It has good accelerator response initially, so you know the car wants to go, but what happens after that largely depends on your drive equipment: With AWD, there’s no surge of power. Just as there’s no getting around the fact that the Chevrolet Trax is a small car, there’s also no getting around the fact that it’s a modestly powered one. Compared to the next-smallest Chevrolet SUV, the Equinox, the Trax is about 20 inches shorter, 3 inches narrower and about the same height. The Trax is within an inch of the Soul and Juke in terms of width and within 3-4 inches when it comes to height. Further, the standard wheels are 16-inch steel ones on front-wheel-drive LS models, 16-inch aluminum ones on AWD LS models and all LT models, and 18-inch aluminum wheels on all LTZ models.įinally, to give you an idea of the size, the Trax is about 4 inches longer than the Soul and about 5 inches longer than the Juke. There are some differences among the trim levels, notably that the LS doesn’t have the roof rails that the other trims do. It looks better to me than the larger, more angular Equinox. The Chevrolet Trax has conventional SUV styling and the split grille that’s shared by many of Chevrolet’s cars. I drove one in San Diego, winding my way through neighborhoods and hills in an LS both with and without AWD, as well as in a front-wheel-drive LTZ. General Motors says it’s aiming the Trax at what it calls “Urban Explorers” who like to seek out new adventures in the city. (The Mazda and Honda cars are not yet on sale as of this writing, and the Juke will be updated for the 2015 model year.) You can compare these vehicles here, along with the Trax’s bigger sibling, the Chevy Equinox. The Chevrolet Trax will vie in the subcompact SUV class with models such as the Kia Soul and Nissan Juke, as well as new entries like the Honda HR-V and Mazda CX-3. All prices include an $875 destination charge. Prices range from $20,995 for an LS with front-wheel drive, up to $27,405 for an LTZ with all-wheel drive. Each trim also has the option of front- or all-wheel drive.
Each model uses the same 138-horsepower, turbocharged 1.4-liter four-cylinder engine and six-speed automatic transmission. The Trax is offered in base LS trim as well as LT and LTZ versions. With its 2015 Trax, Chevrolet has offered up a tiny SUV with exceptional visibility, good interior room and a surprisingly large cargo area, but pokey acceleration - especially with optional all-wheel drive. Gone are the days when “SUV” meant “big” and “subcompact” meant “hatchback or sedan.” Automakers are now rolling a line of crossovers and SUVs out into the munchkin body-type end of the market.
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