2009 Chevrolet Traverse - Feature
Family-Romper Roundup: 2009 Honda Pilot Meets Its Competition
2009 Chevrolet Traverse
The last member of GM’s quartet of full-size crossovers to be introduced (following the Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia, and Saturn Outlook) is the Chevrolet Traverse. Although it is late to the game, we expect the Traverse to be the one that will sell best, thanks to its wider availability through the gazillions of Chevy dealerships across America.
As such, when it goes on sale this fall, the Traverse might represent the most significant threat to the 2009 Pilot—from GM anyway—which is why it’s the one we’ve included in this roundup. And given our experience thus far in its corporate siblings, the Traverse could be a real threat, indeed.
For starters, it looks great. Proudly wearing Chevrolet’s big, bold grille treatment and body contours that eschew the popular boxy-is-better design ideology, the tall Traverse is a high-profile head turner with grand dimensions. Inside, the Traverse features the same generous, three-across third-row seat as its Lambda platform-mates and, as such, is the only ute in this group—other than the Pilot—capable of carrying eight people. And as we’ve been impressed with the interior quality of its three siblings, we have no reason to expect anything less from the Chevy.
What could make the difference here is not just styling or interior fitments but power, too. Unlike the other Lambda utes, the Traverse will get a direct-injection version of the 3.6-liter V-6, which will bestow the big crossover with a segment-topping 286 horsepower and 255 pound-feet of torque. Although the 11-hp bump over its siblings won’t show up much at the test track, for fast-paced parents who would like some power-based bragging rights to go with their carpooling capabilities, it might help the Traverse keep Honda’s Pilot out of a few hangars.
Family-Romper Roundup: 2009 Honda Pilot Meets Its Competition
2009 Chevrolet Traverse
The last member of GM’s quartet of full-size crossovers to be introduced (following the Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia, and Saturn Outlook) is the Chevrolet Traverse. Although it is late to the game, we expect the Traverse to be the one that will sell best, thanks to its wider availability through the gazillions of Chevy dealerships across America.
As such, when it goes on sale this fall, the Traverse might represent the most significant threat to the 2009 Pilot—from GM anyway—which is why it’s the one we’ve included in this roundup. And given our experience thus far in its corporate siblings, the Traverse could be a real threat, indeed.
For starters, it looks great. Proudly wearing Chevrolet’s big, bold grille treatment and body contours that eschew the popular boxy-is-better design ideology, the tall Traverse is a high-profile head turner with grand dimensions. Inside, the Traverse features the same generous, three-across third-row seat as its Lambda platform-mates and, as such, is the only ute in this group—other than the Pilot—capable of carrying eight people. And as we’ve been impressed with the interior quality of its three siblings, we have no reason to expect anything less from the Chevy.
What could make the difference here is not just styling or interior fitments but power, too. Unlike the other Lambda utes, the Traverse will get a direct-injection version of the 3.6-liter V-6, which will bestow the big crossover with a segment-topping 286 horsepower and 255 pound-feet of torque. Although the 11-hp bump over its siblings won’t show up much at the test track, for fast-paced parents who would like some power-based bragging rights to go with their carpooling capabilities, it might help the Traverse keep Honda’s Pilot out of a few hangars.
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