Well, this is gonna be interesting. My first car was a 2008 Saturn Aura XE (bought pre-owned with 390 miles on the odometer), which I absolutely hated due to some persistent mechanical issues, therefore trading out of it after I finished paying for it only to get into a 2011 Camaro LT RS(Cyber Gray-6 cylinder). That was definitely not a practical vehicle, being more so a hot-wheel for the summer months, and for someone more affluent...financial-wise. I loved the Camaro, it was sporty and it turned heads in the good-old days, but I needed something more friendly to my budget...in many ways.
Somehow I happened by a Chevy dealership outside of town and fell in love with a 2012 Equinox LT (remote start, sun-roof, back-up camera). That thing had everything I needed and then some, and even though it was a 2.4 L4, it was so freaking thirsty, probably more-so than the Camaro. I had to use the "ECO" button on that SUV to cut-down on fuel consumption a bit...I have no idea if that actually worked though! For whatever reason I still felt like that purchase had not been a financially-sound decision on my part, therefore I walked into another Chevy dealership a year later and walked out with a Chevrolet Sonic LS (automatic), bare-bones and all, but the car was amazing on the road! What I loved the most was the dashboard. It was just...different. I hadn't seen anything like it, at least anything I could honestly compare it to! The year before I got rid of the Equinox I remember googling "Chevy Equinox 2017" in google-images, and the results brought up a couple of photos displaying the Chevy Trax. I found out more about the Chevrolet Trax, and became more interested as I was digging around. At that time it seemed the Trax was staying in it's current market, which was outside the U.S, which was not good for me...as I wanted that to be my possible next vehicle. During the fall of 2014 I found out Chevrolet finally caved and they decided to move some of their Trax market over here, therefore by December it was confirmed that some dealerships would have available some of these units for test-drive.
Unfortunately I couldn't make it into one for a test-drive until January 22, it was then I saw my first Trax in person and decided on three different trims: LS, LS AWD, and LT FWD. The LS AWD felt a bit too heavy, so there was zero-quick acceleration! The LT was too expensive for what it actually was, which is a tiny car with remote start and a back-up camera. The backup camera came standard on all trims of the Trax, as did the USB-port connectivity, 7" tap-screen, and the 1.4 L4 turbo engine...my first turbo engine! After test-driving the chosen trims and seeing the dashboard...I JUST COULDN'T LEAVE WITHOUT IT! So I financed mine then and there.
I have no actual ware-and-tear info to report since I only use my Trax for work-commute and the occasional trip to the bike-trail in the forest-preserve, ten minutes away from my place. I don't carry anything in my Trax (i fyou count groceries as something), or anyone other than myself...so there is no info there either. If it's spacious or not, I have no clue as I only use the driver-side seat. So far I cannot report on actual reliability for the vehicle either due to the fact I only have about 6,617 miles on it, that is yet to come!
In other words, the only reason I bought the Trax was for the dashboard and it's SUV qualities, nothing more...I REALLY LOVE MY TRAX!