Open letter to Ms. Mary T. Barra
tired_old_dave
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GM lost me for now. No new Trailblazer/Envoy that fits in my garage. No new Colorado that fits in my garage. My 2009 Rubicon became a GX460 for my wife and I got her 2006 H3. They fit in the garage. Acadia length? Am I forced to buy a Terrain. Right now my future sees another Lexus or a Trail Edition Four Runner. Had little vehicles most of my life. We are getting older and there are a lot of us. Watch the old timers with their tired bodies crawl up and out their cars.
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Hmm. Looking at the specs on paper, the Acadia is the darn-near close successor to the TrailBlazer (2009) in most everything. The Acadia is five inches wider and eight inches longer, and tows slightly less (500 lbs.). Both vehicles are at (lengthwise) the thresholds of a midsize or large vehicle. (You have an interesting definition of "small.") The newest Toyota tows less than either vehicle. The Lex crushes all the vehicles in towing capacity, but you give up interior cargo space as the trade-off. (I'm looking at capabilities here, folks.)
Chevy is planning to sell a new Colorado later this year. You appear to have at least two current choices from the GM stable (Tahoe included) that comes close to what the Trailblazer featured. Your main concern appears to be size, and I can understand that. But given the small margins of size between the TrailBlazer and the Acadia, it seems to be a matter of time before something in your garage dings or smashes something on a new version of the TrailBlazer (dimensionally).
The vehicles I mentioned are just under 190" in length. Our 1992 Previa fit in this same garage. It had a cargo capacity over 1100 pounds. I brought home, from the lumber store, a 10' fiberglass ladder inside that Previa utilizing the dash. Pickup truck owners stopped and looked in amazement. Unfortunately, I read the threads on the Terrain and engine complaints. I've followed the threads on BITOG for years but never posted there. I will avoid direct injection, turbos but not superchargers, diesels and CJDFiat or whoever they may ever become next year or whenever. Side note, while I drove a couple of GXs before we bought the one we did, I have not driven my wife's for fear that the H3 that we both love and saved us one winter day might get traded in on a base GX at that new introductory price. That H3 adventure package is limited to 99mph and has 33" LT load range D AT tires because apparently E range is in now and C load range is out. Old and like body on frame. Gas prices - like I said more years behind me than in front of me. Environment - do care and have a back yard organic garden since 1987.
I can understand the business model and cafe restrictions and where this seems to be heading. It seems sci fi is becoming real and we will step into mass transit or personal vehicles and like Star Trek utter the word "engage" to the computer. However roads and weather are a stumbling block.
I want to thank all your predecessors for fond memories of Buicks. Roadmasters, straight eights, Invicta convertibles, Rivieras, Electra 225 (deuce and a quarter) and those mighty fine wheels with the center caps always getting stolen.
In that light, after now driven better-half's 2006 H3 after four years with a JKUR, I want to thank you for our H3. And if by some chance you can provide me with a replacement for it with a Trailblazer H4 worthy of the name. Thanks. It also saddens me to see Holden getting the axe. If only I was rich and could put a consortium together. Hang in there. Quality and honesty is the only advertising needed.