The new Trax is a very important vehicle. Its nice to see a major manufacturer put out an affordable, enjoyable and nice looking ICE car in this day and age. Working folks and commuters need cars like this and I wish more would concentrate on vehicles like this. Consumers want a more SUV/Crossover styled car and a cheaper new car with a warranty. The Trax fits the bill. Plus you can get it service in most towns in the country.
I agree 100%! The way prices of everything are skyrocketing, it’s good to know you can still get a quality SUV for less than 30k. I was at the Lexus service center yesterday for my 84 year old mom. She has an 11-year-old Lexus with 53,000 miles that she babies, and it still runs like a dream. I took a look at the new Lexus autos. Wow. I will probably not be able to afford one until I’m in my 70s as well. If I’m lucky! 😊
@@virchewal I have not taken it on any "trails" as I don't really do that. It is not 4-wheel drive or AWD and it doesn't come with those options. I have taken it on many road trips with both interstate and 2-lane highways and it's a great car for that. Decent gas mileage, lots of options and comfortable ride. Bought it in December and it already has 14K miles on it.
Just bought one today and it’s a good car for my commute to NY everyday from NJ , I’m not sure if I like it more than my Toyota CHR but I’m happy with it for the price .
I just bought the activ in Black a week ago, I have a little over 600 miles. I've spent the last two days going over the infotainment center learning how it functions. I think I've got it down. Got in the car today, realize there's a button on the side of the shifter, at your thumb. It's a manual shift button. Of all the reviews I watch nobody's mentioned this. Took me a week to discover it. The button function Is describes it in the owner's manual. I love this vehicle! Nice ride, really good city mpg, looks great.
It would have been great if they made it with a manual mode (where you can upshift and downshift the knob) instead of buttons. On my 2013 Cruze it had it and honestly it was a treat to use it.
@@juqebaux3912 Even better would be steering wheel paddle shift. Don't know how much more it would have cost to move it from the shift lever to the steering wheel. GM kind of half-baked this one, I guess better on the shift knob than not at all! I really like my black activ, awesome car, every option except for sunroof cordless phone charger. With a $1600 dollar GM retiree discount $26008 tax, title, plates. Didn't buy the extended warranty, or gap insurance, dealers really push this hard. New cars come from the factory with warranty don't bye, it's a waste of money!
That’s the one thing that might hold me back from buying the Trax. I’m driving a Ford Fusion sedan with a 1.5L 4 cylinder and was pleasantly surprised with its get-up-and-go.
My 2021 trailblazer ls had 1.2 and the acceleration was frustrating. I’d do the trax for price, but definitely wish the engines were stronger in the trax and trailblazer
I have the lt I wish I got the power seat but that’s ok. I drove 7 hours and it’s very comfortable to drive, It’s a bit slow getting to high way speeds 65 etc but it does get there with out to much problems, I don’t push it past 4.5 grand on the tack. It’s way more comfortable than my jeep renegade I had.
It's a GREAT car!!! What are you taking about? I'm pretty happy with my Trax, runs great and it's fast, faster than what you say, if you want a car that goes to 60 mph in 3 seconds, buy a mustang but be ready to get a ticket, pretty useless, the acceleration on the Trax is just PERFECT. The ENGINE IS NOT that noisy, well, if you drive a very luxurious car it's probably not as quiet, but no it's not that bad as you say, you are exaggerating! The restarting at a traffic light is perfect also, just as good or even better than a Mercedes, real fast!!! Great car, I bought the 2024 and plan to buy the 2026.
Yep, I ordered the 1RS after a test drive. Very peppy, comfortable, and great handling! Very impressed. Everything I was looking for, and more! Not paying more than 25k for new car!
Hello i have had my Trax 2RS over 7 months after the break in period it changed i went on a road trip to the beach around 300 miles and it was a blast it is fast and was a joy on the hwy. and i got great items for it mods on amazon and Ebay i find that there are a lot of hatters now days. Thank you for not being like them.
137 hp? 0-60 in 8.8 seconds. My 19 civic coupe turbo is a 1.5l with 174hp 0-60 in 6.7 seconds. That being said...I'm going to test drive a Trax tomorrow 😂. A family member just got one in RS with that crazy goldish color.
