At the 2015 Chevrolet Trax‘s recent US launch, one reporter asked an engineer if another GM brand could get a version of the small crossover. The answer wasn’t “no.”
According to Mike Colias at Automotive News, the question of GMC getting a version got an “I think that is certainly possible,” response from Trax chief engineer Al Manzor.
Which is a touch surprising because the Buick-GMC division of GM already has the Buick Encore, itself twinned with the Opel/Vauxhall Mokka. It probably goes without saying that GM has discovered small crossovers and likes them and their profits.
But a GMC version of a vehicle there’s already a Buick and a Chevrolet version of screams of overlap. GM already has this with the Chevy Traverse, Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia, but I’ll let them slide on that a bit because that was an Old GM decision.
And what exactly is “Professional Grade” about a GMC version of a Chevy Trax? That may be the biggest knock against the idea.
What GM could be hinting at, however, is some sort of smaller GMC based off of a compact platform, which is a good idea. I’m just hoping its far and away different from the Trax/Encore/Mokka formula.
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