The 2019 Chevy Blazer starts at $30,000

"LJ909" (lj909) 01/08/2019 at 12:06 • Filed to: None

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Chevy brought back the classic nameplate for the 2019 model year, attaching it to yet another crossover with Camaro styling (which honestly doesn’t look bad), and sticking it in their already full lineup. According to their own site, it sits above the Equinox, but below the Traverse, but with pricing and dimensions that overlaps both on multiple trim levels, which makes you wonder, why?(more on that later).

There are 5 trim levels to choose from :L, weirdly named Blazer 2.5 Cloth and 3.6 Cloth, RS and Premier. For the sake of the breakdown I’ll just go over pricing for the Cloth trims, RS and Premier. AWD is also available, but only with the V6 of course.

Basic L Trim

L is bargain basement, Hertz level trim and starts at $30 grand. For that price you get a 2.5 I4 with 193 horses paired to a 9 speed auto with start/stop, remote start, 8 inch touchscreen with Android Auto and Apple Carplay...and pretty much all the basic cloth, manual powered stuff you’d expect a crossover to come with now a days. Its best to skip this trim unless you want to keep your payment low.

The next 2 trims, the Cloth Trims, I see as being the bulk of the sales since they aren’t quite base, but are far enough from the other 2 trims to where they aren’t too fancy, and could be good for people that want popular features standard. The main differences between the 2 are the engines and getting the 4 or the V6. There’s a grand difference between the two.

Cloth Interior

The I4 Cloth is $33,495; 3.6 Cloth is $34,495. The 3rd trim is 3.6 Leather, which starts at $41,395 with literally the only difference being the V6 and leather seating. Which means if you spring for leather your going to be spending $6900 bucks more. Insane

There are 10 exterior color choices for the Blazer, 2 of them are extra charge premium options:

Sunlit Bronze Metallic; Red Hot; Nightfall Gray Metallic; Silver Ice Metallic; Summit White; Black; Graphite Metallic; Oakwood Metallic. The extra charge colors are Kinetic Blue Metallic, which is $395 and Cajun Red Tintcoat, which is $495, which is the red Chevy originally showed us. I choose Black of course. There are only 2 interior cloth choices, gray and black. Nothing special.

There are 7 option packages for the Blazer:

Convenience and Driver Confidence Package $1895:

Heated front seats

Universal Home Remote

Remote Start

Power programmable liftgate

Roof-mounted side rails

Lane Change Alert with Side Blind Zone Alert

Rear Cross Traffic Alert

Rear Park Assist

Auto-dimming inside rearview mirror

Auto-dimming outside heated power-adjustable manual-folding body-color mirrors with turn signal indicators

Honestly all of this could have been included as standard.

Hit the Road for $1,050: includes

Roof-rack cross rails

Molded assist steps

And for some reason says “May require additional optional equipment”. Whatever that means.

Well, honestly, those are the main option packages. The other 5 are mainly cargo management packages and one first aid kit package ranging from $130-$315 bucks. I choose the convenience package.

Exterior options wise there are quite a few. There are optional 20’ Black wheels for $2 grand; an engine block heater for $100 for all you cold climate people, and 11 exterior enhancement options ranging from roof rails, to Black emblems and bowties to illuminated Bow ties. I choose the Black wheels for 2 grand, body color grill bar for $395, and I tried to select all the Black emblems, which are individual and will turn the bow tie and Blazer letters Black, but you can’t select them all. Chevy only lets you do one at a time, so I choose the Black Blazer lettering for $115, which is dumb.

There are 18 interior options with the bulk of them being things like tablet holders, floor mats, cargo liners etc. The main options are rear seat infotainment systems, one with a dvd player and one without with $245 difference separating the 2.

Aside from the 47 other accessories, with the options I selected, this otherwise “basic” midrange Blazer is nearly $40 grand; $38,450 to be exact; $37,845 with the same options on the 2.5 Cloth; $41,150 with the 3.6 and AWD; Which is..a lot for what this is. And we aren’t even to the other 2 trims yet.

The next trim up after the 3.6 Leather, is the looker of the bunch, the RS. Starting at $44,695, it comes standard with the 3.6 and AWD, along with black accent trim, grill and black bow ties, 20’ unique wheels and red interior accents. You can also get it in nearly all the exterior color options as well. There’s only one interior color choice with all of them, black perforated leather seats.

