love the little Trax. Starting to sell well here at our dealership. Young suburbanites/urbanites love them. The Encore, which we should get in a week or two, will amp things up even more - and the premium is not as much as one would think actually as they can be had loaded for ~$33k. This vehicle really surprised me, and I hate CUVs.
Great review. The pricing of these smaller vehicles (not just in this test) is a bit of a surprise to me with most or all of them above $30k. Smaller size no longer equates to 'affordability' as we saw with the $43k Escape. I was interested to read of the Crosstrek's good cargo carrying capacity, as it doesn't look like it would win that category. Subaru's full time AWD combined with the excellent fuel numbers are a great combination and all trim levels are available with a manual transmission (albeit a 5 speed). The base version starts at $24,500.
Quote from: ChaosphereIX on February 04, 2013, 05:02:40 pmlove the little Trax. Starting to sell well here at our dealership. Young suburbanites/urbanites love them. The Encore, which we should get in a week or two, will amp things up even more - and the premium is not as much as one would think actually as they can be had loaded for ~$33k. This vehicle really surprised me, and I hate CUVs.i'm looking forward to some nice reviews of the Buick Encore...i really like the looks of that vehicle and looks to be a pretty solid offering...i wouldn't mind reading a comparo of that and perhaps an MB B250 and other premium compact UTES (include the Tiguan and other units in the $35-$45k range).
...the Juke, which can be fairly described as the demented love-child of a crocodile and a gummy bear... That one made my day.
Quote from: Blueprint on February 04, 2013, 12:14:49 pm...the Juke, which can be fairly described as the demented love-child of a crocodile and a gummy bear... That one made my day. I have always thought of the Juke as the bastard child of a SAAB 96 and a Lada Niva.
Quote from: sweetadad on February 04, 2013, 07:34:34 amInterested in knowing what happened to the first Trax.The little metal clip that holds the rad hose on went AWOL
Interested in knowing what happened to the first Trax.
I'll be driving the Encore next week.
so let me get this straight Lesley put her right foot down so hard it went thru the Trax's floorboard and knocked off the clamp on the rad hose.............. she'll absolutely destroy the Encore (again..again) then................. .............is she on HGH!!??
i've always liked the XV...good to see it doing well.and i don't see a problem with the Trax...i mean, a broken clamp on a rad hose is not really a big deal...sure, you can't drive the vehicle, but i mean, it's a hose clamp, not an engine fire we're talking about here.good to see the Trax finish second, it looks like a decent vehicle as well...perhaps some day, they'll sell it in the US as well.
Quote from: dirtyjeffer on February 04, 2013, 01:15:57 pmi've always liked the XV...good to see it doing well.and i don't see a problem with the Trax...i mean, a broken clamp on a rad hose is not really a big deal...sure, you can't drive the vehicle, but i mean, it's a hose clamp, not an engine fire we're talking about here.good to see the Trax finish second, it looks like a decent vehicle as well...perhaps some day, they'll sell it in the US as well.Yup, cars that come off the line in Korea with obvious defects, and this one could easily destroy a motor, are just fine, especially when one considers Daewoo's spectacular record of quality and reliability. The cars of The New GM (tm) are easily the highest quality and best engineered in the world. Sure, the last ones had some issues, but the cars of The New GM (tm) are really they Bee's Knees!
It wouldn't destroy the engine. As soon as it came off the engine went onto limp mode and told us to pull over when safe. Like I sad before, we've had far more serious issues with more GM vehicles
Quote from: Mike on February 05, 2013, 03:04:37 pmIt wouldn't destroy the engine. As soon as it came off the engine went onto limp mode and told us to pull over when safe. Like I sad before, we've had far more serious issues with more GM vehiclesThere, fixed it for ya Did you mean the XTS, when you couldn't get it because the doors won't open?
