The 2025 Chevy Trax follows up on the all-new 2024 model year with several important updates, not the least of which is the introduction of a new E85-compatible engine. So far, GM Authority has extensively covered all the newsworthy changes made to the 2025 Chevy Trax. Now, we’re here to report that the 2025 Chevy Trax configurator is officially live at Chevrolet’s website.
As expected, the 2025 Chevy Trax configurator gives fans and interested customers a chance to spec the crossover as they see fit, adding in all the options and packages desired to create their own personal configuration.
Customers have five trim levels to choose from, including 1LS, 1RS, 1LT, 2RS, and Activ, with pricing starting at $21,495 for the base 1LS. The 2RS and Activ sit at the top of the range, each priced at $25,395. Prices listed here include a destination freight charge of $1,095.
Notably, pricing for the 2025 Chevy Trax 1RS and LT is $200 more expensive than equivalent trims for the 2024 model year, with 2025 model-year 1RS and LT trims starting at $23,395 and $23,595, respectively. Meanwhile, pricing for the 2RS and Activ is now $400 more expensive compared to the preceding 2024 model year.
A total of eight exterior colors are offered, two of which are available for an extra charge. The two extra-charge colors include Marina Blue Metallic (paint code GKN) and Nitro Yellow Metallic (paint code GHS), both of which are available for $395.
Notably options include the LS Convenience Package (RPO code ZFT, $995), the Sunroof Package (RPO code ZL3, $795), and the LT Convenience Package (RPO code 6K5, $595).
As for the powertrain specs, the 2025 Chevy Trax introduces the new turbocharged 1.2L I3 LBP engine, which is compatible with E85 fuel, per a GM Authority exclusive. Output remains identical to that of the outgoing turbocharged 1.2L I3 LIH gasoline engine, rated at 137 horsepower and 162 pound-feet of torque. The GM six-speed automatic transmission remains standard, as does front-wheel drive. All-wheel drive is not offered.
The GM VSS-F vehicle set provides the underpinnings, while production takes place at the GM Changwon plant in South Korea.
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And still no power seat on the 2RS. Way to not listen to customers!
Do you really need power seats? You really can’t function without them? Seriously? You should be happy they’re manual. Less complicated crap to go wrong. We need more basic, simpler cars. GM is trying to sell a car that is affordable, therefore some options that aren’t even necessary get eliminated. Want luxuries, buy a Cadillac.
GM needs to be flooding the North American market with the Trax. As soon as they arrive, they are gone after a very short time. Figure out a way to increase inventory now. More ships, more trains, more haulers.
If they pump out too many they’ll have the same problem Nissan is having with the Rogue. It kills values when you saturate the market. A little pent up demand is a good thing.
How many customers? I bought the Activ because I didn’t like the huge chrome ‘X’ in the grille, not for the power seat. I set the seat in my driving position the day I bought it and haven’t moved it since. Didn’t need a power seat for that. There need to be some options that are trim-specific otherwise, what’s the point in offering different levels? They’d just sell one car with one configuration. How many Activ owners are complaining that they can’t have the 19-inch wheels from the 2RS? Probably not many, and that’s fine. Should the power seat be an option? Sure, why not, but then they raise the price. They still have to purchase all the seats just in case, they’ll want to cover that cost and they will by raising the base price accordingly….then we all complain that they raised the price. Buick offers the power seat on the Envista.
Went to the dealer intent on purchasing a trax rs 2 only to find out no power seat is available with the package. I ended up with the activ because of the power seat which makes a big difference. Why GM this makes no sense it should be standard on rs 2 also at least optional typical GM maybe 2026@
Want luxury? Get a Cadillac. This is an entry level vehicle intended to be affordable. Power seats??? You really can’t adjust a seat manually? This should be a blessing. Meaning, they’ll last forever without something going wrong.
Just curious but why does the power seat make a big difference? It’s the same seat as the manually adjustable one. I sat in both, they feel the same. It makes perfect sense to not offer every option on every trim of every model…..otherwise, why have different trims?
I drive my cars a long time, my ’13 model car has the manual seat, hasn’t been moved since. I “like” the fact that the head rest are adjustable, used to have to devise a way to bend the head rest post in a vise to make them move back a bit as to adjust to comfort. A fully adjustable “manual” seat, and adjustable head rest , yes. A power seat and a rigid head rest that isn’t adjustable … well you can’t electric adjust to make the head rest comfortable.
I’m happy GM didn’t raise the prices too much. The U.S. market is crying for affordable vehicles, and the Trax is one of the few affordable choices other than the Nissan Versa and Kicks and the Mitsubishi Mirage, and the Trax is better than those models. Ford promised the Maverick to be priced under 20K to start, but that promise has long since been broken.
And the Maverick just scored two more recalls. I’ve lost count.
Is the motor in the 2025 the same as the 2024
Yes and no. Yes, it’s a 1.2L 3 cylinder but now it’s E85 capable. It’s a perfectly fine engine, I love mine. Love the gnarly sound it makes and it’s way peppier than I thought it would be. Getting 30-34mpg. Not sure why they’d ever switch between model years, doesn’t make sense economically to do so and it’d have to get re-tested and recertified. That costs money, we would be paying that when they raised the starting price.
Yup
My 2024 1rs trax has a problem. when the lights are in auto mode, the daytime lights blink, the problem is intermittent, haven’t checked to see if the same is true with nighttime lights. I shut the auto mode off and no problem.
A friend took the time to breakdown the Trax models + service/problem issues. On on the models with the exception of the LS certain things like yours, and wireless phone connections, etc have been an issue. My friend is a former IBM product designer, Darrell found out about 8 months ago that “all” the Trax models get the very same Computer Chip (think CPU). The LS has about 50% less computer needs an rolls along trouble free, all other models from the 1LT up … things happen like the light issue. Have read on the Trax message boards that a company does offer a better chip/CPU that with labor cost around $450.00 w/labor … cures the problems.
There’s a Service Bulletin for this. Ours has the same issue. It’s the Ambient Light Sensor on top of the dashboard. It turns the lights on when it gets dark enough outside, and turns them off when it’s light enough, but it’s oversensitive to direct bright sunlight and can turn the lights back on when it’s really sunny out. The problem with this is that as soon as that direct sun is blocked by anything such as the shadow of a tree, a light pole, a building, an overpass, the lights immediately revert back to DRLs and people think you are flashing your lights at them.
Call your stealership and have them order the new sensor. They’ll call you back when it comes in to set up an appointment to swap out the part. It’s supposed to take less than an hour.
We have a 2020 Trax and we love it. It was affordable and has all the options we need. We’d like to get the newer model of Trax but it doesn’t come with AWD and that is a problem when you live where we have snow and ice. Why can’t they add that option? We would buy one in a heartbeat if they did. So now we have to look for a larger more expensive vehicle that comes with AWD that will be harder for us to afford. Such a disappointment. They had a good thing and effed it up royally IMHO.