As an old blazer owner, K5 and, 2, S Blazers, I agree, Chevrolet should have NEVER used the Blazer name on this. I hope GMC builds a Jimmy that is actually a Jimmy........Loved my old Blazers, but I don't ever see myself in this thing.....
@@douglasbuck2359 Why would anyone pay a premium price to buy a brand new ten-year-old vehicle? Some people might possibly desire to have NEW when they buy new.
@@NukePooch1 People are buying them in droves, here in FL even the Soccer Mom's are getting 4Runner's. They say that the 4Runner is the only Suv out now that can't be confused with a minivan, plus it will do Hell's Revenge at MOAB totally stock! Not to mention the 500k of trouble free driving...
Chevy made it clear what they intended with this car when they created an ad in which a woman looks at it and says, "This is my new "sexy mom" car." Way to insult your own vehicle two times over Chevy.
A true 4wd Blazer needs to be different than a Wrangler, not another Army vehicle but based on a Colorado with a Zr2 two-door and a four-door Z71 version. The new Bronco will look like a Ford civilian version of the Wrangler. The Bronco better in the dirt and Wrangler better in the rock. Chevy is selling crossovers so you got that Blazer and Ford to will build a Bronco crossover. Please Chevy gives us the Colorado-based Blazer not some funky looking high priced USA army looking vehicle....
@@edwardclement102 Another Army vehicle? Civilian version of the wrangler? You know the wrangler is only a civilian vehicle. The military does not use wranglers. You think this blazer looks like a military vehicle? You've never seen a military vehicle I take it.
I mean you are right, but honestly who would buy a blazer like that in great numbers today. Maybe you could make it like a 4Runner but I don’t think Chevy did a bad job.
@@douglasbuck2359 I do love the 4Runner's dedicated following. My first vehicle was a 88' 4Runner. That thing was slow/super under powered and left me stranded many times (due to high mileage and lack of preventative maintenance on my part since it was such a PITA to work on). However, it was by far my favorite vehicle ever. Until... I got my Chevy Colorado. It is amazing! I have owned several Toyotas and several GM trucks over the years. I like them both. If GM had just developed a Colorado variant SUV... they would have created a wonderful and efficient vehicle that would have had an instant small following on a small level. They would have less competition and more profits from savings on development and re-tooling for a new vehicle. It would have had a lot of the kinks worked out before rolling off of the assembly line as well.
@Meta World Peace Nonsense. The current 4Runner is super old (but reliable and with aftermarket support) and is lacking in tech. So for that... they wouldn't be able to compete. All of that comes with time though. I bet that if they had rolled out a Blazer that was based on the Colorado... that Toyota would finally spit out a new 4Runner (Like with the Tacoma when the Colorado came out). Competition is a good thing.
With Ford getting ready to lay off 30,000 people and on the edge of bankruptcy i doubt GM is to worried.Plus if the Bronco drives like the new Ranger than it will be a piece of shit.The new Ranger drives horrible and just all around garbage.
equinox, traverse, blazer, can they fit another station wagon in that tiny segment, this whole station wagon thing is going to blow up in their face, I would have preferred an AWD cruise in the 20's than another over priced crossover
Dalton v this wouldn’t compete with a Bronco. This would compete with a boring Ford Edge. GM’s RWD vehicle is coming soon on the Cadillac XT7’s platform. 😎
Aaron T honestly i was thinking about it being named more like tramaro because to me it kind of looks more like a traverse in my opinion. But its not a blazer 😩
OH MAN... DID YOU SEE IT GO DOWN THAT DIRT ROAD????? SO HARDCORE. The new Blazer is one of the ugliest vehicles I have seen in years. Pontiac Aztec 2.0 anyone?
Pretty obvious this is the ugliest SUV I’ve seen since the Aztec. Don’t worry, your soccer mom friends will still think you’re cool. On wine night you can brag to the other ladies that you drive a Blazer RS.
What Chevy needs to do is drop this vehicle right away and hope people forget this mistake. Hey Chevy, you should finish working on the Trail Boss, you forgot the locking diffs. and in my opinion you wrecked the body lines....
@@smackdowner Took me half a second to find the sales figures and they are not good. YTD sales are less than ford explorers monthly numbers.... Bye Bye Blazer
I drive a 2001 Blazer ZR2 and love it! If GM wanted to revise the Blazer it should of been on the Colorado frame in my opinion. This is a sad day for the Blazer. Good job on reviewing the family "crossover" that wish it was something better.
