Chevrolet's big and burly SUV is here to transform the American Carmaker's image by appealing to the influential premium SUV car buyer. We take it for a quick spin
Chevrolet India desperately wants change. Parent company General Motors is now having a close look at it, has announced a 1 Billion Dollar fresh investment into its Indian operations and will also launch five new models by 2018. Three of these five are going to be mass market cars (Spin, new
Beat and Beat based
Sedan) while the other two will build the brand’s image. The
Cruze is one and we are familiar with it as the torque monster that sells for its headline figures. A new generation of the Cruze will come in 2017 and all other cars mentioned above will make it around then as well. The fifth product, which is the
Trailblazer comes next month. It’s not tasked as much with sales figures as with building the new brand image of a properly American brand from the dismal name Chevrolet has gained in the recent past due to its China sourced products.
So can the Trailblazer make a mark and hold fort for the next year and a half then? It’s a tough task but let’s find out…
Exterior design and styling If you are dealing in this segment, there are no two ways about the fact that you need road presence and the Trailblazer has loads of it. It is not a very good-looking
SUV to my eyes, but the size sure works. That massive grille in your wing mirrors, the bulging bonnet and the high set stance thanks to its 241mm ground clearance (highest in segment) shod by 265/60 R18 wheels, the Trailblazer does look the part of an SUV willing to rough it up and bully other motorists around.
The headlights are too small and the taillights are too plain, the wheel wells show massive gaps above the tyres and the mirrors are too large- few proportions Chevrolet could get right. The size is big enough for the Trailblazer to need any kind of plastic cladding to accentuate it stance. I like that because the lines are clean and free of clutter. Chunky six spoke alloys on those 18-inch wheels look the part as well.
It is a four year old SUV however and in a matter of months, will have to take on the new generation Endeavor and
Fortuner so I think the styling is going to look dated very soon in light of fresh competition.
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