The Chevy Trax subcompact crossover could be discontinued by the end of 2023, a new report indicates.
According to Automotive News, the Chevy Trax will be axed at the end of 2023, along with the closely related Buick Encore. Both of these subcompact crossovers will likely be indirectly replaced by similarly sized battery-electric crossover models, which will utilize GM’s Ultium battery design and Ultium Drive family of electric motors. The Chevy Bolt EV and Chevy Bolt EUV will allegedly also be discontinued at the end of 2023 and 2024, respectively, to make room for comparative offerings using the superior Ultium technologies.
This revelation is unsurprising, seeing as the Chevy Trax and related Buick Encore first arrived on the scene for the 2013 model year, which means the vehicles will be more than ten years old by the time they depart at the end of 2023. GM also has newer, more competitive offerings with a similarly sized footprint and similar price point in the way of the Chevy Trailblazer and Buick Encore GX. These models have only been on sale for a couple of years and will thus stick around for the foreseeable future.
GM teased one of its forthcoming Chevrolet electric crossover models at the Barclays 2020 Global Automotive Conference held on November 19th, 2020. The vehicle, which appeared to be a compact, featured a rounded-off, streamlined front fascia with narrow lighting elements, along with a flowing roofline and concealed door handles. This Chevrolet EV compact crossover is expected to be one of the most affordable models in General Motors’ new EV strategy, which should make it a decent indirect successor to the Chevy Trax. It’s also possible that Chevy is concocting a subcompact EV model that will undercut this vehicle, but the automaker is keeping its future product strategy under tight wraps for obvious reasons.
We’ll be sure to provide an update on the situation as more details come to the light in the coming months and years. In the meantime, remember to subscribe to GM Authority for more Chevy Trax news, Chevrolet news and around-the-clock GM news coverage.
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time for the Trax to die. too old now.
Little known secret the Trax / Encore is based on the ’85 Spectrum platform, still selling for an old platform.
lol… nope, its not an Isuzu.
trax still good forever dont go down no way
I wonder if GM is interested in bringing over the 2nd-generation Buick Encore built on the GEM platform that they sell in China.
That GEM Encore is beautifully designed and would sell well. The GEM Trax is nice, too. Global platforms that can be easily Federalized is a must for GM given unexpected market shifts.
GM learned nothing from Opel where this happened regularly causing Buick to spend a mint retrofitting Cascada. GEM isn’t an inferior platform, per se, and vehicles mainly needs suspension and upgrades plus interior upgrades.
I’m still baffled as to why these two little Korean-made heaps (and occasionally Mexico for the Trax) weren’t dropped when the Traxblazer and Encore GX were introduced, as was supposed to be the plan. Selling enough or being ‘value leaders’ (LOL) do not count as justifiable excuses. Just wasting resources, time, and money that could be diverted to other projects, like say, making it’s actual, similarly-sized successors better cars and freeing up production lines for them.
Because the Trailblazer and GX aren’t great vehicles… lowercase gm needed to sell both to remain even somewhat relevant in the B/C segment.
Si,si, a numero uno!
My 2015 just blew the engine at 38,000 miles. DONT BUY A TRAX! They are pure junk.
Hehehe, she is a numero uno mochine !
Odd how my 2013 Trax has 332000 miles on the same engine transmission and most other components.
“blew the engine” is a very vague term… but all of the 1.4t motors are generally easy to work on.
Just curious because idk, do they have timing belts or timing chains? Both the old and new 1.4. Also, does the 1.2 and 1.3 have a timing belt or timing chain?
The entire 1.4t family have timing chains… iirc
I believe the new “e-turbo” 1.3t is a timing belt design. 🤢🤮 They just really cheaped out on it imho… leaving the lion’s share of engineering to be done by Shanghai GM-SAIC
Also interesting to note is the peak torque at like 1600rpm… which is lower RPM than the 1.4t family… but does it hold boost higher as well? The 1.3t I test drove didn’t feel like 177 ft/lbs.
I don’t know much about the 1.3t family other than my experience test driving one… it’s underpowered and poorly paired with a clucky 9spd in the AWD application of the Trailblazer… I would take the Trax or Encore over it any day.
Put a 1.5 L in TB & GX!
In Uzbekistan we stopped BUYING tracker
Chevy always does this. Instead of continuously improving their vehicles and perfecting them over time, they just stop making them. Look how long the Corolla has been around. Toyota is constantly working to improve its quality, safety, and performance of all their vehicles. I’ve always liked chevy cars, trucks, and SUVs, but they gotta adapt a new strategy already and fix the issues, to keep nice little economical SUVs like the chevy trax in their lineup. This is just my opinion, but I do know a lot of people who love the trax. They have said it’s like a much better, modern day version of the tracker.
I have a 2018 Trax it’s been nothing but a problem. 65k miles and I’d trust a dodge neon over my car any today. This will be my last Chevy I ever own.
The feel the same this was my first and last Chevy and I only have 48xxx…nothing but problems.
When Mary Barra became CEO she said ‘No more crappy cars”. I guess the way to fulfill that is no longer build cars, just SUVs. Trax proves this point as is not an impressive vehicle by any shape of the imagination.
Besides, the Trax is made in Korea kudos to Daewoo.