{"id":2245325,"date":"2026-11-08T23:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2245325"},"modified":"2026-11-08T23:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T20:25:00","slug":"2027-chevy-traxs-2000-price-increase-makes-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2245325","title":{"rendered":"2027 Chevy Trax&#8217;s $2,000 Price Increase Makes Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"columns-holder\">\n<div class=\"add-on-google-widget\">\n<div class=\"add-on-google-heading\">Add Jalopnik on Google:<\/div>\n<div class=\"add-on-google-buttons-row\">\n                    <button type=\"button\" class=\"add-on-google-btn\" id=\"preferred-source\">Preferred Source<\/button><br \/>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMXBneTRxX2Zw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"add-on-google-btn\" id=\"google-discover\">Google Discover<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s always a bummer to see a cheap car get more expensive, even if it still remains a relatively cheap vehicle, and that just happened to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jalopnik.com\/2024-chevrolet-trax-crossover-jalopnik-review-1851189362\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Chevy Trax<\/a>.\u00a0The sub-compact crossover is getting a $2,000 price increase to go along with its facelift for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jalopnik.com\/2281637\/2027-chevrolet-trax-trailblazer-z71-updates-gray-color\/\" target=\"_blank\">the 2027 model year<\/a>, and I&#8217;m here to tell you that it actually makes sense. You can relax. It&#8217;s OK.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Trax might cost 8.5% more than it did a year ago, now starting at $25,495 (including destination) for the base LT trim, but a big chunk of that increase comes from the fact that the previous base model, the LS, has been dropped, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/caranddriver.com\/news\/a74347624\/2027-chevrolet-trax-pricing-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Car and Driver<\/em><\/a>. Chevy has trimmed the Trax&#8217;s vast lineup from five trim levels to three. In any case, along with the new entry-spec LT, the Activ and\u00a0RS trims (now condensed into one trim versus the old 1RS and 2RS) will soldier on, both starting at $28,295.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I doubt anyone was really buying the old base Trax LS, anyway. People have standards. Everyone likes to talk about how much they enjoy a cheap vehicle, but at the end of the day, very few base-model vehicles actually get sold. Far more often than not, buyers will go for mid-grade trims on cheap cars, because nobody wants to be traveling around in a tin can, even if it is a good value.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The added money and higher base trim also means there&#8217;s more equipment that comes as standard on the 2027 Trax. Chevy&#8217;s given it a relatively handsome facelift with new headlights and all-LED taillights, which is worth a few bucks if you ask me, but there&#8217;s also plenty of other features that now come as standard. Inside, there&#8217;s now a standard 11-inch digital gauge cluster and 11.3-inch center infotainment screen running <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jalopnik.com\/gms-google-built-in-is-glitchy-requires-a-subscription-1851632337\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google Built-in<\/a>. This seems like a vast improvement over the analog gauges of the old LS, for sure. Hell, even the higher-end Trax only had an 8-inch gauge cluster before.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-holder embedded gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image lazyload\" src=\"image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" alt=\"2027 Chevy Trax RS interior\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.jalopnik.com\/img\/uploads\/embed\/it-FRM4vN-1793985512.jpg\" border=\"0\"><span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Chevrolet<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The little crossover also has automatic intersection emergency braking, automated reverse braking, front park assist, rear cross-traffic braking, rear seatbelt indicator, safety seat alert and side bicyclist alert. All in all, that&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jalopnik.com\/2024-chevrolet-trax-all-the-car-you-need-for-under-30-1850539828\/\" target=\"_blank\">not a bad deal for a car that starts under $25,500<\/a>, and if you agree with my sentiment, Chevy says the 2027 Trax will be available sometime in the spring of 2027. I know, it&#8217;s a shame when a car gets more expensive, but usually it just happens because an automaker thinks of a bigger number. At least this time, there&#8217;s a good reason behind it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover It&#8217;s always a bummer to see a cheap car get more expensive, even if it still remains a relatively cheap vehicle, and that just happened to the Chevy Trax.\u00a0The sub-compact crossover is getting a $2,000 price increase to go along with its facelift for the 2027 model [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,247],"class_list":["post-2245325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-jalopnik-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2245325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2245325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2245325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2245325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}