When General Motors created the Geo brand to sell vehicles designed and — in some cases — built by Japanese partners, the primary 4 models were introduced for the 1989 model 12 months: the Metro (Suzuki Cultus), Prizm (Toyota Sprinter), Spectrum (Isuzu Gemini) and Tracker (Suzuki Sidekick). Geo got the axe in 1997, with the Metro, Prizm and Tracker becoming Chevrolets. Of those, the Tracker survived the longest, with U.S.-market sales continuing into 2004. Here’s an example of a really late Tracker, present in a North Carolina automobile graveyard recently.
The 1989-1997 first-generation Trackers were based on the Suzuki Sidekick, while the 1998-2004 Trackers had the Suzuki Vitaras (to not be confused with the much grander Grand Vitaras) as their siblings.
Production of those trucks for the South American market (because the Chevrolet Vitara) continued in Ecuador all over 2014. The Tracker name has also gone onto some versions of the Chevrolet Trax world wide.
This one is a base four-door hard top/rear-wheel-drive model, which had an MSRP of $17,330. That is about $29,789 in 2024 dollars.
You will find one in every automobile. You will see.
The engine is a Suzuki 2.0-liter straight-four rated at 127 horsepower and 134 pound-feet.
A five-speed manual was base equipment, but only a few American vehicle shoppers wanted three pedals by the center 2000s. This truck has the Aisin four-speed automatic.
It seems that someone related to this truck graduated from Julius L. Chambers High School last 12 months.
In the USA, the Tracker was replaced by the Saturn Vue.
If Tracker can handle (unspecified Middle Eastern country), it could actually survive the jungle back home.
Siempre contigo.
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