Exploring the 2025 Chevrolet Trax: Luxury Meets Economy in a Compact SUV

Ever wonder how a small SUV can offer both luxury and economy? Join us in uncovering the secrets of the 2025 Chevrolet Trax, where style meets affordability. From the striking design of the 2RS trim, complete with LED headlights and 19-inch black machined wheels, to the sophisticated interior featuring EvoTech seating and an 11-inch display, the Trax transcends its subcompact label. Discover how this versatile vehicle not only impresses with its aesthetics but also with its practical features, such as heated front seats and a user-friendly driver information center, making it a standout choice in its class.

Get ready to be surprised by the dynamic performance of the Trax's 1.2-liter turbo three-cylinder engine. With its EPA ratings suggesting impressive fuel efficiency, we take you through our hands-on experience navigating urban streets and highways. Learn about the Trax's competitive pricing, starting at just $21,495, and how it measures up against rivals like the Mazda CX-30, Volkswagen Taos, and Buick Invista. Whether you're a city dweller in search of a nimble ride or someone seeking a budget-friendly SUV that doesn't skimp on style, this episode has all the insights you need to make an informed decision.

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:12

quick shout out uh, mr morris has the chevy tracks. Yeah, you know, I was thinking the other day. I remembered I first ran across the chevy tracks back 25, 30 years ago. It's nothing like this one. This is the 2025 chevrolet tracks. It comes in five different trim levels ls, 1rs, lt, an active model and a 2rs, and we had the tracks 2rs. So we were setting up here in the top of the line of the one that was reintroduced in 2023.

Speaker 1: 0:41

Now this again is a small suv. Typically you might even call it a subcompact, but the world is changing, so it's a small suv. You're going to find out front. You're going to find you got led headlights, including the daytime running lights, got power, heated side mirrors with black caps on it, black side moldings, black roof rails so it's got this body color door handles on it. So everything kind of blends in with this black trim on it, including the rear spoiler does have a sunroof package and it's rolling on some 19 inch black machined wheels. So it's got all this black trim on it that really makes the color stand out, regardless of which color you'd happen to be driving it. What if it's black? If it's black, it even even better. It's kind of like that black GT500. Like murdered out. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1: 1:27

So inside we had some EvoTech seating material heated front seats, 60-40, split folding rear seats on it. It has an 11-inch display with Apple CarPlay, android Auto and the rear display camera all sitting right up here in the middle of the dash Real easy to reach. It had an 8-inch driver information center that had all the information you could change the screens around. All of it's easy to see, it's easy to reach and it's easy to use the buttons and stuff that are on it. Now it has also got a rear cargo area cover and I like those things because you can put stuff in the back cargo, pull that over and you've got out of sight, out of mind. People can't see it, they don't want to steal it because they don't even know it's there. There you go Now.

Speaker 1: 2:09

Under the hood we had a 1.2-liter turbo three-cylinder. This is back to that three-cylinder. It's kind of different but you can't really tell it when you're driving it. It's got a six. Epa says you should be looking for 28 miles to the gallon of the city, 32 out on the highway and a combined of 30. Now I drove this vehicle 214.5 miles and I got 21.7 miles to the gallon out of it combined.

Speaker 1: 2:35

We spend a lot of time in town, city driving, and I will say that it handles very crisply inside the city. A little spunk on it, huh, yeah, it got a little spunk, particularly in the parking lots, and it's very easy maneuvering around town. You know it's a very easy-to-drive car and you get out on the highway. It's got very nice highway banners. It's comparable with most of the subcompacts that are that size. It'll get out on the highway and it's not real noisy and it's not real rough. It on the highway and it'll. It's not real noisy and it's not real rough. It's not real bad riding or anything. It's just it's a nice driving car.

Speaker 1: 3:08

Now, the base model price on this is what I really like. The 21 495 is the base trim model. That's where you get into the game. Yep, now the base trim for the 2rs that we were driving starts at 24 300. And then, if you look at the MSRP because we had a couple of options like the tires and wheels and the sunroof $27,085 is MSRP, the way this thing's set and I thought that was a heck of a bargain.

Speaker 1: 3:34

Yeah, if you're looking for something to compare it to Entry level you might look at a 25 Mazda CX-30 starts at $24,995. The 24 Volkswagen Taos starts at $24,995. The 24 Volkswagen Taos starts at $23,995. And the 2025 Buick Invista is at $23,700. So it's a little cheaper than some of them and it's got a couple of things that you might be looking for, but you can always option it up. And I think, as far as the Trax 2 RS, I think if you're looking for something in that size vehicle, particularly if you're mainly going to be around town kids, college kids I think this is one you ought to look at. It's really surprising. On the value, I think you're going to find that you're going to get out of this car Nice and that's my review of the 2025 Chevrolet Trax. Beautiful. You don't even know I like it. You don't even know I like it. You don't even know. You don't even know.