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The 2026 Chevrolet Traverse High Country AWD Pairs High Value Features With Too Few Horses

The inline 4-cylinder engine isn't quite big enough to power a 2-ton SUV, but the Traverse High Country has everything else you might need.

In the latest Chevrolet Traverse High Country, we’re finally getting a proper, full-size SUV. There’s none of that crossover nonsense in play with its three-row seating for seven (eight if Ozempic gets involved). Even so, the Traverse doesn’t feel as bulky or as heavy as a Lincoln Navigator or a Yukon Denali from behind the wheel. The latter machines get their own zip codes coming off the assembly line—the driver needs an intercom system to call passengers in the rearmost seats. The Traverse, by contrast, is a more reasonably scaled people carrier.

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However, its engine is a big bowtie question mark. The powerplant functions up to par, and Chevy has put its capable engineering and reliable build quality into it, but it’s undeniably small for a vehicle in its SUV class. Like the other versions in its trim line, the Traverse High Country has a 2.5-liter, turbocharged inline 4-cylinder heart. While it will put out 328 horsepower and 326 lb-ft of torque with its tied-in 8-speed automatic transmission, those numbers have to serve for a 121-inch........

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