The interior of our 2018 Chevy Traverse tester has many shades of gray. (Staff Photo by Mark Kennedy)The all-new 2018 Chevrolet Traverse has shed 350 pounds, and like all of us after a successful diet, it has reason to feel good about itself.
Chevy’s mid-size Traverse, assembled in Michigan, carries up to eight passengers, although our Silver Ice Metallic tester was configured with second-row captains chairs that cut seating to seven.
With the Traverse, Chevrolet is trying to stake out the sweet spot in the SUV market by providing middle-class families with comfortable transportation with plenty of interior space to make road trips and car-pooling a snap.
The redesigned SUV is said to have about 10 percent more interior volume than the previous generation. With the seats folded flat, the Traverse has a class-leading 98.2 feet of cargo space.
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-Just the Facts: The Traverse is a three-row family SUV that slots in the Chevy line-up between the smaller Equinox and the larger Tahoe. It’s sized for families with growing children and comfortably accommodates 7-8 passengers.