A family in Allentown shopping a three-row usually arrives at the same crossroads: the compact SUV in the driveway has run out of seats, but a full-size, truck-based SUV is more vehicle, more money and more parking-lot than the weekday carpool and the occasional Saturday trailer actually require. The 2027 Chevrolet Traverse is engineered for precisely that gap. Priced from $40,800 before a $1,995 destination charge, it belts in as many as eight, tows 5,000 pounds when properly equipped, and puts a 328-horsepower 2.5L turbocharged four-cylinder and an 8-speed automatic under every trim in the range, from the LT to the High Country.

Outten Chevrolet of Allentown stocks and services all four Traverse trims at 1701 W Tilghman St in Allentown. Powertrain, prices, space, technology, towing and safety follow, each measured against how households actually drive across the Lehigh Valley.

2027 Traverse Engine and Powertrain

There is one engine, and that is a feature rather than a limitation. Every 2027 Traverse, from the $40,800 LT to the $56,100 High Country, uses the same 2.5L turbocharged four-cylinder rated at 328 horsepower and 326 lb-ft of torque, paired with an 8-speed automatic. You are not buying up the ladder to get more power; you are buying up the ladder for drivetrain, equipment and style. That means the LT pulls the same grade north out of the valley toward Blue Mountain as the High Country does.

Front-wheel drive is standard on LT, RS and High Country, and all-wheel drive is a $2,000 step on each of them. The Z71 is all-wheel drive only, because all-wheel drive is part of what the Z71 is. For a driver in Nazareth or Slatington who sees packed snow on the ridge roads a dozen mornings a winter, the $2,000 for all-wheel drive on an LT is the single most useful option on the whole page. The 328-horsepower figure is worth holding onto in context: it is more power than the V6 that this nameplate carried a generation ago, from a smaller, turbocharged engine that returns an EPA-estimated 22 MPG combined in front-drive form.

What it returns at the pump

Configuration	City	Highway	Combined
Traverse, front-wheel drive	20 MPG	26 MPG	22 MPG
Traverse, all-wheel drive	20 MPG	24 MPG	21 MPG

Those are EPA estimates from fueleconomy.gov. Treat the highway number as a steady-state ceiling rather than an average: a loaded three-row climbing PA 33 with the air on will not see 26, and no midsize SUV does. The one-mile-per-gallon gap between front and all-wheel drive is small enough that winter traction, not fuel, is the honest reason to choose between them here.

2027 Traverse Trim Lineup and Pricing

Four trims, one engine, and a price ladder that runs a long way from bottom to top. Every price below excludes the $1,995 destination charge, which is how Chevrolet publishes them.

Trim	Starting MSRP (FWD)	With all-wheel drive	What defines it
LT	$40,800	$42,800	The volume trim: 17.7-inch touchscreen, Smart Slide Seats, seven-passenger seating with an available eighth seat, AutoSense Power Liftgate.
Z71	$49,100 (AWD only)	Standard	The off-road trim: Terrain Mode, Hill Descent Control, an Advanced Twin-Clutch AWD system, off-road suspension and a skid plate, 18-inch gloss-black machined-face wheels on all-terrain tires.
RS	$55,800	$57,800	The blacked-out sport trim: standard Super Cruise, 22-inch gloss-black painted wheels, power-folding second and third rows, RS badging and a flat-bottom steering wheel.
High Country	$56,100	$58,100	The top trim: standard Super Cruise, real wood trim, microfiber suede, Bose premium audio, exclusive Tritan Satin finishes, 22-inch gloss-black machined-face wheels.

Two things to read off that table. The Z71 is the one trim that cannot be had in front-wheel drive, so its $49,100 already includes the all-wheel-drive hardware and the off-road gear the other trims do not offer at any price. And for 2027 the High Country sits at the top of the ladder on price, $300 above the RS, which reverses the 2026 order; if a salesperson tells you the RS is the flagship, they are describing last year's Traverse.

Technology and Connectivity for Allentown Drivers

Every 2027 Traverse runs a 17.7-inch diagonal touchscreen and an 11-inch driver information display as standard equipment, with Google built-in, wireless phone charging and second-row USB ports across the lineup. That is the same size screen Chevrolet fits in its full-size Tahoe, here as standard on the base LT. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility, HD Surround Vision availability and an available panoramic sunroof round out the list.

The feature worth choosing a trim around is Super Cruise, GM's hands-free highway driver assistance, which is standard on the RS and the High Country with a 3-year OnStar Super Cruise plan and available elsewhere in the range. For a driver who spends real time on I-78 toward Easton on a clogged Friday afternoon, hands-free cruising on compatible highways is reason enough to look at the top half of the ladder first. Emmaus and Bethlehem commuters who spend the week merging beside fifty-three-foot trailers on the freight corridor tend to value the camera coverage as much as the horsepower.

