1999 Chevrolet Tracker - Expert Reviews
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We have scoured the web for expert reviews of this car and found the best ones for you to read. Found 10 reviews. This list is displayed in ranked order based the reviews we think are the best.| Ranking | Details |
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1999 chevrolet tracker Professional Edmunds ReviewSource: Edmunds...All have an improved, two-piece "easy opening'' top that opens up the front section, rear section or both to the sun. Dealer-installed "Exterior Accessory Packages" can also be added to custom-tailor your Tracker for more serious on- or off-road duty, if you so desire. New this year is a 2.0-liter, 16-valve DOHC four-cylinder engine that is standard on the four-door and optional on convertibles. It puts out 127 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and 134 foot-pounds of torque at 3,000 revs through a five-speed manual or optional four-speed automatic transmission. The base motor on the two-door is a... |
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1999 Chevrolet Tracker Professional Cars.com ReviewSource: Cars.com...Chevy engineers spent considerable time making the seats comfortable. They also gave the Tracker some standard items, such as automatic headlights and a pollen filter in the air conditioning system, that can't be had on competitive vehicles. Although the '99 Tracker is all new and much better, and even though the market is strong for small sport-utilities, success is not guaranteed. The Tracker name doesn't exactly have a lot of luster, so why keep it? ``We thought about that,'' said Scheidt from his office in Detroit. ``We went through and looked at the awareness of the Tracker name and... |
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1999 Chevrolet Tracker Professional Cars.com ReviewSource: Cars.com...Makes me wonder what the "base" model looks and drives like without the "amenities." I mentioned the engine. What I didn't talk about was the unsteady feeling you get when driving this short-wheelbase vehicle. At freeway speeds, the two-door Tracker gives you the impression of riding a roller coaster. And don't try to take a turn too fast. You can almost feel the outside wheels lifting. She: I think you're being a little too harsh. For the audience - not a spoiled forty-something like you who went ga-ga this week over the rear footrests in the $69,000 BMW 740iL - it's decent enough. Lienert... |
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1999 Chevrolet Tracker Professional Cars.com ReviewSource: Cars.com...The other is Grand Vitara/Tracker's full-fledged four -wheel-drive system, a rugged Jeep-like system with low range for tackling the tough stuff. Toyota and Honda make do with carlike all-wheel-drive systems that are limited in off-highway usefulness. In an afternoon's four-wheeling with the Grand Vitara - nothing terribly challenging, mostly rocky trails with a few stints in high-range four-wheel drive - the Suzuki was well-controlled and comfortable, in spite of small dimensions. The ride was firm and rattle-free, handling well on the switchbacks and easily controlled on loose surfaces. And... |
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1999 Chevrolet Tracker Professional Cars.com ReviewSource: Cars.com...The new engine didn't seem as harsh as the older one, the optional four-speed automatic transmission was reasonably smooth, the body was tight and quiet, and wind noise wasn't pronounced enough to be annoying. The four-door is a wonderful urban car for the same reason it's an off-road ace: Because its mere 160-inch length makes it highly maneuverable. Because its chief competitors -- the Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4 and Subaru Forester -- are also pretty stubby customers, the Tracker doesn't have much of an off-road maneuverability edge on them. But it is a much better off-roader by virtue of its... |
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1999 Chevrolet Tracker Professional Cars.com ReviewSource: Cars.com...The seats are firm and gave good support without any pain after long drives. The steering tilts, power windows/locks/mirrors and A/C are all available. The center console has a lot of little nooks and crannies to store things. But there's no center armrest. Some interior material felt inexpensive, not surprising in a four- wheel-drive vehicle that starts at $15,000. But the door handles are outright flimsy and seem destined to break before the payment book runs out. Rear seat room didn't seem like much at first glance, considering this vehicle's length. But it proved adequately roomy. The... |
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1999 Chevrolet Tracker Professional Cars.com ReviewSource: Cars.com...Standard in the convertible is a 1.6-liter (96 cubic inch), single overhead cam 16-valve engine that puts out 90-horsepower and 100 foot-pounds of torque. In two-wheel drive form, the two-door weighs 2,596 pounds. considerably lighte r than the 2,860 carried by the hardtop. So with a manual five-speed gearbox onboard the convertible Tracker with the optional dual cam engine should be a scampering set of wheels. With the 2.0-liter engine, both the four-door and two-door and four-door are available with a four-speed automatic. With the convertible's 1.6 engine, only the five-speed manual is... |
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1999 Chevrolet Tracker Professional Cars.com ReviewSource: Cars.com...Must-add options are anti-lock brakes at $595, though ABS should be standard in any vehicle meant to travel on lousy roads or where there are no roads; the convenience package at $730, which includes power windows/mirrors/locks and keyless entry; and rear-window wiper/washer at $125, which pays for itself in just one snow storm. You can pass on the tilt steering wheel at $145, cruise control at $175, and roof rack at $126 and apply the savings to the ABS. Noteworthy standard equipment on the '99 Tracker includes a spare tire mounted low on the rear swing-out door so as not to obstruct... |
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1999 Chevrolet Tracker Professional Cars.com ReviewSource: Cars.com...You don't want to get caught in the rain with the top down. It took me at least 15 minutes to put the top up. However, the Tracker does have one nifty feature related to the convertible top. The front half unlatches and flips back; the opening is not unlike a sunroof. For a two-door, the Tracker offers respectable rear seat room. Two adults can sit back there in reasonable comfort. Or, you can remove the headrests and fold the seat forward and use the added space for cargo. Generally, the front part of the Tracker is an OK place to be. The cloth bucket seats are firm and moderately... |
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1999 Chevrolet Tracker Professional Cars.com ReviewSource: Cars.com...Chevy first sol d the Tracker in 1990. For the 1999 model year, it comes as either a two-door convertible or a four-door hardtop. The two-door has an anemic 97-horsepower, 1.6-liter four as the standard motor. The 2.0-liter four is standard in the four-door model and an available option on the two-door version. Priced from $15,935, the four-door Tracker is among the cheapest four-wheel-drives on the market. That's $1,800 less than the RAV4 and nearly $3,000 cheaper than the CR-V four-door, four-wheel-drive base models. However, our test vehicle needed nearly $5,000 in options to get it up to... |