If you like the Trax but expecting or want more I recommend checking out the blazer not the trailblazer. Almost same sporty look and length but has a v6 and AWD also better suspension. It’s like a performance Trax
The price, design and the color are really attractive. However, the bottom line is how reliable is it? Can you do a follow up on the reliability of the car's engine?
I can tell you as a GM master tech that works for the dealers, I don’t really see any issues with them compared to other vehicles we offer it seems above average in reliability. The 1.2l has been out for around 5 years now and hasn’t show any major flaws imo. The 6speed transmission it comes with is a huge plus as the 1.2l trailer blazers had a CVT which has seen some failures, but the 6speed should be bulletproof in comparison. Will it go 250k+ miles? I guess time will tell but for the initial 100k+ miles it’s been showing some promise. I would absolutely stay on top of oil changes religiously with an engine like this though! Maintenance is everything for longevity
We have 4,000 miles on our 2rs trim. The engine is plenty peppy, cruises at 80 just fine. It’s a good little vehicle for what it is. We will see how much we have to use the warranty.
Your forgot that the trailblazer has a bigger engine option, AWD with 9 speed auto, optional panoramic sunroof, etc. a lot sets it apart from the trax.
I have a Chevy Trax and I love it! The only thing I wouldn’t like about this new one is no AWD. I wouldn’t be able to get up my hills in the snow without it.
from what I read online, GM said the majority of buyers(roughly 70%) didn't want the AWD option.I told my sales guy that and he seemed a bit mystified. But still, make it where the driver can turn it off or on. But then I'm guessing they'd have to bump up the horsepower like the Trailblazer which has the awd. But again, once you add that feature the price naturally goes up.
The 2024 Trax is a compelling value for the segment. It looks great. It's spacious for its size. It has decent performance and economy. The real caveat is predicted long-term reliability combined with a short warranty. That's a major area of concern given GM Korea's reliability track record in general, including the prior generation Trax. This inexpensive vehicle might end up costing a lot more long-term than some of its more expensive competition. It should be noted that the 2024 Trax has direct injection and a timing belt instead of a timing chain. Both areas may require additional maintenance costs over competitors that have multiport injection or dual injection and a timing chain.
It would have been great if Manual Mode was implemented with upshift and downshift not a button. I would convert it to that instead just to get that good old feel like on my 2013 cruze.
I just got a 2024 Trax LT with 13 miles on it. Drove it home. After 48 miles, the check engine light turns on. My heart sank. Very disappointed. I'm going to take it back to the dealership. Hopefully, it's nothing too serious. But other than that, I love the style, very spacious, and very smooth drive.
Update: I took it to the dealership. It took them roughly 1.5 hours to fix the issue. They had to remove and replace the purge pump. Now I'm satisfied. But now I get the looming thought that the car has some sneaky wtf moments up its sleeve.
Open the hood while it is running after running it; does it shake like the one I test drove? That worried me, if there is enough external motor problems in past ones, all that vibration will shake things loose quick and cause bads to come quicker.
Buyers beware any and all front wheel drive suv's will not, I repeat will not do well in snow. Unlike a front wheel drive car, front wheel drive SUV's are too heavy. They will immediately lose traction when front wheels are trying to pull that extra weight. If you live where there is no snow, for the money, this certainly is a beautiful looking vehicle when scene in person. Takecare
I own a 2024 1rs Trax and I drive my car in snow with chains and I was able to drive fine without getting stuck. Not as good as a AWD but I did not get stuck.
Chains sound like a great idea. My experience when I see 8 to 12 inches of snow. Every time someone comes to a complete stop at a corner, that tends to be the big mistake . Again, I'm not being specific to this SUV just in general. When you live on the road as I do for a living, you then begin to notice the difficulties. People have with this front wheel drive type of vehicle and size. Driving skills certainly do add to the equation. Takecare
That sounds like some "internet expert" BS! A small SUV like this Trax will way LESS than a full size FWD vehicle, so why do you claim it's "too heavy"? You really don't have clue of what you are talking about.
@BlueSun2 You are absolutely correct, internet expert of b.S. Now, as I've mentioned, this is a beautiful looking vehicle. In all honesty.I have not yet seen this vehicle in snow. I can only hope, as a front wheel drive suv, it is, in fact, much much lighter than some of the competitors. Perhaps this will be a brilliant vehicle to own in a winter environment. Good luck if you own one and if you plan on purchasing one. This chev is certainly an incredible looking vehicle for the price.
