While the compact and 3-row SUV segment has been growing by leaps and bounds, this 5-passenger midsize type has been getting squeezed out. But with our insatiable appetite for utility vehicles these too are on the comeback. This is the all-new Blazer.When we last saw it a decade and 5 cogs ago, the TrailBlazer was an American-built, body-on-frame sport utility whose key competitors included the Ford Explorer and Dodge Durango…models that’ve since moved on to the 3-row arena. Having its name pruned once again to simply Blazer, this 2019 Mexican-made reboot weighs nearly 300-pounds less, now arranges its 6-cylinders in a V formation, produces more horsepower but less torque and improves MPGs by over 30%; collectively, a microcosm of the industry’s evolution during its 10-year hiatus.
