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Chevy Seeker Spied Testing Without Camo In Michigan

The all-new 2023 Chevy Seeker compact crossover was just spotted running around on public streets in Michigan with hardly any camouflage.

The 2023 Chevy Seeker made its world debut in Shanghai, China late last month, dropping in as the Bow Tie brand’s new global compact crossover model. The new Chevy Seeker will not be sold in the U.S., but rather, will launch in China later this year. The crossover is also expected to be announced for additional international markets in the next several months. The new Seeker may also be one of the next Chevy crossovers built in South Korea starting next year.

Outside, we see this particular example of the Chevy Seeker pretty much totally exposed, save for a few choice bits of camo applied to the front Bow Tie badge, the wheel caps, and rear badging bits. The rest of the crossover, however, is out in the open, giving us a more-or-less unobscured look at the crossover’s exterior styling.

The all-new 2023 Chevy Seeker is designed to draw in younger buyers with engaging styling, class-leading performance, and a new interior stuffed with the latest tech features. Outside, we see a chiseled front fascia that incorporates thin upper lighting signatures and tall vertically oriented lighting housings in the corners.

The side profile integrates a rising belt line and pronounced fender flares that lend the crossover a sporty stance, while two-tone wheels are mounted in the corners. The rear end is punctuated by wraparound taillights with a geometric design.

Under the skin, the 2023 Chevy Seeker is based on the GM VSS-F vehicle set, while under the hood, the crossover is motivated by the new eighth-gen turbocharged 1.5L Ecotec engine. GM launched the new Ecotec engine family last year with the all-new Buick Verano Pro in China. Peak output in the 2023 Chevy Seeker is set at 177 horsepower, with a continuously variable transmission offered as the exclusive transmission option.

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Jonathan is an automotive journalist based out of Southern California. He loves anything and everything on four wheels.

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Comments

  1. It has orange sidelights and red turn signals. That is clearly US-spec. GM will not release Chinese Chevrolet models in the US, so I think it is a new model produced in Korea.

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    1. Good eye!

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  2. Except they won’t give it a decent Powertrain. Dodge Hornet will stomp this.

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    1. The Hornet will be $10k more expensive plus get worse fuel mileage. And don’t forget about Alfa Romeo quality.

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      1. So, you think this thing will start at under $20K? I doubt it…

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    2. But this is more efficient, less expensive, and will probably last longer

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  3. is this new ? what is new in it ?

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  4. I don’t know what are your sources but the side markers and the rear red turn signals look really close to a final production vehicle, and the only market that require and use those lights is the American. I hope GM makes the Seeker available in America, it looks really nice!

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  5. Oh wow, CUV model #787. The old lady car market HAS to be oversaturated at this point, right?

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  6. Yep, further evidence the Seeker is coming. Will they keep that name for the NA market though? Or will they call it the Cruze Cross or some other name?

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    1. It’s a really nice looking vehicle.

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    2. Something has to replace the trax. Maybe the trailblazer was the trax’s replacement and the seeker slots in between the trailblazer and equinox. It uses the 1.5, so we know it’s above the trailblazer, but seems smaller than an equinox.

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  7. Say hello to the 2026 Malibu….

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    1. 😂 Caribou Cross? Crosibu?

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  8. I agree, John-(CUV Model #787). It’s too bad that this looks little different than an Equinox, Trailblazer, or Blazer from the front. The Side-view is bland, and the rear looks bland when regarded from an angle, but hideous when regarded from from directly behind. Just making more redundant, unexciting copycats of everything out there already.

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  9. Nice looking and I hope it gets sold in America… Maybe the reason why the badges are covered up is because this is a new Buick model I read another article that the seeker will be sold on China and Buick will get the American version but that’s just a myth don’t quote me. And as far as the Dodge Hornet it looks great but it’s really a Fiat in Dodge clothing … FIX IT AGAIN TONY… and I am Italian don’t worry if the hornet is anything like my friends Ram truck the Hornet will have more recalls and problems then I make in a year.

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  10. A nice looking smaller entry level SUV that would be great for our American market. Hope Mary Barra will decide to sell it in NA.
    Why is everything designed in China? We have a great big new Design Center addition at our Tech Center in Warren Michigan. Let’s start with using our American talented designers.

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    1. Not sure if it was designed only in China. I think it was a global design effort with input from US Australia South Korea and China. But it will be made in China and South Korea with NA getting the South Korean version. TLDR this should have been made at Lordstown, But GM will always GM.

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      1. You know GM sold Lordstown, right?

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  11. Maybe it has those lights because they’re required for testing it here to comply. Maybe it’s like the Chevy Captiva was … and it’s destined for fleet sales only in North America, until the fleets start selling them off.

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    1. No imagination. Just another Trax, and larger versions like Traverse. Using nameplates to sell vehicles is no way to do business.

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  12. Keep it in China! The US doesn’t need another CUV/SUV or pickup.

    Give us a full-sized sedan back like a Chevy Impala, Cadillac CT6 or Buick LaCrosse. Make them and the buyers will return.

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    1. “Make them and the buyers will return.”

      Pull the other one. Nobody bought them when they were still available.

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    2. Give us a blazer that is capable of more than driving to the king soopers

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  13. Looks like a hundred other SUVs by a dozen other manufacturers. Nothing to see here.

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  14. Lee Anderson I say bring back the affordable Chevy Lumina lime of cars I had a 1997 Chevy Lumina I loved that cat good reliable vehicle for not much money that’s what we need not another $40,000 dollar plus sedan then they could offer trim levels like the equinox… It could be the sedan equivalent of the envision or maybe Enclave.

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  15. JAFSUV

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  16. Oh Goody….another Blazer clone…people aren’t stupid mary…smh

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  17. Actually this more resembled a high riding car like Subaru… Not an SUV and I hate the term CUV can’t we just call it a wagon because that’s what it looks like a small wagon with a lift back door! I say build it in America but how about offer a sedan version as well that way everyone is happy.

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  18. Mazda CX-5 clone.

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