#2015 chevrolet trax ls manual
EPA ratings are 25/34 with the 1.4T and manual transmission (not offered with AWD). The FIAT 500X fares a little better with the same powertrains. The additional, taller ratios balance out the larger engine size, for EPA ratings of 22/31 with FWD and 21/29 with AWD. A nine-speed automatic is only available with a non-turbocharged 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine. Even with this engine the Jeep's EPA ratings are 24/31 (though with either drivetrain, and so more competitive with AWD). You can get an engine as small as the Trax's in the Jeep and FIAT, but only paired with a manual transmission (not offered in the Trax). With a CVT instead of a conventional automatic, and with a 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine rather than a turbocharged 1.4-liter, the Honda manages 28/35 and 27/32, respectively. EPA ratings are 26 mpg city and 34 mpg highway with front-wheel drive (FWD), and 24/31 with all-wheel drive (AWD). The Chevrolet Trax isn't quite the segment's fuel economy champ-that honor goes to the new Honda HR-V-but it's close. Will GM lose customers anyway? Or is the Chevrolet Trax good enough that it should have been offered all along? But I have spent 30 to 40 minutes in each of the Italian-made FCA sibs, not long enough for a thorough review of either the Jeep Renegade or the FIAT 500X but long enough to evaluate how the Trax compares. I haven't yet driven the Honda HR-V or the Mazda CX-3.
If GM didn't field the closely related but more youth-oriented Chevrolet Trax, previous "why nots" notwithstanding, it risked losing customers. GM has been offering the Buick Encore, but its mini-Lexus styling is as mature and conservative as the JUKE's is young and quirky. But during calendar year 2015 Jeep, Honda, FIAT, and Mazda are all jumping in with relatively mainstream vehicles. Two years ago the only non-GM players in the pocket crossover segment were the Nissan JUKE and the MINI Countryman, two quirky vehicles targeting niches GM had no interest in. What happened? And if the Trax already seemed out of sync with the Chevrolet brand two years ago, is it now even more a case of too little, too late? Yet a few months ago the Trax belatedly arrived at American Chevrolet dealers. They had their reasons: the design wasn't right, it was too late to tool up in the U.S., it couldn't be profitably imported from Korea, and it might cannibalize sales from the much larger, more profitable Equinox. Two years ago Chevrolet launched the Trax, a small B-segment crossover, in Canada, Mexico, and a number of overseas markets-but skipped the United States.
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