The main package differences on the RS is the availability of a Sun and Wheels package. For $2,495 you get a pano roof with power sunroof and 21’ black wheels. Also the Enhanced Convenience and Driver Confidence package sees a II level. For $3,575 it comes with:

Chevrolet Infotainment 3 Premium system with connected Navigation and 8" diagonal HD color touchscreen

Bose® premium 8-speaker audio system

Memory settings for the power driver seat, outside mirrors and power tilt and telescoping steering column

Power tilt and telescoping steering column

Driver and front passenger ventilated seats

Wireless Charging

Heated rear outboard seats

HD Surround Vision

Rear Camera Mirror

Adaptive Cruise Control - Advanced

Forward Automatic Braking

Front Pedestrian Braking

Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning

Following Distance Indicator

Forward Collision Alert

Safety Alert Seat

IntelliBeam® headlamps

Pricey for sure. I choose both of these packages. On this trim as well, you can choose the illuminated emblem as well since all the other emblems are Black. I chose this for $395. All in, you’re looking at an eye watering $51,150 for a Blazer RS. At this price, there are way better options that are actually, you know, fast and don’t just look the part.

Premier

Lastly, at the top of the trim heap, is the luxury lined, senior targeted ( you know they are going to be the ones driving this thing) Premier. It starts at $46,795. It mainly comes with luxury trim pieces, i.e. bright chrome trim and body color pieces.

You know its Premier because it has wood

Interior wise this trim seems the availability of maple sugar leather on certain colors and wood trim. I stayed with the black exterior color to choose this color. It’s a no cost option as well. With the same options as the other trims, a Premier trim is $51,650, which again, is pricey.

So the final question is: who’s this for? Like I mentioned before, Chevy positioned it above the Equinox but below the Traverse. There’s a $5 grand price difference between the base Equinox and base Blazer, and a scant $1,130 difference between the base Blazer and Base Traverse. That price gap closes on the higher trims. Moreso between the Blazer and Traverse than the Equinox and Blazer however:

A no optioned Blazer RS and no optioned Traverse RS is only a $2,200 difference . You have to work a little bit to get the Equinox to that level and there is no comparable RS trim.

Once you get to the Premier trims, there’s a $2,800 difference between the Blazer Premier and Traverse Premier, but damn near $10 grand between the Equinox Premier and Blazer Premier.

There are a few difference too however. Aside from the 3rd row option on the Traverse you can’t get on the other 2, you can’t get a the 3.6 on the Equinox anymore, which only has the turbo 4 and the diesel, and you can only get the turbo 4 on the Traverse on the RS trim with FWD. Also once you get to the High Country trim on the Traverse, it starts to head towards lower end Tahoe trims price wise.

The main problem with the Blazer is size wise though. Its within inches of the Traverse and Equinox in all manner of dimensions. Between the Traverse and Blazer, there is a 8.2 in difference between the wheelbases; it’s even closer between the Blazer and Equinox at 5.4 in

Inside, the gap closes between the 3 with passenger room being so close it makes you wonder why they have 3 different vehicles this close interior wise: There’s a 1.2 in difference in second row leg room for instance between the Blazer and Traverse, with the Blazer actually having more legroom at 39.6 vs the Traverse’s 38.4; it gets even dumber between the Equinox and Blazer, with a 0.3 in difference between the two with the Equinox having the advantage over the Blazer at 39.9 to the Blazer’s 39.6. The numbers don’t lie. These vehicles don’t make sense when you delve into the numbers.

But there you have it. Yet another crossover from Chevy in a field of crowded crossovers that that is a looker, but isn’t cheap, and makes you wonder why it (and others) exists at all when you look at the numbers. What do you guys think of it?  

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 12:53

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Just from what I can see, it seems like a Ford Edge c ompetitor, no? 

LJ909 > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back 01/08/2019 at 12:55

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I’m..not quite sure. I think the Edge is a little bigger, so maybe an Escape competitor? Or both?

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 12:59

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5 seat “SUV” with more width. That is a solid market segment between the Equinox and the Traverse. I never would need 3 rows, and would like to (theoretically) save on fuel from the Traverse, but might like the luxury of a bit more width in the hip and shoulder, and possibly more towing/payload capacity?

In fact I find the Equinox plenty roomy when I use my company fleet vehicles, and I’m not in the market, but I could be part of the target market causing such a thing to exist.

Gerry197 > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 12:59

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Seems not a lot of car for the money, especially for the higher trim levels that are in the 50K range. 

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 13:00

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If I were in the market I’d just buy the new Honda Passport instead. Looks better IMO as well

HATE whatever is going on here

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 13:07

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Just from a cursory spec glance, I think the Escape and the Equinox are pretty similar size wise, and the Traverse seems to compete with the Explorer.

Seeing as the Edge slots between the Escape and Explorer it makes sense to me that Chevy is now targeting this demographic.

I think the kind of person who buys an Edge is someone who wants a crossover that’s not too big and cares more about street presence (sportier more aggressive looks) than just raw utility. Just my .02¢

Mercedes Streeter > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 13:10

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Between this and the equally inexplicably expensive Harley Livewire, I’ll take the Harley. lol

LJ909 > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 01/08/2019 at 13:16

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True. Its a weird gray are though. And remember the Equinox has the diesel option this doesnt get as well.

