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Originally Posted by RealG
If you think any aspects of the Blazer flop are good , we live in two different worlds. It’s not a Blazer it’s a joke as the new Bronco will kill it in sales and everything else. And like it or not the public regardless of what general motors hopes compares the blazer and the bronco 40 years of history has taught us that. GM can make a new suburban suv and call it a Camaro but that wouldn’t make it a Camaro. GM is lost. Blazer will be discontinued in a few years, GM wasted a valuable name plate.
No sense in us arguing about it , time will tell.
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What are you going to say, when the Bronco comes out with a 4 cylinder EcoBoost engine? What do you "think" the Bronco will be? I see comments on this site all time that go something like "If GM would bring back the [insert dead nameplate here] it would be awesome and sell like hot cakes!!" OK sure, whatever you are thinking in your head might be perfect for you. Meanwhile, 3/4 of everyone else thinks your grand vision sucks.
It makes me sick that half the comments on here say something to the effect of "7th gen needs to look less like a 1st gen, more like a 2nd gen". You've got to be kidding me. The only thing the 7th gen (if we get one) needs to be is something that has the general Camaro identifiers....long hood, short deck, two door 2+2 coupe with sporty performance. It does not need to be freaking retro 2nd gen.
Aside from the internet diehards like yourself, everyone I've talked to...even a few Ford faithful have told me they like the new Blazer. My wife is not a car person per say, and she loves it. Look I get that crapping on a storied nameplate with something that doesn't fit the heritage sucks...but there was already a grocery getting Blazer in the 90s and early 00s. Did you cry then? Hate it or not, I think the Blazer will be a success. Yep...time will tell. The only thing wrong with the Blazer is that the price is a bit hard to swallow, but you know Chevy is going to be throwing money on the hood sooner or later. Also, Chevy is going to water down the look like crazy, throwing it on the new TrailBlazer and Equinox instead of letting Blazer have it's own personality.