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• Chicago 2008: 2009 Chevy Traverse makes it a Lambda superfecta

  Filed under: Chicago Auto Show , Crossovers/CUVs , Chevrolet click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Chevy Traverse Let's cut right to the chase. Everything about the 2009 Chevy Traverse that will be unveiled later today in Chicago is stuff we pretty much already know. As the fourth Lambda-platform crossover from General Motors, the basics have been introduced already in the GMC Acadia, Saturn Outlook and Buick Enclave. The Traverse is a roomy seven (or eight)-passenger crossover with a well-organized cockpit, whose details differ only slightly from its platform sibs. That's been GM's M.O. thus far, so why should the Traverse be any different? Power, like the other Lambdas, comes from the 3.6L V6, which makes 281 or 286 horsepower in the Bowtie version depending on whether the vehicle is equipped with a single or dual exhaust. GM promises "best in class" fuel economy (final numbers are still TBD), but our experience with the other Lambdas has been that they average... Posted Feb 05 2008, 05:05 PM by Autoblog Filed under: Crossovers/CUVs, Chevrolet, 2009 Chevy Traverse, 2009ChevyTraverse, ChevyTraverse, Chevy Traverse, breaking, Traverse, Chicago Auto Show, Chicago, ChevroletTraverse, Chevrolet Traverse, ChicagoAutoShow, Chicago2008, chicago 2008