Each crossovers overlap with barely bigger siblings throughout the subcompact phase: the Buick Encore GX and the Chevy Trailblazer, which went on sale in 2020.
“As an alternative of updating the subcompact crossovers, GM went a step additional and addressed the shortcomings of those fashionable fashions,” Fiorani mentioned. “With their longer wheelbases, the Encore GX and Trailblazer sport extra rear-seat room and extra cargo house in a package deal that is just a few inches longer.”
GM spokeswoman Kellie Van Maele didn’t straight affirm the tip of Trax and Encore output.
Chevy will proceed to promote 5 crossovers, and Buick will proceed to promote 4, she mentioned.
“Past that, we can not affirm future product plans at the moment.”
U.S. gross sales of the Trax plunged 60 p.c to 42,590 final 12 months, whereas Trailblazer quantity greater than doubled to 90,161, in response to the Automotive Information Analysis & Knowledge Heart.
Encore deliveries within the U.S. fell 52 p.c to 20,072, whereas Encore GX quantity rose 59 p.c to 71,247.
Gross sales of each the Trax and Encore peaked at greater than 100,000 in 2019, when the Trax ranked second and the Encore third within the subcompact crossover phase, behind the top-selling Subaru Crosstrek.
The Trax and Encore went on sale within the U.S. in 2013 and ranked excessive within the phase for a number of years. The Trax remained within the prime 4 till final 12 months, when the Trailblazer grew to become No. Three and outsold the Trax by greater than 47,000 automobiles.
The Encore was within the prime 4 till 2020, when the Encore GX debuted. The Encore was Buick’s top-selling nameplate from 2015 to 2020, when the Encore GX outsold its predecessor by about 3,000. In 2021, the GX outpaced the Encore by greater than 50,000 automobiles.