10th Mar 2015, 13:19
If it were a very dramatic body change like the Corvette 2004 to 2005 was, it might make a hot topic. It's not about Corvettes - just an example of 2004 to 2005 model years being commented upon.
Secondly the collectible comment came in as it is not a collectible, so why bother?
Lastly, in the end, a decade later, such a plain undramatic vehicle, why is there such a debate on a year never made, or even if it were made? Does it really matter unless it was a collectible. It isn't. We have a 2004 and a 2005 Silverado. You could park them side by side and who cares? An analogy, so please don't bring up that this is not a Silverado review.
10th Mar 2015, 12:37
This all started when someone pointed out that the last year for the S-10 ZR2 was 2003. That led to dispute over what the last year for the S-10 pickup was, and then somebody brought up the Blazer to further confuse things. Things went downhill from there, ending with the specious assertion that discontinuation of any model makes it "collectible".
This should clear things up:
1. The last model year for the S-10 PICKUP was 2004. It doesn't matter that you saw (or think you saw) a 2005, or 2009, or whatever, on Autotrader, Cardomain, etc, or that your neighbor's girlfriend's grandfather swears that he had one newer than 2004. They don't exist.
2. The ONLY version of the 2004 S-10 PICKUP was a crewcab 4WD LS model. The ZR2 package was NOT available on it, although a ZR5 package was. The last year for the ZR2 package on the S-10 was 2003.
3. The S-10 Blazer was called that only through 1994. After that it was just called "Blazer". The last model year for the Blazer was 2005.
Anyone disputing the above is free to provide proof that is incorrect, however "proof" is not that you saw one for sale/display whose owner says it is newer than as stated above.