2026 Chevy Trax: What $21,700 Buys, and What It Cannot
The 2026 Chevy Trax starts at $21,700, or $23,495 delivered, after a price rise. Five trims, one engine, no all-wheel drive, and unresolved litigation over that engine.
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The 2026 Chevy Trax starts at $21,700, or $23,495 delivered, after a price rise. Five trims, one engine, no all-wheel drive, and unresolved litigation over that engine.
Read moreThe 2026 Chevy Trax has five trims at three prices. LS is $21,700, 1RS and LT both cost $23,200, and 2RS and ACTIV both cost $25,400. What separates each pair.
Read moreNo 2026 Chevy Trax offers all-wheel drive. The first-generation car did through 2022, which is why the question persists. What to buy instead, and what it costs.
Read moreFive of six import rivals to the Chevy Trax offer all-wheel drive for $1,200 to $1,500. Only the Hyundai Venue matches its front-drive-only limit, and it costs less.
Read moreThe Buick Envista shares the Chevy Trax's engine and wheelbase, costs more, and holds 12 fewer cubic feet. Complaint data shows the engine's record travels too.
Read moreThe 2026 Chevy Equinox is 4.6 inches longer than the Trax with 9.4 more cubic feet of cargo, costs $5,600 more at matched trim, and offers AWD the Trax cannot.
Read moreThe 2026 Chevy Trax is longer than the Trailblazer and costs less, but only the Trailblazer offers all-wheel drive. Specs, pricing and complaint data compared.
Read moreYear-by-year Chevy Trax reliability from 2015 to 2026, including why no 2023 model exists, the control arm recalls covering 2015-2019, and the engine change.
Read moreA federal class action and 210 NHTSA complaints describe connecting rod failures, oil loss and fires in the Chevy Trax 1.2L turbo three-cylinder engine.
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