And, loading the cargo bay with a week's worth of supplies isn't very convenient because of the Bravada's tailgate design. To load or unload rearmost cargo, you must stretch over the lowered tailgate, which can easily dirty clothes. At least the large knobs and buttons of most controls are easy to spot and use, though we wish their glossy gray plastic finish had better texture. Another nit pick is the turn signal stalk controls. With the gearshift located on the floor in the Bravada, there's room on the right hand side of the steering column for another stalk, and we don't see anything but an airbag and a horn pad located on the steering wheel.
Fake wood covers the forward part of the console and the power window surrounds on the door panels.
It looks OK, and serves to break up the gray monotony of the interior, but the wood on the door panels seems misplaced. Outside, stylists have done a commendable job of distancing the Bravada from clones at Chevrolet and GMC showrooms without resorting to tacky decoration. Slightly overdone ribbed body cladding and busy grillwork around the fog lights are our only complaints. Our test Bravada was dark green with a gray leather interior. No two-tone paint, no chrome, no gold package, no added fender blisters, no pinstriping, no running boards, and no oversize driving lights.