This Blazer is horrid. GM could have had something if they would have brought it back as a body on frame SUV to compete with Bronco, Wrangler and 4Runner
thanks for the honest review and opinions I never owned any of the original off-road friendly Blazers but I do love my Trail Blazers and Trailblazer SS, honestly I baby my vehicles anyway and I love the looks of the RS and Premiere models, 3 technically I'm okay with these but dude I damn sure agree they need to cater to the fans and make one that's honestly actually worth 48 to 50 Grand worthy a Blazer SS definitely needs to happen with true fun and off-roading and obviously speed capabilities theres still Trailblazer SS out there today and man you think Chevy would take the hint by now!
Put the SUV body on a Colorado 4x4 platform and call it a Trailblazer!!!! It worked for GM before, they sold thousands of them that are still out there going strong. What is wrong with GM?
Still the best host on any TFL channel. Guy is authentic, does not stutter nor trip over his words, and likes to laugh. As for the Blazer...yea I'll pass.
Put it to the test in snow and ice back in February and was pleasantly surprised, driving around in 6 in of snow posed no problem, driving 80 miles an hour down the highway and ice and snow was steady as a rock.
It's too bad they named this Blazer . It really isn't that bad for what it is but it is no Blazer . If this was a real Blazer it should have been based on the ZR2 with locking diffs .
As a 2019 Blazer owner , sure it's not like the old blazers or Jimmy's but it sure holds its grounds for comfort and style and have no problem towing. Beautiful crossover. Luxury suv. Front end style of a Camaro really gives it a uniqueness.
I recall when I was in the US in 2000 having a red Blazer for 6 weeks and it was a decent truck. It was also pretty capable offload too - not as good as a Grand Cherokee - but it could certainly hold its own. I agree, GM should have chosen a different name for it... Its not BLAZER but otherwise it seems a good crossover that I'd like to see in the UK.
I feel like the Honda passport should be the bar for off road crossover. If a crossover cant even match that level of off road ness it really shouldn't be even advertised as such let alone considered one. The blazer is made for the road not off road and it is clearly displayed when they chose a camero esqu fascia
A "traditional Blazer" sucked ass and always broke down and Chevy barely sold any. So no, they don't need a "traditional" Blazer. What they need is an SUV that sells and doesn't break down. There's my review of the 2019 Chevy Blazer
The problem is, it is a "Chevrolet". I have a right to say that because I wasted thousands of dollars on new and used giving them a chance to work for me. And they always failed. My folks tried, my relatives tried them. Nobody has ever(in my family) had good experiences with them. If you have had positive reliability with them, you are in the minority.
Actually the RS trim is not just looks. Surely you know that. The RS, unlike the other Blazer trims, gives you a sport tuned suspension (high rate suspension springs, heavy stabilizer bars, sport-turned dampers and oversized shock absorbers)) and a tighter steering ratio of 15.1:1.
I say the same thing I’ve said to my friends about the name, as a 29 year old, the main Blazer I remember is the dorky S10, which I totally believe would’ve been a crossover by now if it were still around. So as far as I’m concerned, this Blazer is a huge improvement. The new Trailblazer coming out though, that should have been called something else or should’ve been an off-roader similar to the Jeep Renegade.
Why is a non off-roader being rated as one? This whole scoring system is bogus. Any off-roader will have 4wd/awd and get an instant 20 points, and the subjective scoring being 1 point is nuts. You guys have a tendency to over complicate things.
So far, most of the vehicles we've rated are very off-road focused and have scored quite high. We felt this was a good example of a vehicle that would score low, helping to demonstrate the ORI and how it plays into the real world. With just 30 points, the Blazer is dirt road worthy and that's about it. As for your question, any vehicle with an "off-road mode" qualifies in our book as worthy of being rated.
TFLoffroad you are making my point. The vehicles score high because you give them tons of points for things almost every off-road vehicle will have like 4wd, and a transfer case which is an immediate 40 points. This isn’t an off-road vehicle, but a vehicle that can go on dirt roads, which all vehicles can do. Those slam dunk 40 points need to go to subjective scores or some other score matrix, and then keep awd soccer mom cruisers off the off-road index.
I agree. It's a nice rig but they should have badged as something other than a Blazer. Chevy needs a small/midsize off-road capable SUV. THAT would be a Blazer!!! Maybe when the Bronco comes out, Chevy will wake up. And. yes, I'm fully aware of the Colorado ZR2. BUT, it's not an SUV.
Nice review but maybe a 2-door Tahoe with the Blazer name would be more accurate to history and much more impressive. That’s the truck I’d like to see.
Amazing how NONE of you have driven one, but yet have all the crap to say. I own one, its a great, fun vehicle. And the original Blazer was advertised as a FAMILY 4x4 for all occasions.
If they are able to fit the 5.3l v8 in the front end of that I would DEFINITELY buy an “SS” trim... the new style is more of competition for the Jeep Cherokee rather than the bronco and wrangler like the blazer used to tackle back in the day
Someone should get one and gut the suspension and put straight axles, selectable lockers, and a ZR2 badge on the back and show them what it should've looked like.
