Would a benzyl chloride ever undergo a SN2 reaction with a good nucleophile and appropriate solvent?

I'm not sure if I am supposed to look only at the carbon that the halide is attached to or the whole molecule. Since benzylic is very sterically hindered, but the carbon that the halogen is attached to is primary, I'm not sure if SN2 would occur in a situation like this. Would this be worse than trying to do a SN2 reaction with a tertiary carbon?