As General Motors pushes forward with its ambitious goal to fully electrify its light-duty vehicle lineup by 2035, more and more ICE-based models are riding out into the sunset. This shift has already taking a toll on the ICE-based midsize GM SUV lineup, a segment often considered to be the sweet spot for drivability, size, and features. In fact, ICE-powered midsize GM SUVs are even now on the brink of extinction.
Back in 2023, GM offered three ICE-powered midsize crossover SUVs in the U.S. market: the Chevy Blazer, GMC Acadia, and Cadillac XT5. However, just a few years later, the future of these midsizers is already looking bleak.
In fact, the midsize GMC Acadia is already gone. GM transitioned the Acadia nameplate to a bigger segment in conjunction with the 2024 model year and the launch of the third generation, underpinning the GM SUV with a larger variant of the C1 platform. At 204 inches in length, the GMC Acadia is now firmly in the full-size category.
Then we have the Cadillac XT5 and Cadillac XT6. Introduced for the 2017 and 2020 model years, respectively, both have become a staple of Cadillac’s lineup. However, as GM Authority covered previously, the days of both models are numbered in the U.S. market, with Cadillac poised to discontinue its XT range in favor of EV models like the Cadillac Optiq, Lyriq, and Vistiq. In fact, we’d be surprised to see the XT5 and XT6 make it to 2026 in the Americas, though the XT5 will live on in China with a second-gen model and the XT6 got a small update, also only in China.
Finally, there’s the Chevy Blazer. Introduced for the 2019 model year, the ICE-based Blazer was refreshed for the 2023 model year, debuting a new exterior design, new interior tech bits, and a few other changes. Even so, the ICE-based Blazer isn’t expected to survive beyond 2026 as GM shifts its focus to the Blazer EV.
All told, the midsize GM SUV lineup is likely to consist entirely of electric models by the end of 2026, with nameplates like the Cadillac Lyriq and Chevy Blazer EV leading the charge. Even with GM stating it will adjust its plans based on consumer demand, it looks as though the ICE-based GM SUV lineup is about to be buried.
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Ms Mary B gets her way AGAIN!!!!
PATHETIC. Reuss and Aldred are more sensible than her….
At this point, any of you who want a midsize SUV can go to Honda and Mazda..as in, ones after 2027.
Why Honda or Mazda, remember there is Ford.
@Ramaswamy, @Robert. Now come Guys, You know that Ford SUVs have short-term dependability. The thing that’s been so aggravating lately (especially since Inflation began climbing to new heights) is when I come across people who complain about the Economy, then get in their new foreign vehicle and drive off. The problem I have with that is…….they’re so busy complaining about the Economy, yet they’re making some of their Largest Purchases in life buying Foreign products. I guess my question is this…….Why complain about the Economy where you live, if you’re spending BIG MONEY building another country’s economy? Just sayin’
Well Ford is killing the Edge. But yes. There are other options out there. Mazda, Honda, Toyota, and I would throw in Kias Sorento and Hyundai Santa Fe are really nice options too since GM refuses to deliver here.
Don’t expect less from Mary Mediocrity Barra.
More stupidity from Mistake Mary. The negatives on coal powered EVs out weigh the positive, period. EVs are a money pit and the appeal is more political than practical. We are ruining g the planet for sure, but this isn’t they way to go – especially by getting product lines (and loosing put share to others which gM cannot afford to do). Hybrids are the way to go. Slow charging, few chargers, limited range, inconvenience abd cost just aren’t at levels equal to what ICE has. I’m out because of that.
GM is beholden to their Chinese masters with SAIC, a drama filled mess – even more when BYD comes here and the incentives are gone. (You know BYD will subsidize their tariffs).