Interior and Comfort Across the Lehigh Valley

The Traverse is a genuine three-row, not a compact SUV with a token bench in back. It rides on a 121.0-inch wheelbase inside a 204.5-inch overall length, and it uses that footprint for people: 44.3 inches of front legroom and 41.5 inches in the second row, with 62.3 inches of front shoulder room. The second and third rows are where the real Lehigh Valley test happens, because the third row here is one a teenager can ride in from Whitehall to a game in Bethlehem without folding themselves in half.

Interior treatment climbs sharply with the trim. The LT's Smart Slide Seats make third-row access a one-motion affair even with a car seat installed in the second row, which is the detail a parent in Nazareth notices first. The High Country layers in real wood trim, microfiber suede and Bose premium audio, with exclusive Tritan Satin finishes inside and out. New for 2027, Twilight Blue is available on the RS and High Country, and Trillium Green Metallic is available across all four trims.

Cargo and Passenger Space

This is where a three-row earns its place in the driveway.

Measurement	2027 Traverse
Maximum cargo volume	98 cu. ft.
Cargo behind the third row	22.9 cu. ft.
Seating	Up to 8
Maximum towing, properly equipped	5,000 lbs

The 22.9 cubic feet behind a raised third row is the number that matters most day to day, because it is the space you have with everyone aboard: enough for a week of groceries from the Whitehall stores, or the strollers and coolers for a Saturday at Dorney Park with the seats up. Fold the rows and the hold opens to 98 cubic feet, which swallows a bulk run to the home center or bikes for the trails at the Trexler Nature Preserve with room to spare. The available AutoSense Power Liftgate opens hands-free, which is the small mercy every parent crossing a wet parking lot with an armful of gear will use.

Seating runs up to eight. The LT offers seven-passenger seating with an available eight-passenger bench; RS and High Country are seven-passenger captain's-chair layouts. Which one you want is a household decision, not a better-or-worse one: the eighth seat trades a walk-through for a place to belt in one more kid on a carpool morning.

Towing and Weekend Capability

Every 2027 Traverse is rated to tow 5,000 pounds when properly equipped, with the included trailering equipment, and that figure holds across LT, Z71 and RS rather than being reserved for one configuration. Five thousand pounds is a real number for this market: a pair of personal watercraft, a small camper, or a boat and trailer headed down to the water. The place it is tested is not the flat drive out but the climb back up a narrow boat-ramp grade with a wet trailer behind you, which is exactly where a naturally-aspirated engine used to run out of breath and a turbocharged one does not.

The Z71 is the trim built for the Saturday that leaves the pavement. Its Advanced Twin-Clutch all-wheel-drive system, Terrain Mode, Hill Descent Control, off-road suspension, skid plate and 7.8 inches of ground clearance are the hardware a driver heading to legal trail ground an hour north actually uses, and it is still a comfortable highway three-row for the drive out. For most Lehigh Valley families the towing rating and available all-wheel drive on an LT or RS cover the weekend; the Z71 is for the household that spends more Saturdays off the road than on it.

Safety and Driver Assistance

The 2027 Traverse carries over 20 standard safety and driver assistance features, the kind of content that used to be an options-package upcharge and is now on the base LT. For this market, the option to seek out is HD Surround Vision: at the tight downtown intersections in Emmaus and the short merge ramps on Route 22, a top-down view of the whole vehicle beats any single alert. Super Cruise, standard on RS and High Country, adds hands-free highway driving on compatible roads for drivers who spend real time on I-78 and PA 33.

Which 2027 Traverse Is Right for You?

If this is you	Buy this	Why
You want the most three-row for the money and carpool all week	LT, all-wheel drive	$42,800 gets the 17.7-inch screen, Smart Slide Seats, up to eight seats and winter traction. The volume pick for a reason.
You spend real weekends off-pavement or on unplowed ridge roads	Z71	$49,100 includes all-wheel drive, Terrain Mode, a skid plate and 7.8 inches of clearance no other trim offers.
You live on the freeway and want hands-free driving for the least money	RS	$55,800 makes Super Cruise standard, with the blacked-out look and power-folding rear rows.
You want the quietest, most finished cabin in the lineup	High Country	$56,100 adds real wood, microfiber suede, Bose audio and standard Super Cruise at the top of the range.

A well-equipped choice that suits most buyers around here is an all-wheel-drive LT at $42,800 excluding destination. See the Traverses on the ground now, or get pre-approved before you come in.

Why Buy the 2027 Traverse at Outten Chevrolet

The 2027 Traverse carries 3 years or 36,000 miles of bumper-to-bumper coverage, 5 years or 60,000 miles on the powertrain and 6 years or 100,000 miles against rust-through. We sell and service every trim under one roof at 1701 W Tilghman St in Allentown, and sales reach us at (484) 244-2822. Salt and anti-skid go down heavily here from late November into March, and what that does to brake hardware and underbody fasteners has nothing to do with the odometer, so buying from a store that will still be servicing the vehicle in year six is worth something in a market that salts as hard as this one. Trade appraisal, financing and a test drive can be lined up before you arrive, and families come to us from Bethlehem, Easton, Emmaus, Nazareth, Whitehall, Slatington and across the Lehigh Valley.

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