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2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer To Offer Optional Performance Package

GM just held the North American debut of the 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer at the 2019 Los Angeles International Auto Show in November. While Chevrolet revealed some noteworthy details about the model, there are still a few things that the Bow Tie brand didn’t discuss, such as the fact that the new small crossover will offer an optional performance package that GM Authority has just uncovered.

The Performance Package for the 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer includes the following features:

  • 1.3L turbo engine L3T engine making 155 horsepower and 174 pound-feet of torque
  • 4,255-lb. GVWR
  • Sport mode
  • Snow mode

Hence, the model gets the more potent 1.3L inline three-cylinder engine, rather than the turbo 1.2L I-3 (137 horsepower / 166 pound-feet of torque) that serves as the base motor on the new Trailblazer.

2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer Engines
Engine Power (hp / kW @ RPM) Torque (lb-ft / NM @ RPM) Transmission
1.2L Turbo LIH 137 / 102 @ 5000 166 / 220 @ 2500 CVT
1.3L Turbo L3T 155 / 115 @ 5600 174 / 236 @ 1500 9-speed auto

Assigned GM RPO code Y63, the 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer performance package is available only on the LT trim level with FWD, since AWD models gets the 1.3L turbo engine as standard. The package also requires the addition of two other packages:

Convenience Package:

  • Automatic climate control
  • SiriusXM Radio
  • 8″ diagonal color touchscreen display
  • 2 type-A charging-only USB ports
  • 120-volt power outlet
  • Inside rearview auto-dimming mirror
  • Driver and front passenger illuminated vanity mirrors with covered sliding visors

Driver Confidence Package:

  • Lane Change Alert with Side Blind Zone Alert
  • Rear Cross Traffic Alert
  • Rear Park Assist

All things considered, the Performance Package on the 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer is a bit of a misnomer, since it simply upgrades the front-drive LT model with the uplevel turbo 1.3L engine, which is included on all AWD models of the new Trailblazer crossover. In other words, the package doesn’t offer any more performance beyond the regularly-available engine, though it does give the front-drive LT trim some more pep that wasn’t available otherwise.

The new Chevrolet Trailblazer slots in as a subcompact-plus model, between the subcompact Trax and compact Equinox. It represents the seventh utility to the Chevrolet family and will start under $20,000 when it launches in the spring of 2020. Production will take place at the GM Bupyeong plant in Korea.

Chevrolet U.S. Utility Lineup
Subcompact CUV Subcompact Plus CUV Compact CUV Midsize CUV Full-Size CUV Full-Size SUV Extended-Length Full-Size SUV
Trax Trailblazer Equinox Blazer Traverse Tahoe Suburban

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  1. Oh-oh 155 whole hp, gives my old, modded 07 TBSS nightmares…..

    I know, but it will sell well for it’s market, wish it was also made on the same line as the Trax in Mexico…

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    1. The Trax sells very well in USA. Trust me, I sell a ton of them.

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      1. The Trax sales doesn’t hold up against a Jeep Grand Cherokee that is feature rich and neither will this cheap bs. Where are our premium options. Can we get a V8 with 400hp as a option?

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    2. The 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer SS (TBSS) had a LS2 6.0 litre V8 engine with 390 horsepower. The standard Trailblazer had a 4.2 litre Vortec inline 6 cylinder with 285 horsepower

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  2. Sounds like someone just discovered the usage of “hence” lol i kid i kid

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    1. Looks like you figured out how to be a dooche on the internet. Hurray for you, enjoy your five seconds of fame you bag of dooooches.

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  3. Gross.

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  4. I’m curious as the to curb weight of both versions.

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    1. Currently not announced… should be closer to 3,000 pounds.

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      1. No! Not a chance! The 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer will weigh about 3300 pounds since the smaller 2020 Trax LT weighs 3146 pounds

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        1. Not a chance eh? I’ll take you up on that.

