LANSING, Mich. — Chevrolet is loading the next-generation Traverse crossover with its first-ever off-road trim, extra normal security options and bigger touchscreens.
The 2024 Traverse, scheduled to go on sale early subsequent yr, has an up to date design and a brand new engine with extra horsepower and torque, Basic Motors stated Monday. The redesigned three-row crossover will are available 4 trims — LS, LT, RS and, for the primary time, the off-road Z71.
GM didn’t disclose pricing whereas revealing the third-generation Traverse on the mid-Michigan plant that may assemble it. The 2023 Traverse begins at $35,915 with delivery.
“Our new Traverse is designed and engineered to behave and look extra like an SUV,” Scott Bell, vp of worldwide Chevrolet, stated in a press release. “Led by the all-new Z71, the 2024 Traverse builds on the success of its predecessor and can undoubtedly allow us to be in additional buyer driveways.”
Final redesigned for the 2018 mannequin yr, the Traverse will get a brand new 2.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine, which GM estimates will produce 315 hp and 317 pound-feet of torque, mated to an eight-speed automated transmission. All-wheel drive is out there.
The outgoing mannequin has a 3.6-liter V-6 and nine-speed transmission for 310 hp and 266 pound-feet of torque.
GM in January 2022 introduced a $510 million funding in its two Lansing-area meeting vegetation in Michigan, together with to construct the following technology of the Traverse and Buick Enclave on the Lansing Delta Township plant.
The phase is “essential to Basic Motors, and it’s essential to Chevrolet,” Rory Harvey, GM’s new president of North America, stated Monday at an occasion to disclose the Traverse.
Harvey stated the Lansing plant has constructed 1.65 million Traverses because the car debuted in 2009. Between the anticipated demand for the Traverse, in addition to the Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia that may share a platform, GM expects to have the ability to add a 3rd shift on the manufacturing facility subsequent yr, Harvey stated. The plant has not operated a 3rd shift since 2017.
The Traverse is a crucial mannequin within the rising giant crossover phase. Because the present technology arrived, it has confronted new competitors from the Hyundai Palisade and Kia Telluride crossovers and redesigns of the top-selling Toyota Highlander and Ford Explorer.
U.S. gross sales of the Traverse rose 55 % to 68,681 within the first half of the yr, in accordance with the Automotive Information Analysis & Knowledge Middle. That compares with 113,423 Highlanders, down 3.4 %, and 104,423 Explorers, up 1.5 %.
Chevy hopes the Z71 trim will assist the Traverse tackle the phase’s high sellers. The brand new trim brings a slate of off-road options to the Traverse, together with a further inch of floor clearance, improved stability and dealing with, 18-inch wheels and all-terrain tires, a novel entrance fascia, an aluminum skid plate, crimson tow hooks, a twin-clutch all-wheel-drive system to assist with traction and a terrain mode.
The Traverse will get a extra rugged, truck-like exterior. The RS trim will embody animated lighting that interacts with an enabled key as its proprietor approaches the car, Chevrolet stated, together with 22-inch high-gloss aluminum wheels in black, RS-specific badging inside and outside, blackout accents and distinctive inside design options.
“The daring exterior of the all-new Traverse helps redefine its function and functionality for purchasers,” stated Phil Zak, govt design director for international Chevrolet. “It’s as versatile as ever, however with an elevated concentrate on functionality.”
On the within, Chevy stated the 17.7-inch diagonal touchscreen is greater than twice as huge as the most important display screen provided within the outgoing Traverse. The Traverse contains an 11-inch diagonal driver data middle and has out there wi-fi cellphone charging and Wi-Fi.
Totally different trims and configurations seat both seven or eight individuals, and cargo capability of 97.6 cubic ft when the second- and third-row seats are folded down, which Chevy stated is greatest in school.
GM has added normal security options to the Traverse, together with its Chevy Security Help bundle that features automated emergency braking, forward-collision alert and lane-keep help with lane-departure warning. Rear park help, adaptive cruise management and rear pedestrian alert are also on the complete lineup after being included solely on some variations of the 2023 mannequin.
GM’s Tremendous Cruise hands-free driver-assist expertise will probably be out there.