How The 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer Compares To Its Entire Segment

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   It needs a heated steering wheel!
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   Looking at this list tells me why you’ll never see new small sport coupes and limited compact sales in America. The smaller CUVs have the same footprints and straight-line performance but can carry more people, cargo and drive through bad weather in northern states. It’s a matter of time before the Civic coupe disappears.
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      The Trailblazer has a reported 0-60 of 8.9 seconds, probably with a strong tailwind. There are many hatchbacks and sedans the have much, much better straight line performance. The Mazda3 has a 0-60 of around 7 seconds and is also available in AWD, if you need that false sense of security.

      I live in an area where we see a decent amount of snow. I think the 2wd is perfectly find with adequate tires. Personally I prefer the simpler design and decreased cost of maintenance associated with 2wd. If GM made an AWD that could perform in a straightline decently I would consider it, but this is Trailblazer is too slow in it’s class.
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         Ok, Chevy will cancel the Trailblazer put the Cruze back in production with a 2.7t at the expense of GMC/Buick right away….

         What are you talking about?. Talk to the people who are buying CUVs, some people don’t care about one second or so slower to 60 mph, also most 2wd compacts are open-diffs anyways so “adequate” tires still mean you go a little further before getting stuck. The fwd compact is thankfully dead, if GM return a B compact sedan for Chevy it probably be a version of the CT4.
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            Bro, have you heard of these things called plow trucks? Also It’s more like 2 seconds or about 20%, which is a very noticeable number… And obviously some people do care. If the 2wd compact was dead Honda and Toyota wouldn’t be have combined sales averaging well over 500k a year over the past decade. GM doesn’t need to put a full see truck motor like the 2.7t in a car to be competitive, but they need to do better than a 1.3t.
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               I’m not your brother also you made a case saying a fwd car with good tires will get you where you needed in snow but and AWD vehicle is superior in traction in everyway, in your snow plow scenario the 2wd vehicle will be in an absolute collision, even if it has a larger engine (BTW if a collision of that magnitude happens it’s just wouldn’t because you didn’t have a large engine).

               Toyanda hit their sales numbers because of international sales, perceive and earned reliably, quality reputation just like GM moves about 1 millon full-sized trucks due to the same thing but one market is going away and the other is growing, figure it out.
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                  That combined 500k is just US sales, homie. Wtf collisions are you talking about anyways? Make sense. Pointless to try and talk cars with someone who plans on getting in massive collisions… Smh.
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                     I think you being cooped-up I guess your emotional, empty augments to you is supposed to be factual.

                     As said Europe and China supports development for small sedan markets like in the US. Unlike pickups which sales fine here, if it’s no larger international sales for any low profit sedans it’s not going to be on sale here. Corolla gone from 360,000 in 15′ to 309,000 last year, Civic in 17′ 377,000 to 325,00 last year, also don’t forget they come in several bodystyles and both having a bloodbath this year with the virus economy and RAV4 / CR-V sales.
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                        The CHR and HRV would be the primary CUVs pulling sales from the Corolla and Civic. You literally have no idea what you’re talking about. You must not have done adequate research in this segment for some time. Clearly you have no idea about the demand in this market, so why do even bother pretending like you do?

                        If you could form coherent sentences it would be a lot easier to piece together your misinformed and disjointed logic.
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                           No proper rebuttal without facts to back it up?, Still crying?, Need a hug?……. Go argue with a mirror, you might not get somewhere with that discussion, lol.
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   It is just me, or, is that thing really that ugly? Creases, folds, a-little-of-this-a-little-of-that appearance with no real sense of anything?
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      Having driven it for a week and 500 miles, I received complements on the Trailblazer’s appearance every day I spent with it. People also asked questions about it and were very attracted to its styling.

      Personally, I find it very attractive. This is important given the other segment contenders, which generally tend to lean in one of two ways: overstyled and goofy (Toyota C-HR) or strange and incomplete (Ford EcoSport). The Trailblazer not only looks good, but has some flair to it as well.
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         The Trailblazer does look great. However, being that it’s the only relevant GM ICE entry in the most competitive segment in the automotive industry I expected more.

         Since the Trailblazer/ Encore GX is the only GM product that can compete the traditional Subcompact+/Compact offerings maybe it would be prudent to include ICE vehicles like the VW Golf, Mazda3, Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, Kia Soul, and many more. I think when compared the the entire subcompact+/Compact lineup the Trailblazer/Encore GX consistently falls to the bottom half of the pack.

         Also the 2021 Crosstrek has an optional 2.5, specs are available on their website.
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            “I think when compared the the entire subcompact+/Compact lineup the Trailblazer/Encore GX consistently falls to the bottom half of the pack.”

            You keep writing this but your words don’t have much substance. What leads you to reach this conclusion? Explain your reasoning.
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               If you look at the top trim power trains of other manufacturers the Trailblazer literally falls to the back half of the pack. The Trailblazer is what lacks substance, not my words.
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   Chevrolet’s Trailblazer is a head turner and this will count as part of the vehicle’s intangibles which will make it successful.
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   I own a RS edition. Cant say enough good about it. Does everything perfectly. Real head Turner. And, fun to drive with great power and excellent handling. Very sporty. Eye catching from nose to tail. Supreme fit and finish with the piano black. It’s been averaging me 32-35 mpg in the city. I’m so impressed with my Trailblazer. One super nice small suv that is sporty, spirited and overall a blast to be behind the wheel. Highly recommended!!!
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   Wow. That’s a lot of numbers and it just shows how many and how competitive that market is! Jonathan Lopez had his work cut out on this article.

   I agree with Alex Luft and now find it to be very attractive. For some reason at first I didn’t like it as well. But then seeing them in person, I have begun to like it way more and find it much more attractive than most in the class. The other day I picked up my brand new 2020 Chevrolet Spark Special edition (in white with black trim). Only a few hundred miles, but I’m actually much more impressed with it than I thought I would be. Coming out of the 2018 Encore, I knew it would not be easy because that was probably the best car I’ve ever owned. Also, I’m not a fan of CVT transmissions at all. But this Spark’s CVT is certainly different (better??) than the other CVT’s I’ve experienced in the past. Maybe they have improved a lot. Anyhow, while at the dealership picking up the new car, they had an LS front drive Trailblazer in gray sitting on the floor. I walked around it and sat in it. Really impressive. I could certainly see that as my next vehicle in two years.
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   To me the Trailblaizer looks great !…it is not my style but I can see how people would like this car. To be honest…I don’t like many of the newer models made by GM…I own a 2018 Camaro and really happy with it…I have owned numerous GM cars and they have all been fine except my 2nd Cruze that had transmission issues…but GM was always attentive to my complaints and handled my situation very well…
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