MM Ownership - 2021 Encore GX (initial and ongoing updates)
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Not really. The Encore and Encore GX are two totally different vehicles. They don't share anything besides the Buick logo and a couple of pieces of interior switchgear/stalks/controls.
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that’s my point. Imagine booking a service appointment or ordering a part, and then dealing with the person on the other end who may or may not hear “GX”.
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To the average person I think the Encore and Encore GX naming is confusing. GX sounds like a trim level vs. a different model. In the U.S. maybe in time Buick will phase out the Encore and just offer the GX or rename one of them to better differentiate the two.
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I think the name is fine. Land Cruiser and Land Cruiser Prado seem to exist in some parts of the world. Blazer and Trailblazer.
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I don't believe so. They changed the name from Blazer to Trailblazer, but it was never a trim level of the Blazer
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
I don't believe so. They changed the name from Blazer to Trailblazer, but it was never a trim level of the Blazer
The Trailblazer name was first used as a trim-package on the compact Chevy S-10 pickup....then became a truck-based mid-size SUV on its own, separate from the larger full-size Blazer. Last year, of course, the Trailblazer name was resurrected in a new subcompact crossover.....actually the sister vehicle to the Buick Encore GX.
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there was Blazer and trim Trailblazer SUVs. Jimmy and trim Envoy SUVs. Then the redesign they dropped the Blazer and Jimmy names.
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Yes, it's confusing. Auto marketers never make anything simple LOL.
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the first trailblazer was a trim line of the blazer at the time. He S-10 Blazer it was called.
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The main problem, though, is that neither the name Blazer or Trailblazer should have been brought back for crossover vehicles. Both were originally trucks or truck-based vehicles, and, IMO, to transfer the names to car-based crossovers was a joke.
Having said that, I admit it cannot be argued that the new subcompact Trailblazer crossover has been a huge success....dealerships, including my own, simply can't keep them in stock. It's the wrong name for the right vehicle at the right time.
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Buick Encore and Buick Encore GX. Big deal.
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Close, but neither is spot-on. The true Blazer, which was in production from the 1960s to the 1990s, was a two-door-SUV version of the full-size Chevy C/K-Silverado pickup (the later four-door version became the Tahoe). Two years ago, of course, the Blazer name was resurrected in a mid-sized crossover.
The Trailblazer name was first used as a trim-package on the compact Chevy S-10 pickup....then became a truck-based mid-size SUV on its own, separate from the larger full-size Blazer. Last year, of course, the Trailblazer name was resurrected in a new subcompact crossover.....actually the sister vehicle to the Buick Encore GX.
The Trailblazer name was first used as a trim-package on the compact Chevy S-10 pickup....then became a truck-based mid-size SUV on its own, separate from the larger full-size Blazer. Last year, of course, the Trailblazer name was resurrected in a new subcompact crossover.....actually the sister vehicle to the Buick Encore GX.
If Chevy service departments are confused about the Blazer/Trailblazer, they need to hire better people.