📰 Auto News First Look: 2013 Chevrolet TrailBlazer

[Bru]

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2012/03/first-look-2013-chevrolet-trailblazer.html

After taking a few years off, Chevrolet's TrailBlazer is back, but Thailand will see it before we do. We got a sneak peek of the 2013 TrailBlazer last year at the Dubai International Motor Show, and it will debut next week at the Bangkok International Motor Show. It will go on sale first in Thailand this June; global markets will follow.

The body-on-frame midsize SUV, which is based on the Chevrolet Colorado, returns to the lineup after a three-year hiatus. Like its predecessor, it will be available in rear- or four-wheel-drive configurations. It will launch in Thailand with two four-cylinder turbo-diesel powertrain options: a 150-horsepower 2.5-liter and a 180-hp 2.8-liter. They'll be paired with five-speed manual and six-speed automatic transmissions.

GM hasn't confirmed engines for the U.S. market, saying only that additional powertrains for specific markets will be announced later. A diesel for the U.S. isn't so far-fetched though, considering the Chevrolet Cruze diesel will soon be available here.

The TrailBlazer will seat seven passengers in three rows of seats, and it will have what GM calls "best-in-class spaciousness in the third row." Other interior details are scarce, but we know the seats will tumble and fold flat for cargo flexibility and there will be leather seats, a USB port and Bluetooth connectivity.

The 2013 Chevrolet TrailBlazer was designed at GM's South America Design Center in São Caetano do Sul, Brazil, and it will be built at the automaker's Thailand manufacturing facility in Rayong.

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[Chester Copperpot]

Oh look, another crossover looking shit box that's going to be heavy as shit with an anemic, worthless motor.

 

[Bru]

Yes, one of those.

 

[Frank Dukes]

well it certainly looks tall.

 

[Yaj Yak]

honestly i dig it... much beefier looking than past trailblazer. especially if they keep that jacked stance and bigger tires.

 

[Yaj Yak]

bigger turbo diesel for me please.

 

[TonzKnock-G]

meh

 

[Outlaw]

Like carter said.... Sweet, most likely another unibody based, transversly mounted engine SUV that's as worthless as a minivan. Not sure of that, but by the looks of it, and the trend we've been seeing, I'd say it's a safe bet.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Not sure of that, but by the looks of it, and the trend we've been seeing, I'd say it's a safe bet.

I mean it's working for GM but definitely

Also, don't you love the fact the American tax dollar bailed them out and now they keep producing vehicles in other countries to be sold in even more countries OTHER than the US? I know they said "eventually" but look at the Regal. Was sold in China first and brought over with another anemic motor for the US. Good thing we bailed them out.

:GMbailoutdebateGO:

 

[Outlaw]

I mean it's working for GM but definitely

Also, don't you love the fact the American tax dollar bailed them out and now they keep producing vehicles in other countries to be sold in even more countries OTHER than the US? I know they said "eventually" but look at the Regal. Was sold in China first and brought over with another anemic motor for the US. Good thing we bailed them out.

:GMbailoutdebateGO:

Selling the regal in China first was a good business division. They eat up just about anything with a buick name tag on it, so letting them have first crack it it didn't rub me too far the wrong way.

But yes, the bailouts were created to keep AMERICAN jobs, I get that the money is still filtering back here, but why not produce here, we're still over 10% unemployment, and IDC about graphs saying we're decreasing, more like people just pulling off the list.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

honestly i dig it... much beefier looking than past trailblazer. especially if they keep that jacked stance and bigger tires.

This. Those beefier tires and height make it look pretty cool plus it's truck based and it's 3 row.
I'd rather have this then some stupid minivan if I had a family.

Like carter said.... Sweet, most likely another unibody based, transversly mounted engine SUV that's as worthless as a minivan. Not sure of that, but by the looks of it, and the trend we've been seeing, I'd say it's a safe bet.

Reading > you

It says body on frame based off the Colorado chassis

 

[Outlaw]

Touche. I like it .01 percent better now.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I'd assume if/when this shows up here it'll be made here as well. Just like every other manufacturer its probably much cheaper to produce a car within the market it's being sold.

 

[Outlaw]

Possibly, I've seen it go either way with GM.

 

[Yaj Yak]

oh it is body on frame? wel thats cool. was the old one?

you guys are whining about weird shit that isn't going to change.

 

[Outlaw]

Old one was body on frame.

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

I prefer our 06 TB. This one does not look that great.

 

[Outlaw]

If it gets the 5.3 like the Colorado's get I'll be in. And the 6 speed manual.

 

[Yaj Yak]

it won't i bet. no one would buy the 5.3/6 speed manual except for people like you. aka not gm's primary demographic for this vehicle, or any vehicle for that matter... don't be silly.

 

[Outlaw]

it won't i bet. no one would buy the 5.3/6 speed manual except for people like you. aka not gm's primary demographic for this vehicle, or any vehicle for that matter... don't be silly.

You can get it in the Colorado IIRC, and they'll be making a manual in the overseas model (because that's still the "standard" transmission)

IDC about manual overall besides a personal preference.... And I agree they'd probably sell 20 of them a year, but the 5.3 would be nice.

 

[Yaj Yak]

5.3 wouldbe nice for sure and i know they have been putting the 5.3 in everything... i meant the manual. it wouldn't sell. and look at how many 5.3 colorados are out there, not many at alllll.

 

[Yaj Yak]

3 on ebay currently.

and. imo expensive as fuck. 30k for a colorado. http://motors.shop.ebay.com/Cars-Tr..._fspt=0&_qfkw=1&_ssov=1&_trksid=p4506.c0.m282

 

[jason05gt]

GM should put the Ecotec turbo 4 cylinder in there with a 8 speed auto.

 

[Outlaw]

Yeah fuck that shit, HMMMM 30k colorado or 35k sierra/ silverado.... Oh I know it wouldn't sell, I'm just old school and think there should be a manual in everything haha. And I'd think the 5.3 may sell better in here, a bit more upscale than a colorado and used for families. There were a TON of 5.3 OBS trail blazers

 

[Yaj Yak]

you didnt notice the 35k colorado there...