![]() We also never got comfortable in the seats. Do you remember your Big Wheel? Well, if it were dark gray, that’s what the dashboard and door panels feel like. The inside of the Trax harkens back to the 1990’s, with hard plastic everywhere. You can really hear it croaking away whenever you accelerate. The car itself isn’t terribly noisy, but the engine is. The transmission shifts were also jerkier than in other cars we’ve driven recently, especially under moderate to hard acceleration.It was hard to drive smoothly, and we’d rate it as an annoyance. Passengers are likely to complain about your driving. And then when the turbo kicks in a few seconds later, it jerks you forward. The problem is that it’s not a very powerful engine, so you step on the gas, and it makes a bunch of noise and pulls you forward. ![]() ![]() And it brings back turbo lag, 1980’s style. The Trax uses a 1.4 liter, turbo charged engine. It’s a small car, but two adults would have no trouble sitting in the back. The heating and ventilation have large, easy to use knobs, and Apple Car Play turns a mediocre touch screen experience into a pretty decent one. But we’re talking about the interior controls. OK, that doesn’t sound right in a car review. When we added in some highway, it took our average up to about 26mpg. When driving in the city, we were getting about 20 mpg. There are far more expensive cars that come with less. While we wish it had automatic emergency braking, that’s still a good pile of safety features for not a ton of money. The total MSRP, including destination charges was $27,290. While it’s hard to see out the back, our Trax Premier (with the $295 Driver Confidence II Package) came with blind spot monitoring, forward collision alert, lane departure warning, cross traffic alert, and a back up camera. Out back, it’s hopeless, but to the front and front-sides, where you’re looking most of the time, visibility is quite good. That makes you feel like you can see well. Despite the huge, triangular bases at the bottoms of the A pillars, the windshield is large and somewhat upright, and the front windows are big, too. It’s a compact hatchback that’s higher off the ground. You get the higher ride height, room for four, and some cargo space, but the Trax itself is very modest in size, making it easy to maneuver and super easy to park.
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