Story in Wall Street journal how Pakistan , India , China , philopeans are putting up new coal plants as fast as they can be built . Direct quote from energy secretary in one of the countries stated these plants are affordable and what thier people need . They don’t need western loans to build solar and wind which are way too expensive some . A coal Mine operator in Burma place to triple his production by 2035 . He is already the largest coal mine operator in world . He began opening mines when Oboma and the west closed theirs down . Driving a ev blazer is going to do nothing except make you broke . My wife drives a model y Tesla . Not a to tv just anti rv propaganda
That’s fine then. But I can’t promise them I will go to them the day I need to replace my Rav4 and they don’t have what I am looking for. The Blazer EV is overpriced and I could care less that its electric. Affordability trumps the “environment” when I buy a car and if GM refuses to deliver in that then I know Hyundai, Kia, and Mazda will. Capitalism slices both ways. And if you don’t have what I am looking for, somebody else will.
Jeep Grand Cherokee, Dodge Durango, Honda Passport, Mazda CX-50 and CX-70, Toyota Highlander, Hyundai Santa Fe, Kia Sorento… all ready to step in for the Blazer. Then you have the venerable RX350, Infiniti, Acura and various BMW/Mercedes SUVs ready to handle Cadillac orphans.
Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango, I don’t want any of that imported junk. Be American, buy American.
There are Toyota products that are more American than GM and Ford because the “American” manufacturers build so many products in Mexico.
More American!!!!!!! Give me a break. They might be assembled here but still have a bunch of Japanese parts and are built by non-union labor. One more thing, all the profit goes to Japan not the U.S. Wake up and smell the coffee and buy from a REAL AMERICAN COMPANY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
while I see your point that The American companies have outsourced a lot of their manufacturing/ parts etc, overseas Their is nothing American about Toyota except a couple of places in this country where they build their garbage. (I am not a Foreign car fan at all, If the company isn’t American I don’t buy it,Chrysler is on that list due to the amount of times its been taken over by europeans)
Toyota is a Foreign Company as much as they try to spin their cars as American, They will never be an American Company. just because it is built here by a FOREIGN company doesn’t make it American. Thats like If Chevy started selling and assembling in Europe and claimed their cars are European. With how much cars cost, last thing I want is my money Im spending to go and better some country overseas. I know some will argue about Dodge/stellantis, Maybe the dumb bastards shouldn’t have gone bankrupt so many times and let foreigners take them over.
America is one of the few countries in the world where people will buy foreign things and not only think that it is American just because it was made there, they also think it is the best product in the world.
Funny you post your Ignorance under an anonymous name.
Toyota is very American. GM is not.
But keep being stuck in delusions.
I’m American, but I won’t just buy something because it’s “American”. I’ve never owned a more unreliable vehicle than a Jeep. I’ll take the import over that junk any day.
They are owned by china along with the dodge ram.
@JeffHouTX84, @Gregory, @Joe G. I would just like to explain a few things that you may or MAY NOT know about in the automotive industry.
(1)- The Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Fiat (all the same company) haven’t been American for several years. Diamler Chrysler was the first of the BIG 3 “American” car companies to sell out to European investors, with the latest 2 Owners being Fiat in 2014 (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles or F.C.A.) and the merger with French Automobile Manufacturer in 2021 (PSA
Group) to now be known as STELLANTIS which has Several Brands under its label (similar to the way GM used to be structured before the Recession in 2007).
(2)- Ford is really struggling right now (and has been since about 2021). Just a few years ago Ford was projected to lose $4 Billion mainly in their EV Division and now that number is around $5.75 Billion due to trying to reduce warranty (and recalls) costs. They too had to sit down with China’s Changan Automobiles Manufacturer to make financial deals that ended up with a 50/50 agreement between the two. But, nevertheless, Ford is still no. 1 (in recalls).
GM and SAIC have also come to a similar deal recently (49%-GM to 51%-SAIC). However, the biggest difference between GM and the other 2 manufacturers that make up The BIG 3 is, GM is making significant profits (without so many MAJOR recalls).
