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Chevrolet Introduces Their New Global Crossover, The Trax

May 14 2012 10:30 AM | mudmonster in Chevrolet News
William Maley
Editor/Reporter - CheersandGears.com
May 14, 2012

Chevrolet is introducing a new global-market crossover called the Trax. The Trax will serve as the brand's only global crossover.

The Trax appears to be closely related to the Opel Mokka and Buick Encore crossover. The only change appears to be the Trax getting its own fascia.

Chevrolet is being quiet on specific details about the new Trax. Our guess that it will likely share the same engine lineup as the Mokka and Encore, and come in front-wheel and all-wheel-drive.

Chevrolet says the the Trax will make its debut at the Paris Motor Show in September, with sales beginning in the forth quarter in Mexico and Canada. The U.S. won't be getting the Trax "because of the strong position of the Equinox."

Press Release is on Page 2





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Drew Dowdell
May 14 2012 10:36 AM
Chevy, if you don't sell it in the largest automotive market in the world you cannot call it a global vehicle.

There is a substantial size difference between the Trax and the Equinox. Not selling it here is highly short sighted. There are people out there who don't want something as large as the 'Nox... and straddling either side of the size of the CR-V could be very good for sales.
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z28luvr01
May 14 2012 10:45 AM
All that, plus "Where is the HHR replacement?"
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dfelt
May 14 2012 11:45 AM
This should be the HHR replacement.
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ocnblu
May 14 2012 12:13 PM
From the article: "Colorado pickup, Trailblazer SUV, and Cruze station wagon"... they're just trying to hinder enthusiasm in the US for the brand, aren't they? The mere mention of those "strong entries" makes me sick that they are not given to us.

Every one of the vehicles mentioned in the article needs to be sold in the USA... NOW.

The Trax fits in the Chevy lineup much better than it does at Buick's... Buick needs an Alpha Riviera and a Verano coupe/2-door hatch sooner than they do the Encore. Besides that, the Trax, after seeing the patent drawings posted here a while back, is sufficiently differentiated from the Encore exteriorwise, and would be sold in separate showrooms.

Don't make no sense.
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Cubical-aka-Moltar
May 14 2012 12:33 PM
Interesting that Canada is getting it and the US isn't....Chevy seems afraid to launch a small CUV here.
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ocnblu
May 14 2012 12:36 PM
Yeah, they already have the homely Orlando, don't they? I've not heard a peep about that one from our Canadian contingent.
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Dodgefan
May 14 2012 12:37 PM
I really like the way it looks, at least based on the initial photo. I like it better than the Encore. I understand why they don't want to sell both here, its just a shame that Chevy's got the better looking one it appears, and the one we won't get.
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Z-06
May 14 2012 02:22 PM
I share all the sentiments above. GM just gives the perception it does not want to commit to US market 100%.
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hyperv6
May 14 2012 03:57 PM
GM is in a fix here till they gain more room for Buick.

Cadillac still needs to move up scale to give Buick more room to expand here and they will do so with each coming model like the new CTS and flagship. Once they move up it will give Buick room to become the American Lexus. There is no Buick in Europe so this would be an easy edition as Opel will also move upscale with Buick in time but they have no Cadillac at this time and will have the more upscale models once they do.

The only thing that would make it worse here is is Pontiac and Olds were here and then they would be so layered up they would not have any room for original models.

I do agree though after seeing the Buick in person this should be a Chevy.

But as it is just because they say no here does not mean much. In time it just may find it's way here at some point. When we here these not here comments it often just mean not here now or it means we have plans in mind that you have not seen or heard about yet too.

Best to let them play their cards out and see what happens.

As far as I am concerned we have the Buick here so it will be a global car no matter how you put the emblem on.
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regfootball
May 14 2012 04:56 PM
I am appalled they would not sell it here. It would sell huge.
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Cubical-aka-Moltar
May 14 2012 05:05 PM

I am appalled they would not sell it here. It would sell huge.


I guess they are afraid of competing w/ Kia, Hyundai, Toyota, etc in the subcompact CUV niche.
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ocnblu
May 14 2012 07:03 PM

I am appalled they would not sell it here. It would sell huge.


Am I speaking to the ever-elusive Sheridan Bucket? Are you finally home from University? ;)
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vonVeezelsnider
May 14 2012 07:34 PM

Yeah, they already have the homely Orlando, don't they? I've not heard a peep about that one from our Canadian contingent.


Sales of the Orlando have been steadily gathering steam. In Canada it's now the best selling car in its class, outselling the Kia Rondo and the Mazda 5, as well as the Honda Odyssey and a couple other full-size minivans too. Still can't touch the nearly 4500 Grand Caravans that are sold in Canada every month though. Adjusted for population the Caravan's sales dominance in Canada is about analogous to the dominance of the Ford F-150 in the USA.
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Z-06
May 14 2012 08:23 PM

GM is in a fix here till they gain more room for Buick.

