General Motors to drop the ICE Blazer after 2025
The ICE-powered Blazer is currently assembled at the GM Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico, which is now set to exclusively manufacture electric vehicles. However, the news is not officially confirmed yet: After GM Authority, which broke the news regarding the planned exclusion of the model, reached out to the company for confirmation, a General Motors spokesperson responded: “We have no portfolio changes to share and will not comment on speculation.”
This will only apply to the North American market, however, as GM plans to continue selling a combustion Blazer in China. The Blazer model’s disappearance from the U.S. market will also mean that no two-row midsize crossover with a combustion engine will be available for the time being, however, the Chevy Equinox seems poised to take over the market position.
This is not the only combustion model that General Motors is planning to drop from its lineup, as the current-generation Cadillac XT5 and Cadillac XT6 will both also be discontinued from the U.S. market following the end of the 2025 model year, as GM Authority had reported last month.
General Motor’s plans for production at its facility in Ramos Arizpe have been up in the air for some time, as the current U.S. administration has threatened to introduce tariffs on goods manufactured in Mexico and Canada, which might tip the U.S. American manufacturer to source its EVs for the USA from a different location, should they go through. Most recently, GM cancelled a third production shift at the plant, effectively downgrading production. General Motors already has the supply lines in place for production in Mexico, so a major shift in its production strategy is unlikely at this stage.
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