(3)- This FINAL COMMENT has to do with the whole buying a Foreign Car comment because they are more “American” than the American vehicles. MOST of the Foreign Car Manufacturers figured out that in order to keep from having to pay loads of money to U.S. Customs for the cars to be unloaded from Container Ships and sold in this country, they started buying land in America in areas with low populations that were able to offer huge tax breaks for their “Assembly Factories” with the manufacturers offering jobs and economic growth potential. You see…..the concept is……it’s cheaper to have certain pieces of our vehicles shipped overseas than it is for a whole Car. This leads to the mentality behind the Foreign vehicles having more American parts than the American vehicles. It’s almost like a trade-off where they have to do certain things to appease the host country. The BIG 3, however, need their microprocessors, software, and other computer technology equipment that causes a dependency on it (as could be plainly seen during the Pandemic) which is what led to the nationwide push to build our own MASSIVE chip/ processor/ conductor facility. So, with that being said, I’m done (FINALLY).
Subaru Forester, Ascent and Crosstrek too. GM is run by woke idiots who will drive the company into ruin with EV fairy tale. Thousands of children in the Congo thank you Mary for making them work even harder to pan for cobalt.
Lincoln too is loving GMs negligence. The Nautilus is having its best quarter yet. Probably most people from Cadillac.
Swiss cheese motors aka gM continues to remove choices from its ever diminishing lineup. Nothing new here folks!
GM should make a shorter version of the Traverse. Call it Traverse Jr!
We have been buying 2-row Chevy Blazers and TrailBlazers with 6-cylinder engines since 1986 with the exception of a 2013 Traverse. We hardly ever used the 3rd row. Now we have a 2021 Blazer (with, by the way, Apple Carplay) which is just the size and power we need. So if GM can’t produce a 2-row SUV about the size of the Traverse that runs on a real gas engine, well… goodbye GM
Let’s be clear, it’s not that there isn’t a huge market demand for midsize ICE SUV’s.
There isn’t a huge market demand for GM midsize ICE SUV’s.
GM is letting them die off by not updating them with powertrains people really want for a price point people are willing to pay.
I have found many GM products to be too expensive for the features, engines and quality of the vehicles. I have several family members that switched to Hyundai/Genesis because the products are way better value.
I just keep driving my vintage stuff so except for the build quality of certain engines when i go to buy another old vehicle, it doesn’t affect me just yet.
Exactly this. Oddly enough, this isn’t an area GM has focused on at all in great detail since the last gen trail Blazer. People complained non-stop about the Acadia shrinking and were happy the current gen increased again. The Blazer has been an odd offering, focusing on sporty looks without sporty substance. The only real shame here is the XT5, as the Chinese next gen looks great.
You ever cross shopped a Toyota? I can get a traverse for what RAV4’s go for. Ditto Ford. Only companies undercutting GM are Dodge (won’t touch with a 10′ pole) Kia Hyundai(ditto) and Mazda (rather not as I’ll cough up more money on the resale value, or repairs) it actually shows as GM is holding fairly steady. The RAV4’s explosion in sales are from people who are turning in their Camrys and don’t know any better. Actually Toyota is finally loosing sales because people are fed up with the prices.
Toyota USA sales will eventually surpass GM USA sales. Shame on all GM executives starting with Mary Buick Envision Made in China-Barra. The Toyota Camry is still selling well.
The Camry is still selling well? Lol. The Camry used to sell over 500k units a year. It was assembled in Tennessee and at a Subaru plant in Indiana. That’s no longer the case. They barely sold over 300k units in 2023. It’s not even on the 10 best selling vehicle list anymore. It used to be #3.
Toyota’s sales increased in the last year.
As did everyones, but is down overall with sales going to Koreans.
Genesis is not “more value.” I looked at the GV80 and at what I payed for my Premium Luxury XT5, I was only getting a base model GV80. Add to that in 2022 they were marking these up like Lexus was withe the RX with $5k while the XT5 I had with $1k off. But the GV80 is a nicer vehicle with a RWD platform that many looking at a luxury SUV desire.
The keyboard warriors here would blame Marry Barra for killing the Ford Edge too. It’s just not a segment that has a large market. The XT5 is older than dirt and the ICE Blazer is near EOL in its product cycle as well. What does anyone expect?
Not a large market?
“gm” would kill to have Blazer and XT5 make up even half of the sales the Highlander and RX enjoy.
