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2021 Chevrolet Traverse Refresh Will Now Be Pushed Back To 2022, Automaker Confirms

The previously announced refresh of the 2021 Chevrolet Traverse will be delayed due to complications brought on by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

In a statement released Thursday, Chevrolet confirmed the updated three-row crossover will now launch as a 2022 model year vehicle rather than a 2021.

“The timing for the launch of the refreshed Chevrolet Traverse has been revised,” the automaker said. “It will now launch in calendar year 2021 as a 2022 model. We will share more details as we get closer to launch.”

The refreshed Traverse made its official debut early last month, arriving with a mildly restyled front and rear fascias, new interior seating options, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and a new available eight-inch infotainment display. It will continue with the same naturally-aspirated 3.6 V6 LFY engine, which is good for 310 horsepower and 266 pound-feet of torque, and a GM 9-speed automatic transmission. Front-wheel drive is standard, while all-wheel drive is available for a premium.

Most importantly, the updated Traverse offers additional standard safety equipment – an area that GM has been working to improve in. When it arrives in 2021, the crossover will come standard with Automatic Emergency Braking, Front Pedestrian Braking, Forward Collision Alert, Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning, IntelliBeam auto high beams and a Following Distance Indicator. A new Adaptive Cruise Control – Advanced system will also be offered on the well-equipped 3LT, RS and Premier trims, while GM’s Safety Alert Seat will now be standard on Premier and High Country models.

“With this refreshed Traverse, Chevy will have one of the freshest SUV lineups in the market,” Chevrolet marketing boss, Steve Majoros, said following the vehicle’s debut in March. “But it’s more than just looks. Traverse already offers a long list of safety features and will now offer more standard safety features across all trims, in addition to the functionality and style Traverse owners have come to appreciate.”

Pricing for the 2022 Chevrolet Traverse will be announced closer to its launch. We’re not expecting a huge jump in price over the 2020 Chevrolet Traverse, however, which starts at $30,995 including destination.

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  1. That’s just poor management. It was barely a refresh, not like it’s a whole new model.

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    1. That’s what a refresh is!! Just a slightly new front & back end change and a few other changes.

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  2. This is completely understandable under the current circumstances. Auto Makers need to save as much money as possible right now.
    Well the good thing is that maybe this will buy them some more time to hopefully have their Suppliers utilize better Interior Materials starting in 2022. Just spend a little more GM….It isn’t that difficult

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  3. AT what point did GM need a reason to postpone something??? This is just a convenient one!

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  4. Everytime I see this refresh I see the Cadillac XT6 . Just remove the bowtie and add the cadillac Crest.
    With a relatively small amount of change for the 21 model, I think something else is going on .

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  5. Omg when is this boring styling going to change

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    1. Funny you say that because I thought the “all new” Explorer copied the look of the Traverse. Usually the GM SUV looks like the Explorer but I thought it was the other way around this time. Funny that you see it the opposite.

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  6. Yet this outsell the default troll vehicles Tell-a-ride and Pile-of-shsit, also the Exploder other than rwd and ST isn’t all that either. I do wish GM can use this time to add a 5.3 option.

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  7. It’s not as if they redesigned the vehicle. Things must really be bad at GM for them to delay this refresh a whole model year. I guess the 2021 Traverse will be handled in the same way as the 2020 Impala. They will just change the year on the brochure, remove some colors, and call it a day.

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    1. What they just did was delay it from 21 to 22 and extended the life of the platform by one year, which in true GM fashion, “saves money”.

      GM never ceases to amaze with how incredibly cheap they are. So the 2020 version rides it out now until Oct 2021 vs having the revised model debut in Oct 2020… This would push the entire platform program out one extra year all due to a what 4 week (currently) shutdown???

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      1. It’s less about the 4 week shut down and more with what auto sales will be like over the remainder of the year, a lot of people are out of work right now and even when things start to return to normal many won’t have extra money to blow on new vehicles. Is it really that bad for GM to make financially sound decisions? Or must they rush out refreshed models for the few who act like they care, but probably won’t be buying anything.

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      2. I’m guessing you don’t work in automotive, safety, or engineering. Do you know what timeline’s they have to work with? Do you realize all the release engineers (a handful of them) are working on current issues, and now have to finalize all the details for the upcoming model year. Do you realize that the changes that are made during shut-down in July have to be worked on in Jan-June? They then have to get suppliers to make the new grilles, taillights, headlights, etc. and have NHTSA approve all of them. If you are about to complete everything you need in March and a virus all of a sudden sends you home and away from the plant, your coworkers, the suppliers, how on earth do you expect them to get the middle steps, let alone the final steps completed so the changes can go into production???? Give the workers a break. Are you up to date with 100% of everything with your job? You don’t realize that losing 1-2 months of production on something pushes everything out. And, they can’t just say, well we’ll make the 21 come out in January of 2021. They have COLA figures and other safety regulations they have to comply with. All this and I’m not even an engineer, but I did work in automotive about 20 years ago. You’d be surprised what goes into a model year change and what happens if you lose 2 out of 12 months in which to do your work. Not trying to be harsh, just wanting people to realize that losing 1-2 months of work in the office (it’s just not the same working from home) really changes things in automotive engineering.

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  8. It’s hard to believe keeping the old LFX designed 3.6 saves money in this LFY variant over the newer fresher LGX engine which is a smoother quieter and slightly more efficient engine. It sure seems like money would be saved using one design with different tunes.

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  9. Is traverse 2022 going to get 12inch infontaiment scree?? I’m waiting for that to happen

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  10. What about silverado 1500 getting 12 inch infotainment screen. I don’t. Want to go for F150 but gm need to get it together and get the 12 inch infotainment screen to complete with f150 and ram 1500

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