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What’s blue and white and red all over?

Answer: The “Texified” Suburban that Chevy has done up in its bid to have the Suburban crowned “the National Vehicle of Texas.”

There’s nothing subliminal about the slick campaign to get Texans aboard its petition at change.org. Chevy said that after 85 years — yes, the Suburban was pulling duty hauling people and cargo decades before SUV entered the English lexicon — it’s high time to pay tribute to its Texas ties.

There is a precedent. Chevy’s PR phalanx points out that Texas Monthly’s August 1986 issue featured a Suburban cover story titled “The National Car of Texas.”

“The name Suburban is so widely recognized that at various times over history it was used by a few vehicle manufacturers,” said Leslie Kendall, curator at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. “But the Chevrolet Suburban — the forerunner of the modern SUV — has stood the test of time. From family road trips to dignitary protection, to TV and film and everywhere in-between, over the last 85 years the Suburban has become a fixture of Americana.”

The original 1935 Suburban Carryall was the first heavy-duty, truck-based wagon of its kind. The Suburban could seat eight but 115 cubic feet of cargo space was opened up when the second-row seats were folded and the third-row seats were removed. The Suburban’s inline six made 60 horsepower.

Fast-forward. The 2020 Suburban seats as many as nine and provides up to 121.7 cubic feet for cargo with the second- and third-row seats folded down. An available 6.2-liter V8 produces 420 horsepower and has an EPA highway fuel economy rating of 23 mpg.

Chevy claims that Texans not only buy more Suburbans than any other…