2008 Chevy Trailblazer SS
The new Chevy Trailblazer may not be a supercar – but for an SUV it makes one heck of a cool car in our books. Chevy has done a great job of creating a stylish looking SUV that is full of power and luxury. So when you are out on the open and bumpy gravel roads for the annual family camping trip you can do it in style and comfort. You may still be bumping all over the place – but at least the seats are comfortable.
Chevy offers the Trailblazer in three separate trim levels, the LS, LT, and SS. Our favorite model was the SS – which has all of the important features plus some added bonuses including, a larger version of the V8 engine, 20” wheels, and a sporty chassis.
The 6.0 liter V8 engine – which is similar to the one used in the Corvette – packs 391 horsepower and around 395 pounds of torque. Most SUV’s are built with the 4WD – but Chevy took a different approach and decided to use the all wheel drive system for better performance when not being driven off road.
The Trailblazer SS is a complete class of its own (which is why we have granted it access to the other cool cars). It may be big – but get behind the wheel and watch as you floor from 0 to 60mph in 6.3 seconds. Plus you can drive on any type of straight or twisty road without fear of losing control. This might be one of the best, high powered, well controlled, SUV’s on the market.
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Reader Comments
I want to have this car
my dad’s jeep srt8 would smoke that. it 0- 60 in 4.7 seconds.
this car will kill your car anyday anytime and any place
i do have a 2008 trailblazer ss with a few mods and ripped off a 0-60 in 4.65. bring on the srt8 junk
I have a 2008 TBSS and cannot wait every day to drive it.
I have woken up a 2:00AM and taken it out for spin with a big silly grin on my face.
Comfortable, fast, loaded with goodies, and did I say FAST?
A Corvette with a trailer hitch!
It is today’s typhoon. Soooo easy and cheap to make 600hp in this ride, and do it reliably. And I can tow my race car with it.
my neighbor has a nice silver 2007 TBSS in his driveway when all I got is a 2005 Envoy xl (not that thats bad… but what would rather have?)
SS with a few mods doin 0-60 in 4.65? Yea with mods it does it. Stock though the SRT8 Jeep spanks the bumper off the SS trailblazer. It’s almost a full 2 seconds faster!!! 0-60 in 6.3 is not fast, its sad. Sorry but a Hemi always wins.
A TBSS is at least 8-10,000 dollars CHEAPER than GCSRT-8
and for 1-2,000 dolars will spank the CRAP out an GCSRT and still have 6-8,000 dollars in the BANK LMAO
6.3 seconds 0 - 60 seems quite high. Absolute stock I can hit it in well over 0.5 seconds quicker at 5.6. Not sure what the discrepancy is here but I will say that both the Jeep and SS are great new American muscle SUV’s that just can’t be matched from overseas. With that said I would have rather purchased the GC-SRT8 but $10K less and a tow rating double that of the Jeep the SS was the clear winner. Also, what most people do not understand is I pay the exact same for this vehicle as a 2006 model with 395hp that someone with a 4wd Envoy would pay. The GC-SRT8 is considered a high-risk, high-performance vehicle by the insurance companies. My SS is only $800 a year…
Also, try to get in and rate the rear passenger seat, rate the comfort and the size of the cargo area of the SRT8 and you will see why the TBSS wins hand down.
After owning a 1996 Impreza WRX STi V3 with ultra stiff teeth shattering suspension, I said that I would never own a car like that. I think the TBSS has the right balance between Performance, Comfort, Practicality and Price…did I say I got my 3SS with 5K miles on the clock for 25K US$?
The bargain of the year!
Luke, you’re lucky your daddy’s GCSRT8 is quick, cause you’re fucking slowwwwwww. The “hemi” in the SRT8’s isn’t even a true Hemi. It’s a marketing ploy they came up with to get idiots, (like you and daddy) to buy into the SRT8 name and think they have a real Hemi. Then, you look dumb when you brag about having a Jeep with a Hemi and people who are actually educated about what a true Hemi is can laugh at you for being retarded, because you don’t actually have a Hemi…you got that right?? I’m trying to go slow for you here so you understand. The money saved buying a TBSS over a GCSRT8 will get you a cam, headers, intake, trans cooler, higher stall converter, and a tune which will make daddy’s stock “hemi” Jeep look like its going in reverse. And now go ahead and say OH WELL DADI CAN BUY DA HENNESSEY PKG N GET PRIM 20% TINTS N SHIT. Shut up, you can still squeeze a hell of a lot more performance out of a Chevy LS2 than you can that 6.1L “hemi” of yours. And don’t even try the “Wow I cant believe you typed all that I don’t care at all ur so gay” rebuttal either because I know you want to and that’s about all you could say at this point, seeing as everything I said was 100% correct and you no longer have anything to argue…That’ll do.
That goes for you too, Rob. Read and learn things. Learning is valuable.
Ya, regardless of who posted what about the Jeep’s, that post goes out to all of the ignorant Mopar guys. Steve’s 100% right and you both just got backhanded and should now wear skirts.
Heh, thats funny ’cause it’s true!
I drove some of these TBSS cause the looks and power were appealing. I never have been a jeep fan, don’t care how fast it goes. I’m into modding vehicles myself and i’m not talking about exhaust tips and intakes.
Not to take anything away from the TBSS cause it is nice for sure but I wound up buying a Infiniti FX35. Sure it’s not as fast but the handleing was better hands down.
That jeep maybe fast but it’s still ugly! Maybe thats why they made it a little faster so it can do us a favor and get off the road faster!
I was curious about these TBSS’s and came here to see what they had. A guy came up on me in one today and in looked very menacing in the mirror (1 for chevy) as he tried to go around me at 55, I dropped my ‘87 944 into third and hit 100+ in about 2 sec. while the SS guy just had to tuck back in (way) behind me (big one for 23 year old Porsche). Maybe the TBSS has better paper stats than real life…..
have you ever consider the power to weight ratios of the TBSS and your little Porsche?
5000 pounds vs 3000 pounds!
why don’t you measure the Cayenne GTS vs TBSS? Bang/Buck