Activ should offer a power liftgate and rear vents. A rear armrest should be standard. Tail lights could use some tweaking. GM needs to Hybrid everything.
CAFE requirements. Lower price. Smaller engine displacement. Hybrids sell quickly. PHEV's are the least reliable of ICE, EV, & PHEV. Wide range? The Bolt EV & EUV are cancelled. Get one before they are gone until it comes back in 202x. The Blazer EV is still under a stop sale order. Good luck finding a Hummer or Silverado EV. Lyriq is really your only option. Ultium is a mess.
I rather have a belt then a chain. With a belt if and when it breaks you just replace the belt, with a chain if that prematurely goes you need to replace the entire engine, and most not all vehicle makers are going back to belt.
@@dragoon666 This isn’t a chain vs belt argument. It’s an interference vs non interference engine argument. Plenty of broken belts that result in damaged engines.
@@dragoon666 It's a wet belt, It is a belt that runs through the oil. Look up Fords wet belt 1l 3cyl nothing but problems the belt degrades and travels into the oil pickup bye bye engine. Also this is a interference engine if the belt was to break also bye bye engine the valves and pistons meet each other in a bad way.
Chains stretch overtime and makes the engine out of time. The belt may contaminate the engine oil but so does the chain. Metal fragments are more destructive than the belt and oil filter catches it.
I checked one out a a local new car auto show.. Rumor is, this and the Buick version are manufactured in China.. I'm 6 ft + and my biggest complaint is my knees ride up the drivers door pockets and center console... If I had too, I fit nicely inside here.. Only being FWD and 3 cy turbo is not winning me over.. Price wise, GM hit this out the park and shows a flaw in thier corporate marketing... A used V6 blazer or XT5 Cadillac is were I'm heading too, give it take deprecation, your getting more out of a used, more premium GM subling...
@@chriscox8515 I dont fit behind the drivers seat, when adjusted for me.. My biggest issue is knee room, with all manufacturers having center consoles and bins on doors and the same basic interior dimensions, it's a lost cause... New body Style Ford Explorer, XT5 Cadillac/ Chevy blazer fit me perfectly..
I do not like the fact they dropped the AWD we were ready to trade our 2019 bit no dice. We live in south westbMichigan and we need that traction. Our trax is a daily driver. Very disappointed in chevrolet. We are looking at a nessain or subaru all track. 😢
What I don't understand is the fact that the 2022 models and older were the PERFECT crossover, compact size - but now the redesign makes it huge and long. This thing, though still lower to the ground, is no longer compact in my head. Companies just keep building them bigger and bigger and I just don't think you can call this thing compact, it really isn't compact at all. Barely fits in a 2-car standard garage length-wise. I do not get it! like hello? younger/middle-aged people with no kids do not want huge cars. We want something actually compact, but big enough to tote crap around, travel, not have terrible mileage and not have to origami/squat ourselves to get in and out like we would in a sedan model and be able to park easily. We don't want a full-blown SUV which is where this thing is heading for real! You took away my Chevy Spark, so Trax was the next best thing for us until you made them bigger for no reason.
Also for lovers of cheap junk, what do you think, they bought a new car for 22 thousand, in a year you will write how many times it was repaired, and the warranty will end, try to trade it in, they will give you a thousand dollars and say thank you. The fish is cheap, but its soup is bad.
If it didnt have that god awful eco engine it would be alright. Really need to drop that tiny turbo junk engine and just put a normal 4 cyl like Honda and Toyota do.
A used equinox is double the price of this. Most used vehicles are more expensive then a new one.. also equinox of the last generation have so many issues.
137-hp turbocharged 1.2-liter inline-three cylinder engine , six-speed automatic over the continuously variable transmissions (CVTs)You don’t have to consider the motorcycle engine with a turbine any further. Have you been thinking about it for a long time? How long will this motor last? A year, two? This is not a Mercedes, where the engine traveled one million kilometers before the first major overhaul. They began to do everything one-time for a short period of time. And the transmission Was it really impossible to install steptronic? The transmission in general with such an engine will die at 80,000 km. Thank you, I’m not rich enough to buy such a miracle for one year. Better classic -Toyota or Honda. These cars will serve faithfully for at least 10 years. Stillborn child. We have forgotten how to make reliable and economical cars.
