The clever centre console can be accessed by passengers in front or back and is large and versatile enough to handle a full-size laptop, and also has a special area for a purse.
The other models coming from GM in the next few months are more traditional SUVs, since they are largely truck-based.
Chevrolet TrailBlazer, GMC Envoy and Oldsmobile Bravada have a lot of common (as did their predecessors, the Blazer, Jimmy and Bravada), but they have been given considerably different styles for 2002 so they look less alike.
The primary commonality between the three models would have to be the powertrain, which is not a bad thing since it includes a new 4.2-litre inline-6 that is one of the sweetest engines from anyone at anytime, ever.
The hard numbers on this engine are 270 horsepower at 6000 rpm and 275 pound-feet of torque at 3600 rpm. But they don't adequately describe how broad the power range really is and how smooth and how downright thrilling.
Of the more traditional SUVs, the 2002 Chevrolet TrailBlazer is priced to appeal to the greatest range of buyers.
TrailBlazer has three trim levels available in both two- and four-wheel-drive – LS, LT and LTZ.
In Trailblazer's two-wheel-drive configuration, the LS stickers for $34,600, the LT for $37,455, and the LTZ for $42,235.
In Trailblazer's four-wheel-drive configuration, the LS is $38,170, the LT is $40,775, and the LTZ is $45,555.