You guys should fix your Terminology. Ofcourse it has a transfer case. It's just not a low range transfer case. Also the rear diff has GMs twin clutch torque vectoring system.
Nice rig, bad name. Many agree. I'm sure a hotter engine is on the way and the Blazer will be the hot crossover for them. I'm hoping that GM invests their off-road capital on the Jimmy for 2021 so they'll have a sporty SUV at this size/price point, and then an off-road rig to somewhat compete with the Bronco.
People complain about this car, but remember the 1995-2005 blazer's and those models... They were not intended for off roading. If you wan't to get a off road SUV go with Jeep, or get a truck. Chevy was going away from the k5 model long before this new version. I personally don't like the look of this new blazer, but people wanting another "k5" and are disappointed with it because its not are just ridiculous...
I kinda like the new Blazer! It’s definitely not what it was before, but I think it’s a sharp vehicle! I wouldn’t be ashamed to own one. If they hadn’t have named it the Blazer, I think they might have done better with sales. The name instantly turned off a huge group of people that might have considered the vehicle as a crossover family hauler, but because they were expecting a Wrangler competitor they have a bad taste in their mouth right off the bat. Bad marketing more than a bad vehicle
If they were going to use the Blazer name ,They should have built a Raptor fighter, Big V8 550HP, 600TQ, 35" tires, full truck frame, short wheel base, large fuel tank for being out in the middle of no where land, Wake Up GM!
@@stevendensmore7653 I do but GM sales surpass Ram when the Sierra is added. If you add all trucks GM sells more than all others. It's only fair to add the Sierra when speaking about GM truck sales.
My first car was an S-10 blazer so my idea of what a blazer is seems to be different then most. I like this vehicle a lot even the name works for me but I can defiantly see how the name could be a deal breaker for some people. Really sad that such a good vehicle with a lot of potential will probably have a short lifespan because of the name.
Was going to make a remark about it being a Kia ... however Kia has become a player in the manufacturing biz ... This is a decent offering from Mitsubishi, glad they’re coming back to the States, good for them .... oh ... it’s a Chevy ... oh, that’s a shame, this is why you don’t wait till you’re on the bus to school to rush your homework, better luck next time
Nice crossover, but it's a cherokee/santafe/sorento/outlander/escape/rav4/cr-v fighter, with this name you would have expect it to fight the new bronco or the wrangler... I think it's a bad marketing name people are gonna have different expectation with this name
I agree that GM should have thought of a different name, even though the "old Blazer" obviously lives on in the Tahoe (kind of) or crew cab Trail Boss half-ton pickups. We do live in a different era, where traditions and traditional labels seem to have fallen by the wayside. The notion of stuffing a V8 under the hood of this crossover is pure folly. GM probably doesn't make a V8 that would fit. The idea of using a Cadillac turbo V6 would be intriguing though. I suggest we look at this new Blazer for what it is: a cross between a compact station wagon and water-down SUV, with the 4WD capability meant for augmenting traction responses in less-than-ideal driving situations. It's a Chevy Subaru Forester. Taken in that light, it would be very interesting to see how well the new Blazer does on wintry roads, on a beach, or on some of the lesser Rocky Mountain tests like the one TFL just did on the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid.
My wife's minivan can handle just as good as that Blazer did on a dirt road. It's too bad they ruined the Blazer's name. It should have been a Bronco and Wrangler competitor. It can't even compete with the Jeep Cherokee, Renegade, or Compass. Another bad move on Chevy's part. Also, what's with Chevy trying to make all of their vehicles look like a Camaro?
@@EGGINFOOLS First of all, the Minivan is a Chevy Uplander. Secondly, he took it down a fire road that was basically a smooth surface with dirt and pebbles. Most regular cars should be able to go down that road. If being able to drive a vehicle on a dirt road means it's an off-roader; then it's time to come up with a new term for real off-road vehicles.
People are forgetting that a blazer was just a Tahoe z71. Which Chevy stills makes today. So there is no need to have a “real” blazer. Also the gen blazer was a midsize suv as it is now sooo.
This blazer has been out for a while and I drive for a living yet I've only seen like one driving... Gm. You underline the problem and circle the answer. The Bronco legend will return instead of be shot down and pooped on
The only 'Blazer' that will or should have a Supercharged V8 is a T1 Blazer 4x4 two door off road capable machine based off the new Silverado platform. Otherwise you'll have to settle for a twin turbo 3.6L V6.
You didn't talk about the rear clutch system in the AWD setup. Only thing to think is that you didn't know which you should if you review it and use the index to rate it.
