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| Chevrolet (S-10) Blazer GMC (S-15) Jimmy | |
|---|---|
 1991 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer Tahoe | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | General Motors |
| Model years | 1983–2005 (North America) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Compact SUV Mid-size SUV |
| Body style | 2-door SUV 4-door SUV |
| Layout | Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive / four-wheel-drive |
| Powertrain | |
| Transmission | 4-speed automatic 5-speed NV3500 manual |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2-door: 100.5 in (2,553 mm) 4-door: 107 in (2,718 mm) |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Chevrolet Equinox (compact) GMC Envoy (Jimmy) Chevrolet TrailBlazer (mid-size) |
The Chevrolet (S-10) Blazer and its badge engineered GMC (S-15) Jimmy counterpart are compact/mid-size SUVs manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet and GMC from the 1983 through 2005 model years, over two generations – until the early 1990s alongside these brands' full-size SUVs with near identical nameplates, but lacking removable hardtops. From the 1992 model year, GMC's full-size Jimmy had become the "Yukon", and so, the S-15 prefix was dropped on the smaller GMC Jimmy. Starting with the 1995 second generation, the large Blazer was rebranded as the Chevrolet Tahoe, and these mid-size SUVs were simply launched as the "all-new Chevrolet Blazer".
Upon launch, these models were 14.5 in (37 cm) shorter and 14.9 in (38 cm) narrower than the full-size K5 Blazer,[1] sometimes leading to the nickname of "baby Blazer".[2] Like their full-sized counterparts, the S-series Blazer and Jimmy were originally offered only in a two-door body style. In 1991, four-door versions were added, with a 6.5 in (17 cm) longer wagon body.
The S-10 Blazer and S-15 Jimmy were based on the Chevrolet S-10 and GMC S-15/Sonoma pickup trucks and were manufactured in Pontiac, Michigan; Linden, New Jersey; Moraine, Ohio; Shreveport, Louisiana; and São José dos Campos, Brazil.
In the United States, retail sales of four-door Blazer models ended in 2004, though production of two- and four-door models for fleet sales continued into 2005. In the Canadian market, four-door models of the Blazer and Jimmy were sold until the 2004 model year and until the 2005 model year for the two-door models of both.
The Brazilian variant, based on the second-generation S-series, continued in production in Brazil through 2012 with its own sheetmetal stampings which were also used on the Chinese, Indonesian, and Russian versions. In North America, the Moraine, Ohio, plant produced only 4-door vehicles, with both 2- and 4-door models being produced at Linden, which was the main assembly plant after the switch (for the 1995 model year) from Pontiac West Assembly in Pontiac, Michigan, which closed in 1994.