Cadillac still needs to move up scale to give Buick more room to expand here and they will do so with each coming model like the new CTS and flagship. Once they move up it will give Buick room to become the American Lexus. There is no Buick in Europe so this would be an easy edition as Opel will also move upscale with Buick in time but they have no Cadillac at this time and will have the more upscale models once they do.


Let them compete. No matter how much GM tries to avoid, it cannot prevent that. Case in point, Lamda quadruplets. Look how much sales Chevy had compared to Acadia and Outlook, but it virtually kept itself away luxury-wise against Enclave. GM should have had the Chevy to leverage sales before the Saturn and GMC. Alas, Jill wanted Saturn to be "Upmarket" and volume maker. Kia and Hyundai compete also, yet together they are doing company good.

100,000 of one vehicle is worse than 75,000 and 45,000 of two vehicles, for a similar sized market.

GM's strategy with Buick/Opel and GMC should be simple. Design as a Chevy platform, and then do the design magic on the mid-brands. Anything extra from those mid-brands will be gravy. As far as Caddy and Buick are concerned it should be converse, by charging more premium on Caddy for same platform vehicle, it forgoes volume but leaves huge margin for Buick to operate in.
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daves87rs
May 14 2012 09:16 PM
It's too bad, as if it's priced around the Cruze, I'd think it would do quite well here....
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regfootball
May 15 2012 12:34 AM


I am appalled they would not sell it here. It would sell huge.


Am I speaking to the ever-elusive Sheridan Bucket? Are you finally home from University? ;)


i had to look that up to figure out exactly what you were smoking.......lol
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hyperv6
May 15 2012 05:36 AM


GM is in a fix here till they gain more room for Buick.

Cadillac still needs to move up scale to give Buick more room to expand here and they will do so with each coming model like the new CTS and flagship. Once they move up it will give Buick room to become the American Lexus. There is no Buick in Europe so this would be an easy edition as Opel will also move upscale with Buick in time but they have no Cadillac at this time and will have the more upscale models once they do.


Let them compete. No matter how much GM tries to avoid, it cannot prevent that. Case in point, Lamda quadruplets. Look how much sales Chevy had compared to Acadia and Outlook, but it virtually kept itself away luxury-wise against Enclave. GM should have had the Chevy to leverage sales before the Saturn and GMC. Alas, Jill wanted Saturn to be "Upmarket" and volume maker. Kia and Hyundai compete also, yet together they are doing company good.

100,000 of one vehicle is worse than 75,000 and 45,000 of two vehicles, for a similar sized market.

GM's strategy with Buick/Opel and GMC should be simple. Design as a Chevy platform, and then do the design magic on the mid-brands. Anything extra from those mid-brands will be gravy. As far as Caddy and Buick are concerned it should be converse, by charging more premium on Caddy for same platform vehicle, it forgoes volume but leaves huge margin for Buick to operate in.


That is one slipperly slope. Going back to overlapping lines is like Lohan needed Rehab again.

I expect t be some overlap yet but as time goes on and as Cadillac and Buick move up it will get to where they need to be.

The only mistake here is this should have been a Chevy and not a Buick.

It may have impacked the Nox a little but at lease it kept the custmer in house at Chevy,. Lord knows I see enough people on the Nox Forum complaining about MPG. I just do not understand what they do not understand about a two ton vehicle and the MPG. The Nox does well but if you hammer the 4 in it the MPG will drop. This vehicle should be lite enough to be able to be driven hard and still get good MPG.
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Z-06
May 15 2012 07:30 AM
How do you explain Hyundai and Kia with the slippery slope argument, considering both companies have been massively increasing their shares in this country?
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dfelt
May 15 2012 10:29 AM
My son always points to how great the performance is in a WRX, Why can Chevy not seem to figure out how to build a fun to drive small AWD CUV that can get crazy 30+ gasemileage when driven resonably and drop into the mid to high 20's under agressive driving?

Chevy needs this little CUV to help out their numbers. Someone is smoking some very weird weed indeed.
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hyperv6
May 15 2012 04:51 PM
Now for all those who have said they want a perfomance Nox the Trax is the better option. The Nox is just too heavy for any real performance to be worth while and still get MPG. The Trax is lighter smaller and a 2.0 Turbo with a tuned suspension would be interesting.

Some how I feel this deal is a major over reaction here for now. The Nox and Terrain will need to be changed in the next couple years and I suspect from what we have hard the Nox will shrink and I am betting we will see another small SUV to take the place of the present Nox and a Trax in the use market.

The key here is what we do not know as there is more going on than is shown here. We have so many new models coming that we have no clue about since GM seldom speaks of any new product till it is well along anymore. Lets face it we are about a year and a half from a new Alpha Camaro and as of now we know so little. The 5 gen we knew pretty much what to expect 5-6 years out.
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ZL-1
May 16 2012 03:23 AM
I like it more than the Mokka. Hope it's cheap, because Opel has no breathing room to up prices and Chevy is making a dent in Opel's market share.
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thedriver
Aug 26 2012 09:59 PM
I have seen that the vehicle will be badged as either Trax or Tracker.
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