The Chevy Trailblazer recently received a new rival on the way of the 2022 Toyota Corolla Cross. This subcompact crossover slots in between the uber-tiny Toyota CH-R and compact Toyota RAV4 in the Japanese automaker’s lineup, but how does it measure up against the Trailblazer from a dimensional standpoint? Let’s find out.
Exterior Dimensions
The 2022 Chevy Trailblazer and 2022 Toyota Corolla Cross have the exact same wheelbase length, coming in at 103.9 inches. The Corolla Cross is slightly bigger when accounting for the bodywork, though, coming in at 71.6-inches versus the Trailblazer’s overall length of 71.2-inches. The Trailblazer is also half an inch taller than the Corolla Cross and has an extra half-inch of ground clearance with front-wheel-drive. The AWD variants of both crossovers have more ground clearance than FWD models, however the Corolla Cross AWD still has an extra 2mm of ground clearance over the Chevy.
| Dimension | Chevy Trailblazer FWD | Toyota Corolla Cross FWD | +/- Chevy Trailblazer FWD | Chevy Trailblazer AWD | Toyota Corolla Cross AWD | +/- Chevy Trailblazer AWD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelbase (in.) | 103.9 | 103.9 | 0 | 103.9 | 103.9 | 0 |
| Overall Length (in.) | 173.5 | 175.6 | -2.1 | 173.5 | 175.6 | -2.1 |
| Overall Width (in.) | 71.2 | 71.6 | -0.4 | 71.2 | 71.6 | -0.4 |
| Overall Height (in.) | 65.3 | 64.8 | +0.5 | 65.7 | 64.8 | +0.9 |
| Front Track (in.) | 61.2 | TBD | - | 61.2 | TBD | - |
| Rear Track (in.) | 61.3 | TBD | - | 61.3 | TBD | - |
| Maximum Ground Clearance (in.) | 7.6 | 8.1 | -0.5 | 8.0 | 8.1 | -0.1 |
| Dimension | Chevy Trailblazer FWD | Toyota Corolla Cross FWD | +/- Chevy Trailblazer FWD | Chevy Trailblazer AWD | Toyota Corolla Cross AWD | +/- Chevy Trailblazer AWD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelbase (mm) | 2639 | 2639 | 0 | 2639 | 2639 | 0 |
| Overall Length (mm) | 4407 | 4460 | -53 | 4407 | 4460 | -53 |
| Overall Width (mm) | 1808 | 1826 | -18 | 1808 | 1826 | -18 |
| Overall Height (mm) | 1659 | 1646 | +13 | 1669 | 1646 | +23 |
| Front Track (mm) | 1554 | TBD | - | 1554 | TBD | - |
| Rear Track (mm) | 1557 | TBD | - | 1557 | TBD | - |
| Maximum Ground Clearance (mm) | 193 | 206 | -13 | 203 | 206 | -3 |
Interior Dimensions
Now let’s move inside. Up front, the Trailblazer has an extra half inch of headroom over the Corolla Cross, along with 2.7 inches more shoulder room. The Corolla Cross has two inches more front row legroom, however, and an additional 2.7 inches of shoulder room.
The Trailblazer’s clever packaging really shows in the backseat, where the Chevy has a huge 7.4 inches of additional rear legroom, 1.4-inches more shoulder room and 6.6 inches more hip room. Second-row passengers in the Toyota will enjoy an additional 0.7 inches of headroom over the Chevy, however.
| Dimension | Chevy Trailblazer | Toyota Corolla Cross | +/- Chevy Trailblazer |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Row Headroom (in.) | 40.0 | 39.5 | +0.5 |
| First Row Legroom (in.) | 40.9 | 42.9 | -2 |
| First Row Shoulder Room (in.) | 55.4 | 52.7 | +2.7 |
| First Row Hip Room (in.) | 52.3 | 52.6 | -0.3 |
| Second Row Headroom (in.) | 38.4 | 39.1 | -0.7 |
| Second Row Legroom (in.) | 39.4 | 32.0 | +7.4 |
| Second Row Shoulder Room (in.) | 53.8 | 52.4 | +1.4 |
| Second Row Hip Room (in.) | 50.4 | 43.8 | +6.6 |
| Dimension | Chevy Trailblazer | Toyota Corolla Cross | +/- Chevy Trailblazer |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Row Headroom (mm) | 1016 | 1003 | +13 |
| First Row Legroom (mm) | 1039 | 1090 | -51 |
| First Row Shoulder Room (mm) | 1408 | 1339 | +69 |
| First Row Hip Room (mm) | 1328 | 1336 | -8 |
| Second Row Headroom (mm) | 975 | 993 | -18 |
| Second Row Legroom (mm) | 1001 | 813 | +188 |
| Second Row Shoulder Room (mm) | 1367 | 1331 | +36 |
| Second Row Hip Room (mm) | 1280 | 1113 | +167 |
Cargo Dimensions
These two crossovers are almost equal with regard to cargo capacity. Behind the second row, the Trailblazer boasts 25.3 cubic feet of cargo space, while the Toyota has slightly more at 25.5 inches. The AWD version of the Corolla Cross loses some cargo capacity, however, dropping down to 24.3 inches. Meanwhile, Chevy managed to retain the exact same cargo capacity in AWD versions of the Trailblazer.