          Some background info: the Trax is built on an archaic architecture developed in the early 2000s with tons of “scar tissue” baked into the architecture meant for other platform derivatives. This made GM vehicles of that era heavier than their immediate competitors.

          The Trailblazer is built on an all-new vehicle set… not even a platform, but a vehicle set. It’s a new way that GM plans and engineers vehicles. To that end, that architecture is extremely efficient in terms of weight.

          You’ll see the TB come in lighter or around the same weight as the Trax, despite being slightly larger. Thank the marvels of modern engineering.

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  5. As the former owner of a GMC Typhoon, TBSS, and now an X5 4.0 sign me up!

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    1. lol how does a 155hp 3 cylinder relate to any of those SUV/CUVs you listed? This is more inline with the base engine for the Mini Countryman than the Typhoon, which at that time was faster than a Ferrari

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  6. Alex – the last sentence in your article is cut off. “Production will take place at the……”.

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    1. JWL – fixed. Thanks for the heads up!

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  7. I wonder if the LT is the highest trim level or if there will be a Premier. Also wondering if they will give it a heated steering wheel which the Equinox has, but the Trax doesn’t.

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  8. I didn’t read where this “performance package” will also ditch the CVT. From what I’ve read and know, the only way to get a non-CVT Encore GX or Trailblazer is to go with AWD. So in other words, this performance package still has the CVT.

    Sure isn’t anything performance about a CVT.

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    1. Dan – that’s correct. The CVT stays.

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  9. @Andrew my sarcasm is aimed at how GM has lost its performance suv buyers. I buy vehicles for driving enjoyment as well as utility which currently means nothing from GM. I would love to buy another high HP suv from GM but what are my options…so I’m left with my ATS-V and X5. Neither of which will be replaced with any current GM offerings

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  10. 18hp and 8Ibs of torque is a performance package?? Is it free?? Another GM joke right?

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  11. GM strikes again. They actually consider a 3 cylinder that makes 155 ponies performance these days? Back in 1996 my 3200 LB Lumina sedan had 160 HP and 185 LBS FT of torque as the std mill with 215/220 available as the power option. Yes those were larger 6 cylinder engines but the point is 155-160 horses was considered the baseline not the power option. IMO 155 HP should be the base engine and say 200 horses in a 1.5T be the power option. GM joke is about the gist of it!

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    1. The key element you’re not considering is that your 1996 Impala weighed roughly 1,000 pounds more than this here Trailblazer. Yes, this here “performance package” is only so in name. But I would bet dollars to doughnuts that the Trailblazer will match and exceed the performance of the Impala you’re referencing.

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      1. The Chevy Lumina Z34 (3.4 litre V-6) made 215 horsepower. The transmissions choices were 4 speed automatic or 5 speed manual Getrag. At a 0-60 mph time of 7.2 seconds this would run circles around the 2021 Trailblazer.

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      2. You misread my post. I was referencing my 1996 Lumina FWD sedan not the 4000 LB Caprice based RWD Impala. The curb weight of my basic Lumina was a hair over 3200 LBS. Their is no way on earth this Trailblazer CUV weights 2200 LBS.

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  12. The 2020 Chevy Trax LT weighs 3,146 pounds. A good estimate for the larger 2021 Trailblazer is 3,300 pounds

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    1. As I mention above, that estimate is derived from incorrect information and assumptions. See my comment about Trax weight.

      With each new generation, every single GM vehicle has gotten lighter, not heavier due to weight savings and mass reduction efforts… including:
      – Camaro
      – Cruze
      – Malibu
      – Regal
      – XT5 (vs SRX)
      – CT6
      – Silverado/Sierra

      You’ll see the same thing with the upcoming full-size SUVs for the 2021 model year… and the same will also take place with the Trailblazer.

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  13. Every Trailblazer should come with Roof rails.. its should be a standard across the board. Its a SUV vehicle correct? And what does SPORT mode actually do?

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