The 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer celebrated its U.S. debut at last week’s 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show.
We covered the U.S.-spec 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer extensively last week, but if you were left wondering about some aspects of the crossover, Kelley Blue Book presented this walkaround video of the crossover taken on the floor of the LA Auto Show.
The 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer will slot in between the subcompact Trax and the compact Equinox in the automaker’s lineup – making it a ‘subcompact plus’ offering. It rides on the same GM VSS-F platform as the 2020 Buick Encore GX, which also occupies a unique space in Buick’s crossover lineup, falling in between the subcompact Encore and compact Envision.
The Trailblazer features the same engine lineup as the Buick Encore GX as well, with GM’s new turbocharged 1.2-liter LIH three-cylinder, rated at 137 horsepower and 166 pound-feet of torque, serving as the base engine. A more powerful turbocharged 1.3-liter L3T three-cylinder serves as the optional engine, producing 155 horsepower and 174 pound-feet of torque. Both engines are paired with a continuously variable automatic transmission in front-wheel-drive models, while all-wheel-drive models with the 1.3-liter engine receive the GM nine-speed automatic.
Chevrolet will also offer the Trailblazer in three different variants. There’s the standard Trailblazer, the sport-inspired Trailblazer RS and the more rugged Trailblazer Activ. Kelley Blue Book‘s walkaround video focuses on the Trailblazer Activ, which is set apart with its faux front skid plate, different rear fascia, standard Hankook off-road tires and specially tuned dampers. This strategy allows the Trailblazer to entice buyers who may want a sportier crossover as well as those who want one with a more off-road inspired appearance.
While the 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer may not have enough capability to actually blaze any trails (or at least not very bumpy ones), it should attract some buyers to the brand when it launches next spring. With prices starting from under $20,000, it will likely prove to offer better value than the already quite popular Trax, which is smaller and has less power than the Trailblazer.
Check out the video embedded below for an in-depth look at the crossover ahead of its arrival in dealers in 2020.
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OK …For the record I miss not having K5 and S10 Blazer like everyone else. I think Colorado would make and excellent platform for such a vehicle. With that said, this was a terrible reviewer. I absolutely can not stand these jaded You-Tube reviewers who are more interested in making cute jokes about the name rather than objectively reviewing the vehicle for what it is and what it does. Tell me how it is better or not better that similar vehicles from other brands in the same segment. Tell me about the features and the Tech. Tell me how it drives and the fuel economy. Here is a much better review:
It’s Not perfect but at least he goes into detail about the features of the vehicle rather than spend the entire time telling me that it’s not a K5 from 20 years ago and that it won’t do rock crawling. Lots of vehicles won’t do rock crawling but it does not make them bad vehicles.
Maybe they need a Colorado sub brand type thing to get away from the fwd “utility vehicles”
100% made in Mexico.No thanks