RELATED: 2015 Chevrolet Trax Crossover: Price To Start At $21,000 Chalk it up to tougher safety standards.įinally, the rear-seat headrests are commendably small, not impinging on the rear view in the mirror. ![]() Visibility is decent, though like SUVs of all sizes, the pillars of the Trax are thicker than they would have been 10 years ago. The ventilation controls are the traditional three knobs, easy to use without having to decipher them. Ride comfort was also good, helped by the tall sidewalls on the 16-inch tires-unlike the larger wheels with low-profile tires often fitted even to working SUVs these days.Ģ015 Chevrolet Trax LT AWD, Catskill Mountains, NY, Apr 2015 We found the driving position and seat comfort of the little Trax good for our long trip, with excellent lumbar bolstering in the optional leather-and-cloth seats.Īnd the cabin is surprisingly quiet, long a Chevrolet specialty, making the long, fast trip less grueling than it might otherwise have been. ![]() The Trax had space for three of the 13-inch steel wheels in the rear load bay, with the four in a rear-seat footwell. In the all-wheel-drive group, three somewhat larger Subaru compact models are rated higher: the XV Crosstrek at 29 mpg, and the XV Crosstrek Hybrid and standard Impreza hatchback at 31 mpg.ĪLSO SEE: 2015 Chevrolet Trax: First Drive The lighter front-wheel-drive Trax comes in slightly higher, at 29 mpg combined (26 mpg city, 34 mpg highway).Īnd each of those ratings beats its sibling-under-the-skin, the all-wheel-drive Buick Encore, by 1 mpg.Įliminating the AWD, however, puts the Trax into competition with subcompact hatchbacks that offer higher fuel economy-right up to the 50-mpg Toyota Prius C hybrid.
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