A digital rendering artist has used his talents to envision what a current-generation Chevy Blazer crossover would look like if it were transformed into a capable off-roader with beadlock wheels, oversized tires and a solid rear axle.
While the current-generation Chevy Blazer shares a name with the beloved K5 Blazer, that’s just about all it has in common its boxy, body-on-frame predecessor. This has left some General Motors fans a bit miffed, because while Ford has revived the Bronco name on a capable new SUV, the Blazer nameplate has not been afforded quite the same level of respect.
This digital rendering looks to soften the blow to Chevy fans by giving them a rough idea of what the Chevy Blazer would look like if it had a body-on-frame platform, solid rear axle and other off-road-ready parts and components.
In addition to the lifted suspension, oversized tires and beadlock wheels, this rendering also adds two LED light bars to the Blazer, along with a bull bar, rock rails and front and rear skid plates. The artist rendered a new Ford Bronco for this gallery, as well, which has its own custom touches like lifted suspension, a hood scoop, roof-mounted LED lights and a front skid plate.
The Chevy Blazer may not be suited to going too far off the beaten trail, but GM still has a handful of products that appeal to true off-roading enthusiasts, including the Chevy Colorado ZR2, GMC Canyon AT4 and the new 2022 Chevy Silverado ZR2. While pricy, the 2023 GMC Hummer EV Pickup also promises to impress with its off-road capability, with a large portion of its development happening on the infamously difficult trails in Moab, Utah.
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Never gonna happen!!!!!!!
We have a 1996 Chevy Blazer LT 4WD the we purchased brand new. It only has 74000 miles on it. It’s been a dependable vehicle for us all these years. with it’s 4.3 liter V-6, it has plenty of power and can climb any hill in our city with a foot of snow on it and not slip 1 bit. The only thing I have noticed about this vehicle is that it has a screwy electrical system in it. Has since it was brand new.
Just do it. Nothing to lose everything to gain.
Don’t be so sure of that
Real Blazers are big and square!
Build it Chevy. Build it.
I’ll buy it
In the right direction but a bit over done. When I had my 94 GMC Sonoma Highrider 2 dr cab truck (same as ZR2), the following years Chevy made a 2 dr 4×4 off road ZR2 version of the the Blazer that sold really well. That 4×4 Blazer – blazed through just about anything based on the SUV body giving it great weight distribution. It was collateral damage when Chevy quit selling the 2nd gen S-10. To bad they didn’t continue…wider stance, HD suspension and Bilstien shocks, BFG ATs, rear spare tire and tire rack on the rear tailgate, more tq than hp and 3:73s. etc etc…
I was about ready to trade my truck for one before the next body change but GM didn’t include it….
GM needs to catch a clue and sell another 2 dr 4×4 off road version of the twins.
Look it up.
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Considering the hit job Micheal Moore did on Roger Smith, I consider him a stand-up guy. Anyone Micheal Moore attacks is doing something right.
Roger loved roger, I worked under his command to many years, he was a bean counter, and didn’t know squat about building cars. Example look at his personal baby the Saturn,it only took engineers 10 years to finally straighten his flubs out and make it a viable competitor. Then the pulled the plug under Obama.
Bring back a Body on frame, solid axle reboot of the REAL Blazer. Two or four doors. Doesn’t really matter. It would sell. BUT……the CAFE numbers will never let it happen. How long will the “New” electric Hummer last? It probably will sell out in the beginning, then, when all the bad is found, it will be dropped. Too costly, both to build and buy! OH to bring back the square bodies. Just put the new tech in them and go for it. We can only dream.
Yup. Build Back Better should be the advertising tagline for new body on frame 2-door Blazers. But present gm doesn’t have it in ’em and if they did, they’d make ’em as ugly as the pickups. One could always hold out hope for GMC to get it right with Jimmy. Based upon current Yukon styling, that could possibly be a smash hit. But anything good associated with Build Back Better will ever only be a pipe dream.
Looks great! But GM doesn’t care anymore. Like with the Pickups GM has slipped to 3rd place in most states behind Ford and Ram.
The Silverado is Americas number one selling truck in America, soooooooo
Again, GM & Mary, will never let this happen. We can dream. But that about it. I took an early S10 Blazer and put an LT 1 Small block in it, a 205 Gear drive transfer case AND solid Dana axles, front and rear. Something, Chevy never, or ever will build again. If anyone wants something like this, they need to build it themselves. The days of “Real” trucks are over. Even Ford and Dodge, are cutting back, bit by bit. Having lived through the Glory Days of trucks, it hurts me to the bones how things are changing. And not always for the better.
Again, don’t be so sure of that.
I accepted the challenge of building that off road 2020 Chevy Blazer.