GM is expected to end production of the 2025 Chevy Blazer midsize crossover at the GM Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico on December 24th, 2025, GM Authority has learned. For the Blazer, the end of the 2025 model year will almost perfectly coincide with the end of the calendar year. The final order cycle for the ICE-powered Blazer is scheduled for the week of October 17th, 2025. That will be the last call to order a 2025 Chevy Blazer with a gas engine before it’s discontinued.
GM Authority exclusively reported in February that the ICE-powered Chevy Blazer will be discontinued after the 2025 model year. Notably, the discontinuation applies exclusively to North American units. The nameplate will continue to be sold in China, where GM offers a slightly larger three-row model that’s the same size as the Cadillac XT6.
The GM Ramos Arizpe plant is now set to become an EV-exclusive facility. The plant already manufactures the Chevy Equinox EV and its Cadillac Optiq platform mate, along with the Chevy Blazer EV and its Honda Prologue platform mate, making the ICE-powered Blazer the only non-electric model still being produced at the facility. Up until this point, Ramos Arizpe has operated as a “flexible” plant facility capable of producing both ICE-powered models and EVs, much like the GM Spring Hill plant in Tennessee.
This will mark the end of the Blazer’s sole generation as a unibody crossover with front-wheel drive (and optional all-wheel drive). With the most recent generation of the Chevy Equinox getting a little bigger, it was arguably redundant to have a midsize two-row model slotted between the Equinox and the three-row Traverse in Chevy’s ICE-powered crossover lineup.
Although shoppers will still be able to order a new 2025 Chevy Blazer for a little while longer, the Iridescent Pearl Tricoat (color code G1W) paint option is no longer available to order. A few other Chevy models have discontinued this paint color to be replaced by Polar White Tricoat (color code G4J), but that won’t be the case for the Blazer since it won’t see a 2026 model year.
The ICE-powered Chevy Blazer’s departure from the Bowtie brand’s lineup is a gradual step toward Chevy’s transition to electric power for its mainstream people movers. The timeline for when Chevy will be an all-electric brand is a little fuzzy at the moment, but the Blazer is an example of a model that already has an electric replacement on the market. It even has the same model name and is built in the same factory.
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The ICE Blazer’s end is about the same for Mary B’s departure from GM. Too bad she didn’t leave sooner, maybe the Blazer and Malibu would have survived. EV’s may be the vehicle of choice for some people, but for some people they are just not practical for their situation.
I bet the limitations EV’s have are much less than you are thinking. Yes there are still a few use cases where they arent as good yet, such as towing and for people living in apartment complexes without chargers, but aside from that, an EV would make just as much sense as an ICE vehicle, if not more. The savings in gas alone make it worth it in my opinion. The charging infrastructure is only going to continue to get better as time goes on too. Range is good enough for the majority of people. Yes the charging still might add a little time to a long trip, but in my experience it is vastly outweighed by the fuel savings and the smoothness, quietness, the instantly available power, and the lack of maintenance requirements.
The Blazer name should have never been used for a SUV.
GM’s showrooms are looking quite sparse these days 🙄
So in five years they dropped six models (Spark, Sonic, Malibu, Camaro, Blazer, Bolt) and add five (Blazer EV, Equinox EV, Silverado EV, Brightdrop and Bolt) and their showrooms are sparse? Technically, that’s one more model, but they also revived the Corvette Z06 and ZR1 trims and added the E-Ray.