LJ909 > Gerry197 01/08/2019 at 13:18

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Right. At that price, the Blazer wouldnt even be on my radar.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 13:23

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Without looking at specs and barely pricing, it seems like this is in the Murano/Edge Segment. Midsized 5 seater that focuses on style. It seems like their are plenty of asses for those seats. My sister in law got a newer Murano after her old one finally shit the bed at 215k miles. not what I would have chosen, but she likes it and it rides nice.

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 13:23

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Seeing them on the road, they are horrible looking.

LJ909 > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/08/2019 at 13:25

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Looks better and also seems to actually have offroad chops. The Blaze seemed to follow the weird trend set by the pre refresh Cherokee and Hyundai Kona by having small drls where the headlights should be and the actual headlights being just large fog lights. I hate it.

LJ909 > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back 01/08/2019 at 13:28

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Right. They want crossover space (which is subjective) and ride height, but car like maneuverability .

Gerry197 > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 13:39

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I could understand if it was a legit Blazer, based on the Colorado platform, but it’s just another crossover in the class.  It’s not bad looking, but nothing to make it stand out for the price.  

LJ909 > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor 01/08/2019 at 13:42

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Im surprised the Murano even still sales.

LJ909 > StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 01/08/2019 at 13:46

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I’ ve yet to see any one. But I don’ t doubt they are coming.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 13:48

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I’m surprised anything Nissan makes still sells haha. She bought CPO. Since Nissan being Nissan, it was a really good value used.

LJ909 > Gerry197 01/08/2019 at 13:54

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Right. Which is what was rumored that we were supposed to be getting that the rest of the world gets:

The Trailblazer. Which is pretty much a Colorado underneath. Not this softroader Blazer.

M.T. Blake > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 13:58

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That’s exactly $29999 more than I want to spend. Thank you for the write up. Now I know I truly hate it. Blazer... hah! Sacreligious!

LJ909 > M.T. Blake 01/08/2019 at 14:31

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No prob. Yea I didn’t expect it to be this pricey at all. It won’t hold its value though. 

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 15:34

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A GLC300 can be had for $45-55k new easily. So I assume there are plenty of other crossovers available for that much that are way nicer than anything Chevy is capable of building. 

nermal > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 16:20

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Would not buy an early production one. There will be $5k+ in rebates on these after they’ve been out 3-6 months. 

LJ909 > nermal 01/08/2019 at 16:58

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In typical GM fashion. That’s the only way these things will move at these prices. 

Manny05x > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 17:39

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Chevy blazer will suffer the same fate as the chevy cruze.

LJ909 > Manny05x 01/08/2019 at 17:44

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What makes you say that?

arl > Manny05x 01/08/2019 at 17:56

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Yep. Forgettable design, ridiculous pricing.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 18:08

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i wish cloth seats were offered on all higher trim models.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 19:42

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*read title, skipped straight to comment section*

Well I’m sure it will be a huge success as long as it’s body-on-frame, can be had with the manual, has an optional 4.3L V6 from the full size trucks and you get a shorter 2 door model.

They would never put the Blazer name on a CUV that is just like other CUVs they’re already selling, RIGHT???

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > M.T. Blake 01/08/2019 at 19:44

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For me, it’s $24,295.97 more than I want to spend.

LJ909 > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 01/08/2019 at 19:44

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They bastard-ized the name. 

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 20:16

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I’ll be honest, it’s problem is that it isn’t different enough. The looks help it stand out but it's just another crossover. If it looked the same but was based on the Camaro platform, this would be a game changer.

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/08/2019 at 20:22

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Oh geez, you're right. If I'm between a Chevy Blazer or GLC/X3 for the same price, it's hard to justify the Blazer

nermal > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 20:29

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It’s done intentionally, because it works.

A $51k Blazer is a bad deal. The same exact one priced at $45k is also a bad deal.

However, a Blazer with a $51k MSRP, $3k in rebates, $2k in “Employee pricing for everyone!” discounts, and another $1k in dealer discounts for a net price of $45k is a smoking hott deal. 

LJ909 > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 01/08/2019 at 20:35

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Right? A poor man’s Infiniti FX. That would’ve worked. But people suck so it looks good but really is just being like you said. 

LJ909 > nermal 01/08/2019 at 20:38

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Exactly. It plays into people’s stupidity. I don't see this getting a second gen though. 

Tristan > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 20:45

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I don't hate it, because that would mean evoked an emotion. No, I feel completely and utterly indifferent towards it. *yawn*

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > LJ909 01/08/2019 at 21:05

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Oh yeah, plus what better name for a Camaro crossover than Blazer ? A Blazer SS to compete with the SRT Grand Cherokee or Blazer ZL2 to compete with Trackhawk? $50k for a base Blazer SS would be steal and sell like crazy.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > LJ909 01/09/2019 at 10:57

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