GM’s problem is that it let the XT5 die on the vine and the blazer suffered from being a discontinued nameplate that didn’t align with what it was previously. Stay in the market with a good product and customers will reward you. Play stupid games by withdrawing from segments and then coming back with half baked products that don’t respect the heritage of that product, and you will win stupid prizes.
Relative to compact and midsize-3 row markets (aka the Highlander you mention), the mainstream midsize 5 passenger crossover market is much smaller.
The Highlander sales have plunged in favor of the larger Grand Highlander. The Venza was killed in favor of the Crown Signia. The RX is an outlier in overall sales of the segment.
I cannot agree enough that the XT5 was left for dead. The Chinese XT5 would be a competitive model in the U.S. and that is a miss.
GM is fine though at the end of the day. #1 in U.S. sales.
Not for much longer.
Americans can only be conned into Mediocrity for so long.
I would argue the Crown Signia is actually a better car than the Venza. Its more wagon like than the Venza and can be had at a much nicer trim level if you want something that doesn’t resemble a popular NYC taxicab.
I love the more wagon-esque feel of the Lyriq. Its gave the impression of a vehicle more focused on lateral space than height which I think is more important for longer trips. But its electric and I am not ready for that transition yet. The tech needs to get better.
These are all the same people who have hated the current Blazer from the beginning and now are here acting like it’s loss will be on par with losing the Camaro. Let’s be serious here.
The mid-size GM ICE models are okay but are certainly not class-leading by any means. If they can replace them with competitive EVs, why is that worse?
Because GM bad and Mary Barra bad, don’t you know? It’s all the rage here from the anonymous visitors of the forum.
I do construction and don’t tow a trailer very often but I do occasionally so I needed something that can tow about 3k lbs. Since they don’t put a factory hitch on the equinox and got rid of the 2.0 turbo I was left with 1 option. The blazer. Once it’s gone I have no options left from GM to tow without going 3 rows and I don’t need more will I pay for 3 rows. I don’t need a truck to warranty paying for a truck or the bad mileage.
GM management is horrible and doesn’t understand consumers and what they want. What they will do is let a product get stale then say see thats why we discontinued it. Sales kept going down. Well yeah 6 years with no refresh tends to do that. It’s even happening to Tesla. But they always use that as their excuse. Or they will get rid of a popular option like the v6 in the canyon/Colorado and replace it with a 4 cylinder then wonder why sales drop. People have these society stereotypes that are hard to break. 4 cylinder in a truck? No way. Has to be a v-8 but a v-6 will do if there is no other choice but they will always complain about the v-6.
They expect GM to stop pushing for more EVs in the world. They expect GM to practice what they preach, and actually make what the customers have made it clear they want. Perfectly reasonable expectations, in other words.
There’s no reason GM can’t make the EVs they already make for those who are interested, and stop there, because what they have is barely avoiding being too much. Given that, clearly, there’s a lot less interest in EVs than they thought.
And, no: it doesn’t matter how much interest in EVs there actually is, once you strip through all the lies from each side about it. What matters is, there’s clearly not going to be an all-EV world by 2035, and GM needs to stop trying to force the issue.
They aren’t doing this because there’s not enough sales or interest to justify new generations of their ICE mid-size SUVs. They’re doing it because they have an agenda to electricity the roadways, and they don’t really care what their customers want. And that energy of arrogance and self-entitlement is clear every time they do something like this. Like it was when they discontinued the Malibu, despite a huge up-surge in sales.
They think it’s no big deal now. But eventually, people will go to other brands to avoid being forced into a product they don’t want. The Blazer is probably not the product that will do that. But it’s a bad indicator, and people who expect better are being absolutely reasonable about it.
The thing I don’t understand is they killed sedans in favor of SUVs. So you’d think they would now expand on SUVs and trucks (and while I do think its a missed opportunity, the fact is its not only GM and Ford doing it. Mazda, VW, Nissan, and Mitsubishi are also guilty of killing off most of their sedans and even the Koreans are streamlining leaving only two options, their midsized and compact sedans). And also, SUVs today aren’t the gas guzzlers of the early 2000s. I get better gas mileage on my XT5 turbo 4 than I did in my 2009 Suzuki SX4 and even my 2016 Rav4.
