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Three-Row Chevrolet Blazer Officially Revealed In China

After months of leaked images and following an official announcement, General Motors finally pulled the wraps off the three-row Chevrolet Blazer during the 2019 Chevrolet Gala Night in China. While the automaker contemplated the “Blazer XL” name to define the seven-passenger SUV, it finally decided to simply call it “Blazer” for the Chinese market.

The Chevrolet Blazer will be positioned as the brand’s flagship SUV in China, above the existing Tracker, Trailblazer and Equinox. Compared to the Blazer sold in the U.S. market, its Chinese-market counterpart sports a longer rear overhang and an extended roofline, allowing ample space for up to seven passengers. It rides on the same GM C1 architecture as the Cadillac XT6, among others.

Like the five-seat version of the Blazer, the three-row variant boasts athletic proportions inspired by the 2018 Chevrolet FNR-CarryAll concept. In China, the three-row Blazer will be available in RS and Redline trim levels to match its sporty character.

Chevrolet Blazer three roow Redline

While the automaker didn’t announce any powertrain details, we expect to find a single powertrain option in the form of the 233-horsepower, turbocharged 2.0L LSY four-cylinder engine matched to the GM nine-speed automatic transmission.

The Chinese-market Chevrolet Blazer made its debut alongside the all-new Chevrolet Menlo EV, and both will be on display at the 2019 Guangzhou Auto Show that runs from November 22nd to December 1st. As we reported earlier, the Chevy seven-seat SUV will be built at GM’s Jinqiao plant and will arrive in dealerships in early 2020.

For now, there are no indications that the three-row Chevrolet Blazer will be offered in other markets. It’s an ideal midsize-plus SUV for markets such as China, where the Chevrolet Traverse isn’t sold because it’s too big. For that reason, we don’t expect to see a seven-passenger Blazer hit the U.S. market anytime soon.

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  1. Traverse will be gone in no time. Unfortunately the Blazer is made in Mexico or China in this case. Its a shame. Probably GM’s plan from the get go of the Blazer. It only makes sense, the Blazer isn’t filling a void in GM’s lineup. Its only competing with models that are already here.

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  2. Traverse is not going anywhere. I’ve seen bunch of traverses around my area for sure

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  3. Made in China, big market in China, you might be seeing less real soon. At least here in the USA imho.

    Weekend ????

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  4. Seems they’re using this one platform for everything under the sun for every market possible and GM is laser focused on China, the worlds largest car and lux car markets. Certainly a good bottom line move, just wish ALL products were better. Hyundai has nicer interiors for less… GM needs to improve the value proposition as I’ll never buy a GM vehicle w/a crappy interior. This Blazer in the US, properly equipped is over $50K too, WITH the ehhh interior…

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    1. @xjug
      Agreed on GM interiors. They need to start spending money to catch up to the competition.

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  5. No one cares about China.

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  6. I know the interior material would be the same, but GM offers some interiors that the dealers just do not order. For example, Wickstrom Chevy in Roselle (a suburb of Chicago) has a Cajun Red Blazer Premier with the Jet Black/Maple Sugar interior combination. Besides the Maple Sugar leather seats even the door panels have an insert that is Maple Sugar. It looks interesting; I would like to see this vehicle. But this dealer is over 50 miles from where I live. Locally, all I can find are Blazers Premiers with the all Black interior. So if these dealers would order a few vehicles with these alternate interior options, maybe more interest would be placed on the interior. After all, that’s what the drivers see 100% of the time.

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  7. Forget about how it looks, does this mean that Chevrolet will be importing the 3-row Blazer from China and not Mexico.

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  8. This may be the only time that the production vehicle looks better than a drawing. The Blazer in black is hot! And look how frumpy the Menlo looks compared to it.

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  9. The Blazer Carryall would sell well in the US…..very well.

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  10. Give it to the U.S. market, as an option.

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  11. The generation that had blazers are still living so the new blazer isn’t a memory from the past accept its name not looks should have been called CHEVY Rocks instead of CHEVY Blazer!

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  12. At least the “blazer” (I call it nomad) has an actual segment. This blazer is just a traverse with a nomad body. The nomad wasn’t a bad idea but this and the trailblazer are just junk. When I went on the chevy website and saw the trailblazer I was so happy. I thought they were finaly going to make a real small suv. I thought it would be a sexier version of the holden trailblazer or something of the sort. Now I know it just slots in between the equinox and trax. When will they learn that they’re just dividing and decreasing profit.
    Here’s what I mean: you have profit divided into 3 segments (or thirds). Each segment is decreased by 10(or 1 tenth) for R&D/building cost. The more segments, the more you lose from R&D/build cost. All you need is:
    Compact cuv (equinox) Midsized Cuv (nomad), Full sized cuv (traverse), Supermini (aveo and sonic), Midsized sedan (chevelle and malibu), Compact sedan (cruze and nova), Full sized sedan (impala and caprice), Wrangler like compact SUV (tracker), Midsized SUV (s10 blazer), Full sized suv (K5 tahoe, K5 blazer, Suburban, Suburban HD), midsized truck (S10 colorado), Compact truck (LUV), and full sized truck (silverado). That is 15-17 segments (depending on if the HDs get their own segment, probably do). Chevy currently is aiming at 15-16 segs. Whats the diff? Well, if you put all cuvs in one factory/chassis(vss-C), All sedans (excluding cruze, Aveo and sonic) and camaro in another factory/on another chassis(VSS-alpha3), other cars in the next (vss-f), Full/mid sized trucks and SUVs (vss-T), and everything else on VSS-R. Corvette would be a hand built front engine BEAST (more on that in the comments section of the rendering of a front engine C8).
    Just 6 chassis for almost 20 cars! This cuts build costs, while R&D is inevitable. The fewer factories also cuts costs because factories work the same as segments. Fewer factories, less money spent as a whole and more can be put into the factories. This means the factories have to either, number one, be faster (crank out more cars on one line), making it harder for factory workers, or, number two, have to be more complex/bigger (more lines). Number one is solved by using robots and leaving people workless. The reason you dont want to do number two is cost, but robots are expensive too. The solution to number two is solved via the money saved by fewer factories. All in all, it is roughly the same amount of money, spent smarter. The leftover money could be saved, or used for better working conditions and THEN when all is established, profits come in. Note- Please don´t hammer me with specs and numbers. I have not done any calculations.
    I could talk all day about the products themselves, but I don´t have time tonight because of Boyscouts. Please, if you want to chat about this topic, PLEASE reply.

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    1. You said all that to say what ?

      Try it in less than 50 words, GO ……..

      PLEASE REPLY !!!!
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  13. They all have very chumpy shapes. That is not to mention the colors they are designed.

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    1. I think the Nomad (blazer) is quite handsome.

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  14. First of all you name this small SUV a Blazer that does not resemble anything like the Blazer in the past , then you want to convert what you already made for a particular clientele and expand its seating to three rows. Why? Before you know it you have all your SUVs looking alike with different names on them. Why? Is it because a five consumers said I wish there were? Let them buy a Traverse if they want the room.

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