2025 Chevrolet Traverse High Country FWD

With the Chevrolet Traverse High Country, it’s a new modern look for one of the brand’s best-selling SUVs. Redesigned last year, it was actually long overdue. The results now give the Traverse a new lease on life that will carry it forward into the future. Leasing, buying, either way, we at Napleton News are all about that!

What’s the Chevrolet Traverse High Country all about?

It’s the latest in three-row SUVs from the bowtie brand. The new design features a modern shape, more technology and plenty of comfort and style. Under the hood is a 2.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine making 328 horsepower and 326 lb-ft of torque. For reference’s sake, the engine it replaces only delivered 310 hp and 266 lb-ft of torque.

The new engine is matched with an eight-speed automatic transmission that drives the front wheels in an FWD format. It can tow up to 5,000 pounds, which is about average for the segment.

How about the Traverse in the looks department?

There’s a certain sharpness to the new Traverse that improves on the looks of the previous model. That’s a good thing, too since the other was growing a little long in the tooth, if you know what we mean. The new Traverse shares its platform with the previous model, keeping its substantial footprint in place.

What about inside the Chevrolet Traverse?

The Chevrolet Traverse High Country, like others in the fleet, can carry up to eight passengers, depending on configuration, of course. Order the captain’s seats and you are back to seven but regardless, the third row is a usable piece of real estate for two or in a pinch, three.

Inside, there is heated and (thankfully) ventilated perforated leather seating for those scorching South Florida days. Those days, by the way seem to come more often these days. Besides keeping your backside cool or warm, depending on the weather, the seats vibrate to let you know vehicles are approaching from either side. For instance, a vibration on your right gluteal signals a vehicle is approaching from the right. A left-cheek wiggle lets you know to look left for approaching pedestrians or other vehicles. It’s an interesting way to be informed.

Noise intrusion is no big thing here, either. Thanks to GM’s Active Noise Cancellation, the interior is hushed thanks to negative sound waves that counteract the loud noises from outside. Think of it as a Bose noise-canceling headphone on wheels. Speaking of Bose, the dBs are pumped out through a Bose premium 10-speaker audio system.

That Bose system is controlled via a 17.7-inch infotainment screen that is one of the largest in the business.

Drive time in the Traverse.

Things are becoming pretty commonplace in most every car these days. Start with the pushbutton starters. Pretty routine, right? The gear selector switch is now back on a stalk that comes out of the steering column. Everything old is new again. Pull it towards you and shift it down for Drive. Do the same but push it up for reverse. It allows a reclaiming of some real estate on the center console.

Shifting into drive is a no problem proposition. The Traverse starts out smoothly and gets us on our way. We hit the highway for a quick blast to the office and find a peppy engine that uh, likes to let you know how hard it is working. So hard in fact that it lets quite a bit of racket enter the cabin. This was despite the active noise cancellation.

Our sample included GM’s Super Cruise system that brings autonomous driving to mapped highways around the country. We didn’t give it a try this time because of the excessive road construction that may have “unmapped” the highway. With all the lane changes and alternate traffic flow that has occurred because of the construction, we didn’t want to test our luck to see if Super Cruise still worked.

Despite the torn up roadway, our Traverse High Country did everything we asked of it. We went mildly off-road, all the way on road and even made a few runs to the big box stores. It did everything we wanted and more. At the end of the day, that’s all we could ask for.

2025 Chevrolet Traverse High Country Specifications