But here now they are killing off an SUV. A model that was a perfect goldilocks car. I have a family of 3 adults and one 3 year old. I don’t need a massive vehicle like the Traverse especially when I live in a NJ NYC suburb with tight garage space and some areas like Weehauken or Hoboken which I frequent have tight parking. The XT5 and Blazer are perfect vehicles for us. They are roomier than the Rav4 but aren’t gigantic like the Traverse with a 3rd row I don’t need.
And now they are killing this off. So they killed off sedans and now want to kill off certain SUVs. So what do they plan on selling then? Air? Lucid has that covered.
They aren’t killing off the blazer it’s just going to be electric. They already have an electric equinox and electric blazer. Soon both gas versions will be dropped leaving them in electric only.
What I can’t stand is their excuses as to why the blazer sales are dropping. I was paying $405 for an AWD 2LT gm employee lease loyalty 15k miles a year $1,000 at signing 24 months. That was in 2022 when inventory was still tight from COVID. The same vehicle now is $550 a month! Despite the blazer EV being $10k+ more expensive the lease on that is $299 a month. It’s not that people want EVs but when it’s lease price is half the gas version with a higher MSRP what do you think the customer will get.
Offer the gas Escalade for $299 a month and it would sell more units than the Silverado, Sierra, and f150 combined. Lol.
Guess the general public will be purchasing elsewhere, not at WOKE GM…
Seriously, how does an article stating that GM small CUV’s have gotten large enough rental companies can’t classify them as midsize SUV’s turn into, “EVs are the future comrade!” Did the ESG commissioners at Amazon web services tell GMA they aren’t pushing wokeism enough?
EVs aren’t woke by definition. Unless “Woke” to you means things that you are confused by or afraid of.
EVs are woke by definition. The degrading, derogatory slang that is deliberately meant to insult left-leaners on the political scale. Don’t defend them from that. They are a forward-thinking, radically unnecessary change to something that doesn’t need to be screwed with, for reasons that were absolutely invented for a typical left-minded scam. The very textbook definition.
They’ve just developed a more varied audience than that, which might happen to include yourself, because the bones they throw to lure people in are compelling enough to catch more than just woke. And also not enough to catch all who are woke.
But they are absolutely woke. In the literal definition as understood most commonly in the current culture. And that is an unavoidably negative connotation on their part.
Good!
We have plenty of other SUV’s already on the market and more coming. We don’t need so many SUV’s and ICE on top of that.
Where is the Blazer SS ev???
Mine gets built on 1st week of February. I’ve been waiting for two years which is longer than when I had to wait for my 2016 Chevy SS sedan that came from Australia.
Wait wait wait! If the Equinox/terrain were “midsize”, 1, what’s fullsize?🤯 I thought the suburban was fullsize, traverse mid and equinox compact!
2, wouldn’t the trailblazer and Trax count as midsize? Both of those are the size of the outgoing Nox. Or are we just playing the “class” game rental car companies play to upcharge you for every single extra 1/4″ of leg room. For all intents and purposes, GM is killing it in SUV’s, both true fullsize suburban class and down the line. My only complaint, and it’s a petty one, is that I wish the newer Acadia would have been a traverse XL with an extra 12″ of hatch length and a transverse 5.3 like in the impala SS. Suburbans have gotten too expensive, and lots of families need good affordable options for family vehicles.
Trailblazer and Trax “midsize”?! What are you smoking? Subcompact my man. Equinox is considered “Compact”. Blazer “Midsize”. Traverse “Full Size” (3-row). Tahoe and Suburban “Hulking” I guess. That’s not car rental companies, that is the industry/market (and maybe the EPA).
New Nox is growing in dimensions to compete with the Blazer, and the Trax fills the Noxs shoes. Despite engine disparity, Theres little to miss with the Blazer going away. Size wise, it’s still covered.
Mary is going to march the GM midsize SUV platform right into oblivion. She must think the target market is restricted to heavily populated urban areas where they might have a chance at infrastructure to keep these things charged. Im a huge GM fan but since her tenure my thoughts have changed.
