of those people to pay for it. They bemoan that they don’t want bluetooth, or touchscreens, or anything electronic, but that they want the newest high-tech LT block with 450hp and a 6-speed in a vehicle that costs $25K complete…..then they expect GM to make money on volume by selling that hypothetical vehicle to 500 people a year.
The GTO couldn’t go it, neither could the G8 GXP or the SS. The Charger does it because the car REALLY IS dirt cheap and has terrible resale values and serves the fleet market very well, but even then the V6 models outsell the V8,
The Made in Mexico Chevy Blazer is going to be a flow in sales because only the absolute top line/ top priced version looks ok (the others are frumpy looking why GMA doesn’t show them), and the new Ford Bronco is coming. Not to mention all the competition from Toyota, Mercedes, BMW, Honda, and more great products like the new Aviator from Ford/ Lincoln. And with these companies all building in the U.S. and supporting American jobs, well, GM is going to suffer. And it is NOT a real Blazer, just a quick name for marketing purposes to sucker you in.
Mark my words, the Blazer will not hit sales targets. GMA overpromoting this vehicle is the warning shot that this thing cant sell itself. Wait a few years until dealers are desperate to unload them off the lots and discount heavily. IF you really need one. But by then their will be many more options.
Why do you keep comparing the bronco to the blazer, they are not competitors. It would be more appropriate to compare to the edge or explorer. The bronco is a niche market vehicle that will sell most likely in low volumes, like the toyota fj cruiser.
For you they’ll have a 1. 6 t C. Jenner version….
No, making cars for metro Detroit and trying to out-Japan Japan is what caused GMs downfall, having a halo model of a regular CUV won’t cost much to dovelop, plus the domestic competition already have performance models of the main CUVs (Cherokee/Durango SRT, Explorer ST, Traverse???) .
Make this a EV suv sales will go thru the roof look at Tesla , Jaguar and Audi are releasing EV suv GM don’t play catch-up
They’re all releasing EV models, sure. But THEY DO NOT SELL. And it’s hoghly likely that this will remain the case.
GM has its EV attack coming and it will be better and bigger than others. Unfortunately, GM’s EVs will follows in the footsteps of rivaling EVs (and GM’s own EVs) and sell in paltry numbers. Then Barra and Ammann will be ousted, and the EV and AV madness will be scaled down to normal levels.
Does the Blazer have rear compartment clothes hangers? The Acadia doesn’t. A poor design oversight…
I would like to know why if it’s called a Blazer that there is no option for and OFF ROAD package or at lease something to drive on back dirt road with some degree of protection
First family just got a 2019 Blazer 4WD Premium (wife’s); have a GMC Yukon (mine), an 07 Colorado LT3 (son), and a 67 GTO (Mine of course); thus admit my bias toward GM. We drove the XT5 and Acadia Denali, along with Buick, Toyota, and Mercedes – both agreed the Blazer was superior from comfort, visibility, and driving. It replaced an 2018 Acura RDX. Also admit I am not a fan of full time AWD, nor supercharged 4-cylinder motors that get lower or the same economy as the 6 or 8.
Have just had the Blazer about 1,000 miles and we are both still fans. A few comments you may not hear: the 2WD mode is a plus for fuel economy; as adults, wanted the 2 row SUV with room for stuff – good room; nice storage UNDER the floor; GREAT visibility compared to the XT5, similar to the Acadia; acceleration and handling superior to the Acura and Mercedes; The ONLY thing she misses is the hard drive to record music.