Who's Ready for the 2021 - Wait, Scratch That - 2022 Chevy Traverse?

by Steph Willems

Published: April 10th, 2020

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It’s big and it sells very well, but the upcoming Chevrolet Traverse is having something of an identity issue. Unveiled in top-trim form last month, the refreshed version of the second-generation Traverse was expected to go on sale late this year as a 2021 model.

Fast-forward a few weeks and that plan’s off the table.

In an amended version of its earlier announcement, Chevrolet now says customers will have to wait a while longer — certainly not the first, and likely not the last time we’ll hear such an announcement.

“The timing for launch of the refreshed Chevrolet Traverse has been revised,” the automaker said in its blurb. “It will now launch in calendar year 2021 as a 2022 model. We will share more details as we get closer to launch.”

With GM’s return to domestic production carrying a hazy date (something it shares with its rivals), production plans are being pushed into the future. The automaker didn’t say what would become of the 2021 model year; GM will likely build extra units of the current version to carry it through the gap if inventory isn’t sufficient. It’s assumed GM’s timing calls for a late winter or spring 2021 on-sale date for the refreshed model.

As we outlined already, the big changes afoot are a revised front and rear fascia that more closely aligns the model’s appearance with GM’s truck and SUV lineup. LED lighting will be standard, with broader availability of certain content and a greater level of standard safety features.

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Golden2husky on Apr 11, 2020

This is not all that unheard of. When my father bought his MKVII LSC, he got an '88 in early '87.

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Luke42 on Apr 12, 2020

I'm in the target demographic for this thing (3 kids, two low-six figure-incomes), and was shopping for a new family hauler (with more towing and cargo than the Mazda5) in February. I'm willing to pay about twice as much for an electric or 30-mile PHEV as I will for a dino-burner, though, but I won't go above $40k (with a plug) until next year. I'm not excited about this one, though. Standard CUV basic ICE engine and a

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- 28-Cars-Later on Apr 12, 2020
  
  This model has the same towing capacity as the KIA Telluride, itself simply an enlarged Sorrento with the same towing capacity: https://www.kia.com/us/en/telluride/specs?chid=sem&ppc=y&aud=&CID=20242760&SID=4132975&PID=204384199&AID=404213832&CRD=0&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0LHYq7Tj6AIVieJ3Ch25_gsoEAAYASABEgIZtPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds https://www.balisekia.com/2019-kia-sorento-towing-capacity/ So it would seem from the towing point of view, its par for the course of transverse unibody fake suvs.
  
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- Peter Gazis on Apr 12, 2020
  
  28-Cars-Later But if you didn’t think KIA was crap, you wouldn’t be here trying to piss off the Chevy fans by comparing their vehicles to KIAs
  
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- Peter Gazis on Apr 12, 2020
  
  28- Cars- Later If you believed that Kia wasn’t (rubbish), you wouldn’t be using it to (agitate) the Chevy fans.
  
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- Luke42 on Apr 12, 2020
  
  @Peter Gazis A used 2012+ Dodge Durango has a much better tow rating (7000lbs and some change) and a lower price. I can also find a used Citadel or R/T below my $20k price-ceiling for conventionally powered vehicles. (I'd pay about twice that for a used Tesla Model X, despite the tradeoffs which come with it.)
  
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- 28-Cars-Later on Apr 12, 2020
  
  @Peter Gazis It wouldn't be fair to not compare garbage to garbage (also above they were talking about Telluride)
  
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- Art Vandelay on Apr 13, 2020
  
  @Luke42 I don't think you are finding many 40k model X's and for all of the "less maintenance" talk there is way too much needless complication on an X.
  
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- Luke42 on Apr 13, 2020
  
  @Art Vandelay When the used Model Xs depreciate to $40k, I buy. Until then, I wait and work for a raise.
  
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