Chevrolet Trax SUV Review

Chevrolet Trax SUV Review

Chevrolet Trax will be one of the upcoming SUV from General Motors expected with a price tag of Rs.8 – Rs.15 lakhs. Nowadays, the compact utility vehicles are very successful in India and it is believed to offer good ground clearance on the Indian roads. The new Chevrolet Trax SUV will be a very tough competitor to its similar other vehicles such as Renault Duster, Maruti Suzuki Ertiga and Mahindra Quanto.

Chevrolet Trax Exteriors

The exterior appearance of the vehicle looks really appreciable and it will have a very typical Chevy styling resembling to Captiva. The front fascia of the car has a chunky head lamp giving an elegant and muscular appearance to the vehicle. It will be offered with new split grille with large bow Chevrolet logo which is quite good. The Trax is packed with the raked widescreen, alloy wheels with a sculpted body. It will be easy to handle the vehicle with some driver control technologies includes stabiliTrak, four wheel ABS with Panic Brake Assist, Hill Hold Assist, Traction Control etc.

Chevrolet Trax Interiors

The Chevrolet Trax SUV can be easily to park anywhere even in tighter parking areas since the length of the car is 4.25m. The interiors will be roomy and comfortable and the company has performed their smart work over the vehicle. The dashboard of the car looks very decent with 178 mm color touch screen makes easy to navigate between various functions.

The seating arrangement is very comfy in which five members can be seated without any trouble. The seats are of high quality material offering a wider view and lots of storage space is available inside the car. It will have a 60/40 flip and fold rear seat as well as fold-flat front passenger seat enables to create a larger space which opens upto 1371 liters of cargo space. The vehicle gets a power steering with audio controls mounted over it which is quite good.

For better entertainment, the Trax will be fitted with features such as CD player, MP3 playback and Bluetooth audio streaming for all variants. Along with that, the car will have Chevrolet MyLink interactive sound system, enabling to access various music applications and it gets directly connected to smartphones using Stitcher SmartRadio. In order to get clear sound, the vehicle comes with a premium bose six speaker sound surround system.

Chevrolet Trax Engine Details

The Chevrolet Trax SUV will be powered by a 1.8 litre, Ecotec, petrol engine which is expected to offer the maximum power output of 140 bhp at 6300 rpm and maximum torque output of 178 Nm. The engine of the car will be mated to the five speed manual transmission for smooth and convenient ride. It is expected to offer fuel economy of 7.8 L/100 km in heavy city traffic roads and 5.7 L/100 km on highways. The Chevrolet Trax SUV will be able to deliver the healthy mileage of around 16 kmpl.

Braking and Handling

Both front and rear brakes will be offered with disc brakes for sudden stopping of the vehicle even travelling at a high level of speed. There will be no negative impact on the safety features of Chevrolet Trax SUV since it will be provided with 10 airbags including dual front airbags, knee airbags, side impact seat mounted airbags for the driver and front passenger as well as head curtain side airbags. Also it features an Automatic Crash Response which helps to serve as a guide in tracking the vehicle while facing any sort of accident. The vehicle will be really helpful to carry sports related equipments and some other heavy items since it has bike carriers, ski racks, roof boxes etc.

Verdict

The Chevrolet Trax SUV will be unique with rugged looks possessing an efficient engine for better performance. It has been designed with a class leading space which would make the passangers to feel comfy. But the interiors are very cheap with unresponsive automatic gearbox.