2010 Chevrolet Traverse LT

2010 Chevrolet Traverse Performance & Efficiency Standard Features



Performance & Efficiency: 3,564 cc 3.6 liters V 6 front engine with 94.0 mm bore, 85.6 mm stroke, 11.4 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder LLT. Unleaded fuel 87 and petrol.



- 3,564 cc 3.6 liters V 6 front engine with 94.0 mm bore, 85.6 mm stroke, 11.4 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder LLT

- Unleaded fuel 87 and petrol

- Gasoline direct injection fuel system

- 22.0 gallon main unleaded fuel tank 18.3

- Power: 210 kW , 281 HP SAE @ 6,300 rpm; 266 ft lb , 361 Nm @ 3,400 rpm



The Chevy Traverse, the big family crossover has found its position in life. If you need the interior space of a minivan, but don't want to be caught getting that page at the gym, or have grown tired of spending $100 a week filling up your full-size SUV at the local Gas Pump, the Traverse and its brethren appear to be the ticket.



You're not really going camping or off-roading this weekend. Crossover interior capacity is about carrying half a high school soccer team or the proverbial Home Depot load of plywood, not kayaks and mountain bikes. Chevrolet expects not much more than 35 percent of Traverse buyers to choose all-wheel drive. Of its three Lambda-platform siblings, the GMC Acadia has the highest AWD take-rate, at roughly 40 percent.



The Traverse Car Concerns Test-Drive provided the first opportunity to try it in this platform. The Traverse is rated 288 hp and 270 lb-ft, up 13 ponies and 19 lb-ft over the sequential fuel-injection 3.6 of the 2007-'08 crossovers. (Two single-exhaust base models, the Traverse LT, are rated 281 hp/253 lb-ft.) The EPA estimate is up 1-mpg city, even-money highway for the FWD version, at 17/24 mpg, and unchanged on the city run, but up 1-mpg highway, at 16/22 for the AWD version.





The power and torque is just what the big, 5000-lb-plus Lambdas need. The Traverse feels like it has plenty of oomph for hills, towing, hauling, whatever. It's short on torque only at launch -- tip-in is its least-impressive feature, but overall, the gas direct-injection corrects the biggest shortcoming.



Traverses with the optional towing package can pull 5200 pounds. The Chevy version comes with a standard six-speed automatic and seating for seven or eight, compared with six- or seven-passenger seating for its new chief rival, the Ford Flex.



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