Where is Harley Earle when you need him?
I have been a GM person all my life and once again, the old leader (GM) is short sighted and is walking away from people that want an “American” vehicle. Lincoln is now being built in China.
GM/Cadillac Division is still making the CT6 in China. Why GM stopped the production of the CT6 is anyone’s guess. Very bad marketing of the CT6 to start with, but many people loved that full size Cadillac. I do understand that the world is going thru a transitional period from ICEs to EV. The lack of charging locations is a major factor for one! At this point in time, I like many other GM customers are very disappointed with the lack of leadership in the automotive marketplace. My wish list would be to market the GM lines of vehicles far better and make the correct decision by bringing back ICE/EV vehicles like the Chevy Volt and offer them across the various GM lines, including trucks.
Another plot by Mary Buick Envision Made in China-Barra to eliminate budget models and replace them with more expensive models that buyers cannot afford.
GM keeps killing off profitable parts such as Malibu, XT4 and others on a gamble that they can top Tesla.
I understand that GM doesn’t want new factories and, as a result, should have built flexible platforms capable of ICE, PHEV, EV.
GM could offer more flexible lines with night shifts. Malibu is #5 most popular vehicle, XT4 is profitable, Blazer sells same quantity as Durango.
Purchasing a former Stellantis Europe plant is also an option if GM really plans to re-enter EU/UK. This could be accomplished in large part w/Chinese and S Korean imports plus a few European models that could also be sold in US
GMs San Luis potosi and Ramos arizpe mexico plants are flex plants currently, but won’t be once they get rid of the equinox and blazer gas models. The flex line at Oshawa was shut down.
GM has never been smart about assembly plant allocation. They could have kept the cruze going and put a crossover at that plant to run 3 lines. Instead they shut the plant and got rid of the Cruze. While it’s widely known in the industry a plant needs to operate at 60% to be profitable but GM has several American plants running way below 60% while they shift production to Korea or Mexico. Equinox used to be built in Ingersoll with overflow plants at spring Hill and SLP in Mexico. Now the equinox and terrain are built in 2 plants in Mexico. The spring Hill plant no longer runs at 60%. The Detroit hamtramck plant (Silverado, Sierra, Hummer) is about 15% and they will supposedly be adding truck production to lake Orion Michigan. They need to get dham at 100% before building anything in lake Orion. The Kansas City plant where they built the xt4 and Malibu will be building the new bolt only. A vehicle that didnt even come close to 100k units a year meaning that plant won’t be at 40%. Lansing grand river where they built the Camaro and Cadillac ct5 was never over 30% and now no Camaro.
They have 4 us assembly plants running profitably. They have 11 total. Lol.
Barra has been good regarding Wall Street. Investors like hearing technology and EVs.
GM needed a flexible platform like they use for Boajun in China. Unfortunately, with this not the case, cutting healthy vehicle lines is a risk that could lower profits.
XT triplets must be profitable and only require reskins. Same for Blazer. Article is wrong regarding Arcadia
The Blazer ev SS has been prommised… for 2 years, when is it coming out?
why show it and then not release it. they said 595hp but no show or time frame.
Have been a buyer of many GM vehicles up to my 2024 GMC Sierra Denaki p/u. An incredible
truck to drive and look at. With GM continually looking to build in China and that stupid electric
platform I will now be looking elsewhere. GM is turning there back on what americans want to drive, surely not an EV.
Mary is doing things just right. Drop ICE models as EV’s enter the marketplace. Nobody will miss those slow selling gas guzzlers.
Enjoy for Google subscription .
The infrastructure is not in place to support large scale EV sales, nor is the currently battery development ready for large scale sales goals. 2035 may be doable once date once the range and charging times have been conquered. The question is what will buyers, people who don’t have ready access to charging plugs do until we reach 2035. I think we need Hybrids to fill in the spaces!
And they will all make you pay for Google maps etc 14.99 . Glad I got my 2022 LT HD ZR1 . Out of touch . Mary won’t get bail out from Trump .
