Higher trims get an 11.0-inch touchscreen and are available with wireless device charging and a sunroof. Wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, a Wi-Fi hotspot, and an 8.0-inch touchscreen are standard. The Trax is quieter than expected too, with standard active noise cancellation helping both at wide-open throttle and at a 70-mph cruise, where our reading of 69 decibels means it is just as quiet as a Lexus NX350.Ī base Trax starts at $21,495, and even the top-of-the-line Activ at $24,995 is roughly half the price of the average new vehicle today. It also did better than the previous Trax on our highway fuel-economy loop, returning 30 mpg. You'll get no complaints from us on that.Įven though the new Trax loses a cylinder, its 137-hp 1.2-liter inline-three provides adequate power, and it outaccelerates its predecessor across the board, although 8.8 seconds to 60 mph is still poky by today's standards. The new Trax's roofline is also more than three inches lower, making the SUV look and feel more wagon-like in both profile view and seating height. Part of the slimming is due to dropping an all-wheel-drive option, something buyers in the Midwest and Northeast might balk at, even if Chevy is right that pretty much no one truly needs it. The top-trim Activ model weighed in at a svelte 3069 pounds, 82 pounds lighter than the last front-wheel-drive Trax we tested. While the Trax is not overtly thrilling dynamically, we respect its solid competence and appreciate characteristics such as steering and brake feel that are solidly above average.ĭespite its sizable growth, the Trax bucks the norm by not gaining weight. If the Trax's fun-to-drive leg of the three-legged criteria stool is far shorter than some of the other winners', it stands tall on the other two. More for less is a good way to nail our value criteria, which, along with how well a vehicle fulfills its intended mission and how thrilling it is to captain, are the key factors for 10Best. There's 37 percent more cargo volume behind the rear seats than before, and it has three more inches of rear legroom, enough for the knees connected to this 99th-percentile male to tuck behind the front seat set for an equally lanky driver. While the least expensive but no longer smallest Chevy retains pricing firmly in subcompact-crossover territory, its 106.3-inch wheelbase exactly matches that of the class-larger Honda CR-V. Chevy is looking to neutralize that one with this new substantially larger Trax, stretching its overall length by a whopping 11.0 inches and leapfrogging the competition. What's a common complaint from buyers of small vehicles? That they're too small, of course. From the January 2024 issue of Car and Driver.
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