Toyota has yet to confirm cargo capacity of the Corolla Cross with the second row folded. The Trailblazer, for reference, has 54.4 cubic feet of cargo space with the rear seats folded flat.
| Dimension | Chevy Trailblazer FWD | Toyota Corolla Cross FWD | +/- Chevy Trailblazer FWD | Chevy Trailblazer AWD | Toyota Corolla Cross AWD | +/- Chevy Trailblazer AWD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cargo Volume Behind First Row (cu. ft.) | 54.4 | TBD | - | 54.4 | TBD | - |
| Cargo Volume Behind Second Row (cu. ft.) | 25.3 | 25.5 | -0.2 | 25.3 | 24.3 | +1 |
| Dimension | Chevy Trailblazer FWD | Toyota Corolla Cross FWD | +/- Chevy Trailblazer FWD | Chevy Trailblazer AWD | Toyota Corolla Cross AWD | +/- Chevy Trailblazer AWD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cargo Volume Behind First Row (liters) | 1540 | TBD | - | 1540 | TBD | - |
| Cargo Volume Behind Second Row (liters) | 716 | 722 | -6 | 716 | 688 | +28 |
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Comments
“exact same wheelbase length, coming in at 103.9 inches. The Corolla Cross is slightly bigger when accounting for the bodywork, though, coming in at 71.6-inches versus the Trailblazer’s overall length of 71.2-inches.”
Now that’s magical! haha. Overall length coming in at an astonishing 32″ less than wheelbase.
On a more serious note, I really wonder how people would have responded had Chevy called the TB the Cruze TourX or something like that. Point is that we can all see that Toyota has put their blueprint in plain site when it comes to moving the traditional sedan/car onto a more CUV/SUV/Wagon-like body and keeping the traditional names.
The charts don’t show the cargo room for the Toyota, but with over 7″ less rear leg room, you know the cargo room will be greater than the TB.
Chevrolet and to a lesser extent GM, goes through model names like a chain smoker through cigarettes. How many model names has Chevrolet had for their Corolla car? How many for their Camry? The Camry name has been around since the 1980s. Corolla forever. Tacoma has been Tacoma through s-10 then Colorado.
TGG: I agree 100%. I’ve said that same thing in the past and still say GM is making a huge mistake every time they change their minds and thus the names. The must get a great name, put it on a great product and then keep it no matter what.
Mr. Berning: some context here. I am old. I recall the days when auto brands had at least some sort of format to their model names. Ford had their station wagons with a rural theme: Ranch Wagon, Country Sedan, Country Squire. Chevrolet: restort cities like Bel Air, Del Ray, Biscayne. Plymouth had what I call the hotel cars: Belvedere, Plaza, Savoy, Cranbrook. Chrysler had northeatern cities: Saratoga, Windsor, New York(er). Buick’s top of the line was the Roadmaster, and it certainly was for its era. There was a format, a rhyme-and-reason to the names.
Now, it’s made-up words with odd spellings like “Cruze”, or meaningless alphanumeric nonsense like CT4, trying so hard to sound German. Acura did something I find amusing: they named one of their cars after a WWII – era explosive compound, RDX.
At least Lincoln reconsidered, and have gone to a set of names that define ocean and air travel: Aviator, Navigator, Nautilus. etc.
As for Chevy: pick names, and stick with them. Even though the Vega was a dud, a new car, even with that name, would have sold.
Thanks. I am 54, and recognize many or most of those names. I’m totally in agreement with you on all this. Kudos to Lincoln for coming out with a consistent and nice names. Now they just need to stick with them! As for Cadillac? I’m not putting much hope in GM/Cadillac with the names any more. Heck, they didn’t even bring out some of the cars with the “Iq” names, and yet they already decided not to use most of them.
Exactly.
From 1972 Chevy spent billions of dollars on research and development, making cars, scrapping cars, then starting all over again, and again.
What did Honda and Toyota do?
They learned from the mistakes Chevy made. Honda built the Accord and Civic, Toyota the Corolla, and Camry starting in the 1970s. They didn’t scrap models every 5 years, and start over, they just used common sense improving these 4 models every few years, saving billions in research and development.
Chevy never built goodwill into their products, and owners never had a chance to purchase the same Chevy a few years later, because they didn’t make it any more.
Ford and Chrysler did the same with their vehicles.
A foreign copy of a domestic vehicle is always an inferior copy.
Trailblazer, young people, adventurous, athletic, old farts don’t get it.
for the same money, “if i’m young, adventerous and athletic”, i’d get the ford maverick instead of either of these vehicles.
MPG? this would have been nice to include.
I can’t believe people are still upset about the trailblazer name… The name says it “Trailblazer” not rock crawler, not, off-road warrior! To me Corolla Cross is copying Mitsubishi with Eclipse Cross. Equinox, Malibu, Tahoe, Suburban, Corvette, Blazer, Camaro… All very old names and two have been used for a long time disappeared and now they are back Blazer and Camaro apparently people like the Blazer wrong name or not because it sells and it sells well. Now what Toyota did with 86… Sorry folks but that car is far from a Celica, the Celica was a competitive car in it’s time, the new Supra is a rebaged BMW and a worked 90’s Supra would beat it in a race hands down, the 4 runner to me looks a transformer the old ones looked much better, the Corolla Cross looks like a RAV4 but I guarantee why it has that name is so Toyota can post more sales like they did with Camry and Camry Solra two door which was a totally different looking car then a Four door Camry.
Toyota is able to build a new vehicle in Alabama with Mazda while GM is manufacturing many of its most popular new vehicles in Asia and Mexico – what happened to this once great American Car Company? I know I am dating myself but I remember when GM was the country’s largest employer. I have been a loyal customer of GM over the years because I liked to buy American. Now I am not sure!