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Chevy Blazer, Traverse Continue To Turn Incredibly Fast

The 2021 Chevy Blazer crossover and 2021 Chevy Traverse three-row crossover spend very little time on dealer lots before being sold to customers, GM Authority has learned from sources familiar with the situation.

As of the end of February (2021), supply was running at 31 days for the Chevy Blazer (up only slightly from 28 days in January) and 38 days for the Traverse. The optimal figure for the U.S. auto industry is considered to be 60 days.

Below-average numbers can be caused by either high demand, insufficient supply, or a combination of both. In the case of the two Chevrolet models, it’s both. Production of all models was badly hit by a two-month factory shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a slow subsequent recovery. Inventory have not caught up since then, largely because of impressive demand for both vehicles.

Despite the shutdown, sales of the Blazer jumped by nearly 63 percent to 94,599 units in 2020. The Traverse experienced a 14 percent downturn to 125,546 sales, but it was still Chevrolet’s third most popular model behind the Chevy Silverado pickup truck and the Chevy Equinox crossover.

Chevrolet Blazer & Traverse Sales - 2020 - USA

MODEL YTD 20 / YTD 19 YTD 20 YTD 19
BLAZER +62.78% 94,599 58,115
TRAVERSE -14.67% 125,546 147,122
TOTAL +7.26% 220,145 205,237

Due to these figures, it has not yet been possible for GM to regain optimal inventory levels since the COVID-related shutdown. The automaker does not appear to be greatly concerned by this – in March, it has made the vehicles even more likely to sell quickly, offering up to $5,000 off the Blazer and up to $3,250 off the Traverse.

The appeal of the Traverse will increase still further when it receives a mid-cycle enhancement (MCE) for the 2022 model year, which is due to go on sale early this fall (see more on the 2022 Traverse). The refresh was planned for 2021 model year, but was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. No major changes are expected to be made to the Chevy Blazer until after the 2022 model year.

2022 Traverse refresh

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David has been writing about motoring and motorsport since he was 13 and racing since he was 19. He is British, and therefore apologizes for taking up too much of your time.

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  1. Where are all the Blazer purists saying this version sucks and won’t sell and if they did a retro version it would sell in droves? GM did the right choice, this is making money which they needed. The Blazer name had to real long history behind the name, it was slowly watered down over the years and the name barely made it 3 decades, it does well on this and is getting solid reviews and selling well, keep it up!

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    1. Chirp chirp…….chirp….chirp

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      1. It is just the market conditions,when the new blazer that cant blaze first came out I visited a mid-sized dealer and they ordered 6 on their first order and 4 months later they could not sell 1 of them,they said overpriced and no rebates turn people off to it. Just ran my 18 silvy lt cc on carvana and they will give me $36,500 on a truck I bought new when the stars and moon aligned for $32,900 that tells you where the market is.

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    2. Because without facts, it’s just opinion; which is all the haters have.

      Sales are gonna sell, and haters are gonna hate. Guess what GM pays attention to?

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  2. Good old GM. Overpriced vehicles that need a $5000 discount to attract buyers. If they priced them realistically from the start, they might actually sell more. Selling only 98.000 Blazers, compared to 240.000 similarly sized and much cheaper Equinoxes, is kind of telling. Now that gas prices are spiking (already $3.10/gallon for regular in my area and projected to hit $4 by May), shoppers will be looking elsewhere.

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    1. I will say one thing Toyota and some other Japanese companies do well is not overprice their msrp. People walk into their showrooms and drive out with a car.

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  3. After years of Acura, wife selected a Blazer Premium in 2019 – have had zero issues over 2-years and she loves the way it drives. She get regular compliments on it’s style and it has tons of room (unless you have more than 2-passangers to haul.

    I recommend the vehicle to anyone – reminds me of my 79 Scout for utilitarian use (though I wouldn’t take the Blazer off trail).

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  4. They all look alike to me blazer, equinox, and traverse same old engine no good.

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    1. Not a single engine is shared between the equinox, blazer or traverse. Get your facts straight.

      No good? Hilarious. Hundreds of thousands of sales, selling faster than hot cakes, and you say “no good.”

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      1. Hey Kate and Phil…you can’t fix stupid I guess the Chevy Colorado and Full size Silverado have the same old engines to…you can’t fix stupid…and Geoff is that your IQ? I would rather be a right dickhead then the wrong asshole! 😎

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  5. Mary Barr’s is running GM into the ground. Here we see the large Traverse refresh and what looks like the same small nav screen that would be appropriate for a 2000 lb. econobox. It’s not only Chevy – look at the 2021 Cadillacs, except the $ 100,000 Escalade.

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    1. What is the basis for your claim, other than being a sexist d*ckhead?

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  6. Why do people come on here and hate? I guarantee if Mary was a man black or white no one would have anything negative to say. Why don’t we go back to all the “fine men” who ran GM into bankruptcy? The Equinox is the bread and butter seller as is the Trailblazer…the Blazer and Traverse are not for everyone the Blazer you buy because you want it the Traverse because you need the space. I like when people call the touch screen small and over priced meanwhile 30,000 to 40,000 even 50,000 for a Hyundai is just to much. As for me I will take a Blazer or Traverse over the Kia Tellusnot any day! GO GM… IGNORE THE HATERS!

