June 23, 20187 yr 10 minutes ago, regfootball said: Anybody mooaning about what this new Blazer is should actually sit back and ask themselves why it took Chevy 16 model years to put out a competitor for this 16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Murano Same reason GM did not put out crossovers 16 years ago (for the most part): BOF SUVs were way more profitable back then, at least until $4 a gallon gas and the recession killed a lot of them.
June 23, 20187 yr 10 minutes ago, balthazar said: Murano is selling barely over twice the rate of the Armada. It could slide off into oblivion and I doubt many people would notice/care. despite the fact that the similarly sized Rogue it shares the showroom with, which is a CUV by the way, sold over 400,000 units last year....... the Murano which is in much higher price classes still sold 80,000 or so units. that's a sizable market and its growing. Chevy should have had a Ford Edge / Murano competitor by 2011 at the latest. Not 2019. 12 minutes ago, riviera74 said: Same reason GM did not put out crossovers 16 years ago (for the most part): BOF SUVs were way more profitable back then, at least until $4 a gallon gas and the recession killed a lot of them. the last Blazers and Trailblazers were among the junkiest vehicles GM has ever built.
June 23, 20187 yr Nissan should have had a competitor for the SIlverado in 1980, not 2004 (BTW; still not a competitor). Point being- I don't believe OEMs are putting the bloa-funked murano up as a target for product planners. Nissan's non-car sales ace is the rogue; everything else in their trucklet portfolio does so-so.
June 23, 20187 yr 46 minutes ago, regfootball said: the last Blazers and Trailblazers were among the junkiest vehicles GM has ever built. The last trailblazer still sold millions and if like I do, you got the limited production AWD SS you got your Corvette SUV. I like my SS very much as does everyone that has drove it or ridden in it.
June 25, 20187 yr On 6/21/2018 at 10:32 PM, Drew Dowdell said: Well there you go @regfootball , the sporty GM crossover you were asking for. Me? I kinda like it, and I’m just glad there is the 3.6 liter instead of the 2.0T from the Traverse. Good tie in to Camaro too, I wonder if there is actually any parts sharing there or just in appearance. I really really like it. Bronco is nice looking also. Probably one of the best attempts for the domestics to win me back. BRAVO!
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