So you're admitting what's already been stated? That this is not a $50K vehicle, as mmarshall is saying now that he is the only one who has seen one in the real world? Where was this great insight from you, prior to this quoted post?

 

 

I'm sure I'm not the only person on Car Chat who has seen one in the flesh. Jill has already stated she has seen one, and there are very likely others as well. I'm confident, however, that, once they have seen it, a number of others will agree with me that the top-line Premier model is simply not worth 50-55K.

 

 

I always liked both the Blazer and the Explorer, but imho again Ford has won with both vehicles being new offerings. Without even getting too deep, RWD and engines pretty much are a slam dunk for Ford.

 

Easy there, let's not get heated over this.

 

Its not a personal attack, its an observation about a review of a vehicle that is quite out of character.

As for price, most Blazers won't be $55k. Most will sell in the low $40k range MSRP, and there will be $8-10k incentives.

 

Based on the package and considering all features, the Blazer shouldn't be more than about $42K loaded to the brim if it was priced in line with the industry.

 

I just don't see how someone looks at the Blazer's competitors and comes to that conclusion. A fully loaded Equinox is $42k.

 

......and that's pretty much what the Blazer is......a restyled Equinox with a longer, lower body.

 

Its the car above the Equinox, has better powertrains, its bigger, better built. More expensive.

Its like an Edge vs an Escape.

 

Perhaps you should read the entire thread and not respond to my post. They are specifically to a very juvenile answer to something I posted.

 

 

Exactly, the Blazer is positioned above the Equinox, so its not reasonable to expect the Blazer to cost the same as the Equinox when spec'ed similarly.

Bottom line is....$50k isn't a lot to spend on a vehicle anymore, when you really look around at what vehicles cost.

 

That's where I don't totally agree wth the reasoning, though. Sure, Chevy may be marketing the Blazer in a class above the Equinox. That, however, is simply on paper, and, in actuality, it doesn't actually make the Blazer a step above. In the auto industry, marketers have the power to deceive....look how long it took Mazda, for example, to admit that the Navajo (which I sure you'll remember), Tribute, and B-truck series were nothing but almost totally rebadged Fords.


I know this is going back some time, and I don't know if you are old enough to remember, but in the late 1970s, we saw classic deception from all of the Big Three (Ford, GM, Chrysler) by transferring the names of their big flagship sedans (Bonneville, Fury/Gran Fury, Monaco, LTD, etc...) to what had been previously been their mid-sizers. This was often done before the big sedans had been redesigned and downsized...that alone was a different issue.