Junkyard Gem: 2003 Chevrolet Tracker
When Normal Motors created the Geo model to promote autos designed and — in some circumstances — constructed by Japanese companions, the primary 4 fashions have been launched for the 1989 mannequin yr: the Metro (Suzuki Cultus), Prizm (Toyota Sprinter), Spectrum (Isuzu Gemini) and Tracker (Suzuki Sidekick). Geo obtained the axe in 1997, with the Metro, Prizm and Tracker turning into Chevrolets. Of these, the Tracker survived the longest, with U.S.-market gross sales persevering with into 2004. This is an instance of a really late Tracker, present in a North Carolina automotive graveyard lately.
The 1989-1997 first-generation Trackers have been primarily based on the Suzuki Sidekick, whereas the 1998-2004 Trackers had the Suzuki Vitaras (to not be confused with the a lot grander Grand Vitaras) as their siblings.
Manufacturing of those vans for the South American market (because the Chevrolet Vitara) continued in Ecuador during 2014. The Tracker identify has additionally gone onto some variations of the Chevrolet Trax around the globe.
This one is a base four-door arduous high/rear-wheel-drive mannequin, which had an MSRP of $17,330. That is about $29,789 in 2024 {dollars}.
You will discover one in each automotive. You will see.
The engine is a Suzuki 2.0-liter straight-four rated at 127 horsepower and 134 pound-feet.
A five-speed guide was base tools, however only a few American car consumers needed three pedals by the center 2000s. This truck has the Aisin four-speed automated.
It seems that somebody related to this truck graduated from Julius L. Chambers Excessive College final yr.
In the US, the Tracker was changed by the Saturn Vue.
If Tracker can deal with (unspecified Center Japanese nation), it could possibly survive the jungle again dwelling.
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