2020 Chevrolet Blazer RS Review: The Bad Boy of the Bunch

Auto123 reviews the 2020 Chevrolet Blazer.

Among 4x4 die-hards, the original Chevrolet Blazer is a true icon. Good-condition models dating from the late 1960s sell for a veritable fortune these days. And so, as we’ve seen a number of times in recent years, the company logically asked itself, Why waste strong brand recognition? Since last year Chevrolet has thus brought back the Blazer name, this time stuck on a crossover the company has parachuted into its already-well-stocked SUV lineup in between the Equinox and the Traverse.

Predictably, some see the appropriation of the Blazer name as sacrilege; others rejoice at the return of a familiar name to a lineup that includes not just big ‘utes but the tiny Spark and the electric Bolt as well.

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Whatever side of that particular fence you sit on, whether you’re an outraged nostalgist or a curious forward-looker, the Chevy Blazer does actually fill a need in the automaker’s lineup. It will look to siphon off sales from the likes of the Ford Edge, Nissan Murano and Honda Passport, which might be easier said than done.

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