The Chevrolet Tahoe is a 2-door SUV / 4-door SUV from Chevrolet, built from 1991 to 1994, when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. Under the bonnet: Petrol engine. Chuck Jordan (Blazer: 1988) / Wayne Cherry (Blazer facelift/Tahoe: 1992) drew it.
The background
The Chevrolet Tahoe () is a line of full-size SUVs from Chevrolet, marketed since the 1995 model year. Marketed alongside the GMC Yukon for its entire production, the Tahoe is the successor to the Chevrolet K5 Blazer, while the Yukon replaced the full-sized GMC Jimmy. Both trucks derive their nameplates from western North America, with Tahoe referring to Lake Tahoe and Yukon referring to the Canadian Yukon. Initially produced as a three-door SUV wagon, a five-door wagon body was introduced for 1995, ultimately replacing the three-door body entirely.
The five-door wagon shares its body with the Chevrolet and GMC Suburban (the latter variant of which is now known as the GMC Yukon XL) as a shorter-wheelbase variant. Since 1998, the Tahoe has served as the basis of the standard-wheelbase GMC Yukon Denali and Cadillac Escalade luxury SUVs. The Tahoe is sold in North America, parts of Asia such as the Philippines, as well as the Middle East, Russia, and other countries including Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and Angola as a left-hand-drive vehicle. The Yukon is only sold in North America and the Middle East. The Tahoe has regularly been the best-selling full-size SUV in the United States, frequently outselling its competition by two to one.
The engineering
Power comes from Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 4500 lb. It shifts through a 4-speed 4L60E automatic / 4-speed 4L80E automatic / 5-speed HM290 manual / 5-speed NV3500 manual / 5-speed NV4500 manual. The wheelbase is 2-door: 111.5 in / 4-door: 117.5 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Chevrolet K5 Blazer/GMC K5 Jimmy; assembly was at Arlington, Texas. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Opel Astra, the Volvo 850, the Dodge Viper — show what else the money bought that year. Its Chevrolet stablemates include the Chevrolet Adra and the Chevrolet C-10.
What it costs now
The money question first: $37,100–$74,500 is the typical asking range today, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $4,422–$8,198 a year. Insurance sits around $1,720–$2,780 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.