Chevy Blazer Grille Design Features Nod To The Mighty Corvette
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Having launched for the 2019 model year, the reborn Chevy Blazer is about to enter its third year of production. A lot has been said about the model, but one rather interesting design detail appears to have gone unnoticed.
Look closely at the bar separating the crossover’s thin upper and larger lower grilles, and you’ll see a stingray-shaped element just below the upper headlamp. That element is in the shape of a stingray, and appears to be a subtle nod to the vaunted Corvette Stingray.
It’s unclear whether the Stingray shape is intentional or simply an accidental by-product of a natural design process, but it’s definitely a neat touch nonetheless. If it is, in fact, intentional, then we must commend Chevy designers for hiding the mighty Corvette Stingray logo in plain sight.
From the onset, GM has made it very clear that the design of the new Chevy Blazer is inspired by the Camaro. However, there are a few elements that are inspired by the Corvette. For instance, the shape and black coating of the A-pillar are very similar to those in the Corvette C7, while the Camaro’s A-pillar treatment is entirely different.
2019 marked the first complete year that the new Chevy Blazer has been on sale. During this time, the Bow Tie brand moved 58,115 units of the midsize crossover SUV. Having recorded 41,870 sales during the first six months of 2020, Blazer is on track to roughly double those figures this year.
The Chevy Blazer is a mid-size crossover utility vehicle (CUV). It’s currently the brand’s second-largest crossover, slotting between the compact Chevrolet Equinox and full-size Chevrolet Traverse. The current model was introduced for the 2019 model year and represents the fifth generation of the Blazer nameplate, which dates back to 1969.
The model rides on the regular-wheelbase version of the GM C1 platform shared with various other GM mid-size and full-size crossover, including the second-gen GMC Acadia, first-gen Cadillac XT5 and XT6. The long-wheelbase variant of the same platform is shared with the Chevrolet Traverse and Buick Enclave. In China, the Blazer features a slightly different rear-end configuration to enable the addition of a third row. The Chinese-market model also has the same subtle stingray in the grille.
For North American markets, the Chevy Blazer is built by GM Mexico at the at the GM Ramos Arizpe plant. For China, the three-row Blazer is built at the Jinqiao Cadillac plant in Shanghai.
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We all need things to inspire us to be better; but it might be more tangible if the 2020 Chevrolet Blazer shared the 495 hp LT2 6.2L V8 with the 2020 Chevrolet C8 Corvette.
Your comment inspired me to compliment you. I seen more Stingray in the entire grille itself than the little headlight trim, -a stretch if that.
Yeah, I’m gonna go ahead and call this one a stretch. Everything about the Blazer’s design is Camaro inspired, not Corvette. An actual noteworthy detail about the grille is how the shape is mimicked inside. The grille and infotainment display share the same silhouette.
The design, color and overall shape of the Blazer’s A pillar is similar if not identical to Corvette C7. I had to walk out on the lot to see it, GMA is spot on. The rest is of the Blazer is clearly Camaro inspired.
But that Stingray in the grille divider there. I won’t be able to unsee it. Nice catch guys.
A black A-pillar? Come on. That doesn’t mean it came from Corvette. Do you not realize how many vehicles have a blacked-out A-pillar anymore? Is the Ford Explorer inspired by the Corvette now too?
I see Camaro.
You don’t see a stingray right below the headlamp?
I read the article again. They’re not saying the Blazer looks like a Stingray. They’re saying that there is a stingray logo below the headlamp.
Yes I see the stingray trim piece but the vehicle still looks like a Camaro.
And who said otherwise?
When will the fish mouth disappear from auto design? It’s terrible looking.
Who gives a crap? Way overpriced for what they are.
Let the make this by GM Korea. They can provide low-cost Blazer to Middle-East Area, and improve domestic(Korea) sales statistics!
I’ll ask this question one more time . . . what is a Blazer? I’ve seen 3 of them in Florida since their introduction over 2 years ago. And yes, I’m looking. And they’re apparently “selling”? I’ve seen plenty of them on the lots. If GM would advertise them perhaps they’d really sell.
Yes, they’re selling. Will do about 100,000 sales this year along in the U.S.
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2020/07/gm-sales-figures-numbers-results-united-states-q2-2020/
Great figures especially during a global recession.
What is a Blazer? It’s a midsize crossover utility vehicle… similar to a Ford Edge or Grand Cherokee or Hyundai Santa Fe or Nissan Murano.
Great looking vehicle. It shouldn’t be called the blazer but it does look nice. I would get one if it wasn’t built in Mexico. I guess I will be buying another GMC Canyon when I need an upgrade.
We’ll see if Ford sells more than 60K of the Bronco the first full year. Bet they do.
They’ll sell more than 60K of the Bronco in the first year or two. Maybe even three. But as is typically the case with specialty vehicles, initial demand will be satiated and things will not look good thereafter. But yeah for the first handful of years, the Bronco will be a hot model… but the Blazer will be more sustainable and will make more. That’s not to say that GM shouldn’t do a Bronco competitor… but the Blazer ain’t it.