The next-gen Chevrolet Traverse should predictably be a more value-oriented version of the GMC Acadia, like the outgoing model.
What’s going on?
Chevrolet Traverse has been with us for a very long time. In fact, he has been with us for so long (since 2009) that people seemed to forget about it since he was so outdated. But now Chevrolet is finally embarking on the unveiling of a second-generation model.
And they just released a teaser to confirm his expectation of arrival.
Oooo…so Chevy’s replacing it’s rental-destined Traverse. Will it be all-new?
Yes! It will be all-new and like the current Traverse, it should essentially be a Chevrolet version of the GMC Acadia since they’re basically cousins. They come from the same platform.
The outgoing model rides on the GM Lambda platform, an enlarged and heavily modified version of the GM Epsilon platform, which is also shared with previous versions of the Chevrolet Malibu. Now, GM has an all-new Epsilon platform out and it currently underpins the latest Cadillac XT5 and the all-new GMC Acadia.
-Jack Wilson