Love the looks of the 2024 Chevy Trax

[Jetronic]

Depends if you want a good looking new vehicle for a reasonable price

I see it as this: on a long enough timescale any vehicle's value drops to zero. The less you pay for it, the better. Of course some stuff can make your time spent inside it better. It's not supposed to be a penalty box.

I'd rather lose 25k over 15 years than 45k, 60k, 90k.... as those more expensive vehicles are likely more expensive to keep reunning, and are not double as good to drive

 

[ZZman]

I see it as this: on a long enough timescale any vehicle's value drops to zero. The less you pay for it, the better. Of course some stuff can make your time spent inside it better. It's not supposed to be a penalty box.

I'd rather lose 25k over 15 years than 45k, 60k, 90k.... as those more expensive vehicles are likely more expensive to keep reunning, and are not double as good to drive

I hate the thought of buying new due to depreciation. Add a high cost and depreciation and it is really discouraging. Especially when you can buy a good long lasting vehicle for often half the price.

However this is tempting for the wife's vehicle/main vehicle.

 

[b_b]

there is no good deals on used vehicles anymore. everything is priced on a 200k mile lifespan. If you buy it with 100k miles you pay half of what the first person paid, but not actually they got half back on trade and it was under warranty the whole time and you will be working on it and they just put gas and changed the oil and paid the same price.

 

[CharBaby]

The TRAX is the value vehicle king right now and all of the publications are saying so. Anyone interested in buying one should get one now before the price increases over the coming years due to increasing sales. Only time will tell if it will be a reliable vehicle.

 

[I<3oil]

I purchased my Envista ST (Trax in essence save the more posh interior) and so far I am quite pleased. I traded a 2014 Lacrosse 3.6 producing ~320 hp. I loved the thrust of that engine but grew increasingly disenchanted with its fuel consumption. I always drove with one eye on the gas gauge which tampered my enjoyment of driving it. The large Buick was a superb car for wafting along the interstate but could acquit itself well on more demanding roads. It had great isolation, a well-integrated powertrain, and superb interior fit-and-finish. But I had to let her go to make way for something more efficient. The Envista has a very controlled ride (courtesy of its Watts-link rear-suspension), accurate steering, and a small engine that punches above its displacement to keep me happy on town roads and the highway. The engine emits a distinct "thrum" during acceleration that sounds rather sophisticated. The 3.6 in the Lacrosse was much quieter of course but this 1.2 is comparably smooth at idle and very nearly so during operation. Well done GM. The 6-spd. transmission operates inconspicuously and, taking full advantage of the broad torque output of the engine, feels more natural, I believe, than would a cvt. I have owned quite a number of V6 powered GM products over the years that I have always tuned when possible, but I have adapted quite well to this sedan-like cuv and I don't regret trading the Lacrosse. The Envista is a worthy addition to the Buick brand and I believe the ST trim is the one to get. The Avenir has a somewhat swankier interior but it shares the upgraded suspension with the ST as well as most of the tech. The base Preferred trim is no slouch either and is probably the best value. I strongly encourage anyone in the market for a smallish cuv to test drive either a Trax or Envista as the experience may shock and delight you.

Lol @ distant thrum and sounding sophisticated

 

[IndyIan]

Who really needs 4 wheel or AWD? Very few actually. I have driven front wheel drive vehicles for decades in snowy weather. Front wheel drive always got my thru unless I bottomed out due to low clearance in deep snow. In those instances it would have been better to wait for plow trucks.

Oh I totally agree lots of people have all wheel drive and don’t need it. But my main point is that other vehicles have simpler engines and all wheel drive and get better mileage… I hope it’s not junk, but I would wait a couple years to see how it’s doing, maintenance cost wise.

 

[ZZman]

Oh I totally agree lots of people have all wheel drive and don’t need it. But my main point is that other vehicles have simpler engines and all wheel drive and get better mileage… I hope it’s not junk, but I would wait a couple years to see how it’s doing, maintenance cost wise.

yeah I know model change over years often shows issues that are corrected in later year models.

 

[benjy]

looks wise they come a long way, BUT only time will tell for reliability, AWD NOT a necessity BUT 4 SNOW tyres are a good substitute in needed! of course at that price there will be some cheepness + at least theres NO CVT!!!

 

[Jetronic]

I hate the thought of buying new due to depreciation. Add a high cost and depreciation and it is really discouraging. Especially when you can buy a good long lasting vehicle for often half the price.

However this is tempting for the wife's vehicle/main vehicle.

Yes but with recent cars I hate the thought of buying someone elses neglect, even if they followed the maintenance shedule to the T. So why not get a new one in this car's price range, rather than a used one for not that much less?

 

[RAR]

I’m no longer doing testing for GM or Mercedes, but we were testing the new Trax for durability and cold weather.

I didn’t get seat time in one, but one of the drivers I was leading drove one. It looks sharp and has a nice interior and options for what it is: inexpensive transportation.

He did tell me that it had to be goosed and had his foot in it more (than the Mercedes, which are small turbocharged rockets, but who isn’t surprised by that) to keep up with me at 65 mph on our highway run. I was in a big Chevy Express 3500 loaded with passenger ballast and he would fall behind.

However, it still seems like a decent ride for a second car, kid going to school, etc.

 

[CharBaby]

 

[kam327]

This is actually a pretty amazing success story for GM. The Trax has already blown past Toyota, Honda, Hyundai/Kia and nearly everyone else in this segment to be just a few hundred units in sales behind the Subaru Crosstrek in Q4. This after abandoning the compact car segment a few years ago. At this rate it could very well be in first place this year. Well done GM. (Hopefully sales aren’t much more heavily skewed towards fleets than the rest of the segment. last time I was in the rental aisle I saw plenty of jeeps, Nissans and Hyundais).

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2024/0...mbers-figures-results-fourth-quarter-2023-q4/

 

[zzyzzx]

I finally saw one of these over the weekend. I got a real good look at the back of it since they were driving 30 in a 50MPH road, because they saw a snowflake.

 

[supton]

He did tell me that it had to be goosed and had his foot in it more (than the Mercedes, which are small turbocharged rockets, but who isn’t surprised by that) to keep up with me at 65 mph on our highway run. I was in a big Chevy Express 3500 loaded with passenger ballast and he would fall behind.

Is it really underpowered or is that a throttle programming thing? I long complained about the tip-in on my Toyotas, I think when they went DBW they thought they could fool people by putting 75% throttle in the first 10% of the pedal.

It wouldn’t surprise me though, trans programming probably does what it can to keep the revs low.

 

[RAR]

Is it really underpowered or is that a throttle programming thing? I long complained about the tip-in on my Toyotas, I think when they went DBW they thought they could fool people by putting 75% throttle in the first 10% of the pedal.

It wouldn’t surprise me though, trans programming probably does what it can to keep the revs low.

It’s a test car so it might be a programming test as well.

I won’t know as the cars are gone and so am I. I’m done testing and I’m going back to my own projects.