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    1. To Pat, maybe you should get a traverse then. You will buy two before your kia dies, b/c the Traverse will die before 100,000 mi

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    2. Insecure men who don’t like an assertive woman. especially one who is a CEO, and a good one at that.

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  7. A w europie takich pięknych samochodzików brak…j

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    1. Hey Kate, check Motortrend mag, it states they share the same V6 3.6L engine and 9 speed transfer.. regardless that engine has issues and Chevy is milking it until it goes electric.

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      1. I have fist hand experience with this family if engines…I have the 3.0 HF V6 in my 2010 Equinox I maintain it oil changes every 4 to 5 thousand miles, the transmission has been solid. I honestly think it’s not just GM’s fault but also a lack of proper maintenance…I watched a you tube video and this Cadillac SRX V6 needed an new timing chain…you know what the mechanic said?? With proper maintenance the timing chain would not have failed don’t blane the car blame the idiot driving it who thinks it’s a refrigerator! Ad as kia and Hyundai go… absolute garbage my friend works on cars in his shop those kia’a and hyundai’s are always at the shop… engine trouble electric nightmares…you get what you pay for!

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  8. Yup blame the car owner, of course.
    Have you seen the number of TSBs for the Traverse. Compare it to a Honda or Toyota. Have you seen a lot of old traverses on the road ,nope. I still see S10s and Astros, not many old traverses. Not even on the used car lots, hmmmm….

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  9. I did not say Toyota who makes an excellent vehicle..learn to read! In fact GM and Toyota have done many projects together! Now GM is working with Honda another great car company. I mentioned Hyundai and Kia! The intelligence in this country scares me getting Toyota mixed up with Hyundai us like comparing a golf cart to a small car!

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  10. Oh ok, comparing the Traverse to hyundia or kia, why not against Honda or Toyota the travese is the best out of 3 crappy cars. Ok I get it.

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  11. Because american and japanese cars are proven decades old technology…also I would buy a Toyota,Honda, GM, Ford l, or Chrysler. Just my opinion and what I have seen and heard. And GM works with the japanese companies as well they share technology google it. So a Toyota or Honda is as good or better then a GM…but give credit where it’s american cars have come a long way since the 70’s 80’s and 90’s back then you where lucky to get 100,000 miles out of a car.

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  12. An awful lot of decades to be bad car company. I had a 94 S10 blazer w vortec v6,
    200000+ miles, never changed timing chain or transmission. Had a 2002 Astro w a vortec v6, 230000 miles never changed a timing chain or transmission. I had two traverses, both died before100000 miles,
    So what do you drive.

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  13. A 3.1 lumina, a 3.4 grandam and a 5.7 camaro…the Camaro was the best one, the lumina comes in second and they all had that annoying old GM valve tap. How about the 700R4 some people hate it, or the 4,6,8 diesel that bombed big time, my friend also had what he called a gutless cuttles with the famous 304 V8 the poor car had less power the V6, the Geo cars with almost Yugo build quality, 4 cylinder s10’s where junk, the IRON DUKE 👎👎, killing off Saturn that actually made GM money and where good cars, the Caviler turned into a Cadillac, almost all 80’s Cadillacs yuck, the pontiac sunfire and sunbird, the half baked new GTO, getting rid of the Chevy SS, stoped making giant stations wagons that people actually bought, letting the Corvette suffer through the late 70’s with… wait for it 185 HP LMAO,I think grandma’s Buick made more power, the Cobalt what a let down, waterfall grill Buick’s no please, the 2000’s no style Malibu, the iron duke Camaro and firebird, what they did to Oldsmobile, what the Buick regal turned into in the 90’s it lost its performance, not making another SS truck to compete with Ford, getting rid of the S10 and the old 4.3 and the S10 Blazer as well as the K5 Blazer…I could go on and on but some of these are the reasons why GREAT OLD GM WENT BANKRUPT! Have a nice day 😎

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  14. Who cares how it turns. Looks like they are running out of things to say to push this Mexican made junk

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  15. Hey Pat you forgot the Vega, which I had, changed the engine and got a bigger radiator and loved that 5 speed.stick. Also had a Monza 2÷2, they should have kept that one. Have a nice day.

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  16. Phil like I said before you can’t fix stupid…now go drive your Hyundai. The fact that GM started making garbage cars in the the 70’s doesn’t give them an excuse to do it now. You must be a mechanic the cars you mentioned all where ok but needed constant tlc. The Vega was only good with a V8 what did the V6 have? Less HP then a Trailblazer lol, the 90’s S10 and Blazer while reliable often needed spider injector replacement, fuel pumps, an interior that would make rubbermaid proud, not the greatest handling vehicle remember the roll overs at Ford even though they blamed Firestone tires my 96′ Blazer come with a warning label that it’s a multi purpose utility vehicle and doesn’t handle like a normal car. Anyway while your racing me in your”stick” my modern automatic goes right by you lmfao! Better yet have a great day and stay stuck in the past…man they must’ve had good drugs and kool aid back then…wew! 😎

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