• chevy has revealed a three-row version of the blazer crossover for the china market.
• the blazer is only sold in the u.s. in a two-row version with five seats.
• there are no immediate plans to bring this model to the u.s., chevy says.

the chevy blazer has sprouted an extra row of seats for its china-market debut. a three-row version of this mid-size crossover will go on sale in china soon with a slightly different shape than the two-row version we get in america. its taller, more squared-off roofline aft of the c-pillar means it can accommodate seven passengers, whereas the blazer sold in the u.s. seats up to five.

we reached out to chevy to see if it might have a chance of coming stateside, and a spokesperson said there are "no plans to bring it to the u.s." but we're not ruling it out entirely, as our spy photographers spotted a three-row blazer prototype testing in michigan, and this model could potentially fill a gap that currently exists in chevy's crossover lineup between the blazer and the traverse.

the three-row blazer appears to be a similar size as the gmc acadia, which offers an optional third row of seats but rides on a short-wheelbase version of the platform underpinning the larger chevy traverse. the traverse is more than a foot longer than the blazer overall and resides on the large end of the three-row suv segment. even if that might seem like a thin slice of the pie, strong crossover sales across the industry could make this a viable business proposition for gm at some point in the near future. chevy announced earlier this year that it will sell the new trailblazer, a model first introduced in china, to the u.s. to fill the gap between the subcompact trax and compact equinox crossovers.