General Motors to make resurrected Blazer in Mexico
The plan is likely to set the car maker on a collision course with President Donald Trump, who has made local manufacture of vehicles a high-profile policy
Southfield — Just as President Donald Trump is threatening tariffs on imported cars in a play to bring jobs to the US, General Motors plans to resurrect the iconic Chevrolet Blazer name, this time as a sleeker sport utility vehicle — made in Mexico. The new mid-size Blazer will go on sale early next year, reviving a model that went away in 1994 when the boxy, truck-like SUV was renamed the Tahoe. The Detroit car maker said the car-based utility would be assembled at the company’s plant in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico. GM chose to make the Blazer in Mexico because the company was planning the vehicle years ago when all of its SUV plants were running on three shifts, said spokeswoman Katie Amann. The Ramos Arizpe plant was the only assembly plant with enough capacity for the Blazer, she said. The move could be contentious since Trump has been pressuring car makers to create more jobs in the US. He has threatened to tear up Nafta and has said he’s prepared to slap a 25% tariff on all imported ...
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