Biggest mistake G.M. will ever make!!
Why can’t GM also build V6 Hybrids instead of those 4 Bangers in the Traverse, Acadia, and Enclave?
Cause they don’t want the traverse to cost more than a suburban. Have you seen what a Toyota Highlander costs? The explorer hybrid also was a financial abomination, and didn’t sell well. While we’re at this, “make it and they will come” rant how about bringing back large expensive sedans?
FWIW, we currently own a Hyundai Palisade Calligraphy FWD, which I guess would be considered a largish mid-size SUV. It’s been very reliable; gas mileage is decent at about 23 mpg around town and high 20s to low 30s on the highway depending on speeds and terrain. No repairs needed other than a recall on a rattling rear suspension component early in our ownership. We currently have about 55k miles on it. It’s comfortable and has a lot of advanced safety features. A new one would be just over $50k MSRP, but that’s the top-of-the-line trim. This is our first Hyundai and I’m very happy with it. We shopped for quite a while at both domestic and foreign dealerships. We’ve had several Suburbans and a Blazer so no bias against GM. Their offerings just weren’t competitive, IMHO. I’m not a big EV fan as we take trips multiple times a year where we have several days in a row of 500-600 miles a day. I guess if the GM mid-sizers all go EV, that will just make it easier for me to remove their products from my shopping list.
BTW, the Hyundai, is for the most part built in Korea, however, the almost identical KIA Telluride is built/assembled in Georgia.
Cross shopped the palisade cause I’m interested in this class, but got a traverse instead because it matched all the features, but I needed the reliability and don’t trust Koreans. My decision was Toyota-too expensive, Ford-too expensive, Dodge-not reliable enough, Kia/Hundai-right price, not reliable enough. I got 245,000 on my traverse, and so far no rattles or issues. The telluride is a slick looking vehicle if you trust the build quality. KIA/Hyundai are a real concern for the Japanese brands, but I don’t think for Ford/Dodge/Chevy as. They can’t compete from a performance standpoint.
I hope mary barra is fired from general motors after trump gets in the white house.
There’s no doubt gm must think there is bigger profits with Evs. Theirs no other reason to pass on the profitable ice segment. Gm is definitely putting the horse before the cart. Ev tech is so undependable at this time. I am not buying a vehicle that they don’t recommend u charge in a garage, or don’t charge beyond 80 percent. They need to continue investing in ice as well as Evs. Wake up gm!
Commiefornia is the largest auto market in the USA. They have already passed legislation that no combustion engine sales will be permitted past 2035. They aren’t the only state either. So it’s not really up to GM it’s being forced on them by the large states. A few countries have also put laws in place to ban combustion engine sales past a certain year.
If GM is smart knowing most people do not want electric is they will make sure to continue making the parts for the combustion engine vehicles well beyond the 10 year requirement. The USA will be like Cuba in a way. You will see people fixing up 30 year old combustion engine vehicles as daily drivers because they do not want an EV and the aftermarket parts market will explode.
That’s statement may not be true in a couple months as LA county, the country most populous county is being drained, and Commiefornia has so many rules, it will be decades before they rebuild LA. In 3 months, Texas might be the most populous state. Is it too soon to sing “communism is burning down, burning down, my fair drag queen”?
If you would like to see what the fallout from premature adoption of EV design and marketing, take a look at Volkswagen, the once proud jewel of German manufacturing prowess.
it is very clear that the brain surgeons at the helm Don’t read these reviews … Hey Mary all ev by 2035 not going to work ,,i will say in all my years of owning GM will NOT happen in an EV .. Brain surgeons you are not ,you don’t even have common sense. Time to CLEAN house ..
Ev s just blow , they’re just going to be environmental acid mounds. Don’t push them borish cart’s on us educated people
Kill current blazer and right the ship. Debut a new K5 Blazer that is built on the Colorado chassis. Give it a little retro styling and aim it squarely for the 4Runner. Quit building the express van in Wentzville and build this next to the midsize trucks insead.
Read this article again. It says “it looks like” or “it appears” that GM is discontinuing mid size SUVs.