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2008 Chevrolet TrailBlazer Overview

Likes:

  • Lower step-up for easier entry than full-size SUVs
  • Relatively smooth ride

Dislikes:

  • Mushy, vague handling
  • Noisy interior
  • Retro 1990s design
  • Not as safe as newer crossovers or truck-based rivals

Bottom Line

By Bengt Halvorson's avatar Bengt Halvorson, Editor

As they prepared this exhaustive review of the 2008 Chevrolet TrailBlazer, the experts at TheCarConnection.com included a wide range of critical voices and review sources. TheCarConnection.com's editors have driven the TrailBlazer and include their own impressions where ...

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Full Review

By Bengt Halvorson's avatar Bengt Halvorson, Editor

Most reviewers are less than impressed with the styling of the 2008 Chevrolet TrailBlazer. On sale since 2002, the TrailBlazer’s basic design hasn’t been updated much since that long-ago debut. Cars.com notes that the TrailBlazer's "headlights, grille and other elements share...

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Select a Trim:

Trim MSRP / Invoice Fuel Econ
2008 Chevrolet TrailBlazer: 2WD 4dr LT w/1LT $27,745 / $25,941 City: 14
Hwy: 20
2008 Chevrolet TrailBlazer: 2WD 4dr LT w/2LT $29,780 / $27,844 City: 14
Hwy: 20
2008 Chevrolet TrailBlazer: 2WD 4dr LT w/3LT $31,810 / $29,742 City: 14
Hwy: 20
2008 Chevrolet TrailBlazer: 2WD 4dr SS w/1SS $32,155 / $30,064 City: 12
Hwy: 16
2008 Chevrolet TrailBlazer: 2WD 4dr SS w/3SS $35,590 / $33,276 City: 12
Hwy: 16
2008 Chevrolet TrailBlazer: 4WD 4dr LT w/1LT $29,880 / $27,937 City: 14
Hwy: 20
2008 Chevrolet TrailBlazer: 4WD 4dr LT w/2LT $31,910 / $29,835 City: 14
Hwy: 20
2008 Chevrolet TrailBlazer: 4WD 4dr LT w/3LT $33,945 / $31,738 City: 14
Hwy: 20
2008 Chevrolet TrailBlazer: 4WD 4dr SS w/1SS $34,290 / $32,061 City: 12
Hwy: 16
2008 Chevrolet TrailBlazer: 4WD 4dr SS w/3SS $37,725 / $35,272 City: 12
Hwy: 16

Other Choices:

The 2008 Chevrolet TrailBlazer is mechanically similar and nearly identical to the GMC Envoy, which sells at a similar price. Otherwise, the TrailBlazer is part of what once was the heart of the SUV market, but these best sellers are gradually being replaced by carlike crossovers. The TrailBlazer is one of the worst-handling and most trucklike of the lot. Only the Durango feels as cumbersome and uncomfortable, but it's a bit more of a workhorse. The Liberty, Pathfinder, and 4Runner all have better off-road ability--or off-road-worthy models--with which to redeem themselves. The Liberty is smaller and more maneuverable, and the Pathfinder especially stands out for having a good ride and more luxurious interior. Then there's the formerly best-selling Ford Explorer, which is still perhaps the most direct competitor to the TrailBlazer. Ford has done a much better job keeping the Explorer updated in recent years, and though it also has trucklike underpinnings, the Explorer rides and handles far better than the TrailBlazer.

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Comments (1 total)

  1. By john #1, Posted: 8/3/2009

    Drives great, gets the job done. We test drove all brands before we settled on the Trailblazer. This is my wife's, she chose it for ride and room. This replaced a vw golf, we needed something bigger for kids and road trips. 285 hp, more power than needed, drives like a car, not like a truck, I drive a truck. We saved about $10k compared to like models of foreign brands.

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