{"id":30861,"date":"2023-05-10T16:16:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=30861"},"modified":"2023-05-10T16:16:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:16:44","slug":"payne-remixed-chevy-trax-thinx-outside-the-breadbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/payne-remixed-chevy-trax-thinx-outside-the-breadbox","title":{"rendered":"Payne: Remixed Chevy Trax thinx outside the breadbox"},"content":{"rendered":"

Asheville<\/em>,\u00a0North Carolina<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 Chevrolet blazed the trail to subcompact SUVs a few years back with the wee Trax. It was an affordable, utilitarian breadbox.<\/p>\n

You know, an appliance. Not any more.<\/p>\n

For Act Two, Trax is still affordable, still utilitarian. But the breadbox has been transformed into a bronze sculpture. Call it a mini-Blazer. Ogle my loaded $27,080 Nitro Yellow Metallic Activ model trimmed in black with scalloped rocker panels, dual digital screens, wireless Android Auto and the face of a 2018 Camaro (the good lookin\u2019 one).<\/p>\n

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Check that; Trax is better looking than a Blazer. Can we have an SS model, please? With its lower, leaner, wider stance, the small SUV better wears Blazer\u2019s slinky lines. Think old hatchback favorites (oh, I miss them) like the Ford Focus and Chevy Cruze. Did I say small? Trax\u2019s interior is palatial compared to the last model, with three more inches of rear legroom and a whopping seven more cubic-feet of cargo room thanks to a bod stretched 11 inches.<\/p>\n