Geo is without doubt one of the many marques Common Motors has kicked to the curb over time, however as right now’s Good Value or No Cube Tracker proves, there’s nonetheless some life left within the merchandise of that moribund model. Let’s see how a lot you would possibly pay to reside with it.
Discovering a four-leaf clover is a famously uncommon and supposedly luck-imbuing incidence. Coming throughout an affordable however seemingly stable 2000 Saab 9-3 Viggen, like we noticed yesterday, is nearly as fortunate and much more pleasant after the actual fact. Our Viggen had quite a lot of miles beneath its belt and the vendor’s warning that the paint wasn’t a lot to jot down residence about, however at simply $3,950, none of that mattered to the overwhelming majority of you. The consequence was a stable 85 % Good Value win.
American automakers—historically the “Huge 3” however now just about the “Mid-2”—have lengthy seen wily imports encroach upon their market share. Every firm tried to create domestic-built rivals to those interlopers, however, ultimately, an “if you happen to can’t beat ‘em, import ‘em your self” technique appeared to be the selection made by every.
Within the case of Common Motors, that meant a complete new division—Geo—which served as a catchall for a lineup of automobiles and vehicles constructed by three separate companions at factories across the globe. Geo pale into historical past after a couple of decade of existence however was outlived by its most profitable fashions, all of which had been re-branded as Chevrolets earlier than finally dying off as effectively.
This 1995 Geo Tracker is a kind of profitable fashions. Simply three years after it hit the streets, all ensuing fashions had been bought as Chevrolets. Whatever the badge on the grille, the Tracker was a Suzuki product constructed on the GM/Suzuki joint-venture plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada. The badging might need mentioned Geo—and later Chevrolet—however there was little else to tell apart the mannequin from the Suzuki Sidekick upon which it was based mostly.
Whereas additionally out there as a four-door wagon and hard-top, this Tracker is the cute-ute convertible. That’s in all probability probably the most fascinating version to have, and this one is made all of the extra enticing by being capped with a two-piece fiberglass hardtop. The 2-door rides on an amazingly quick 86.6-inch wheelbase and solely clocks in at a tad over 11 ft general.
That makes the Tracker a simple automobile to maneuver and park. Its dimension additionally made it a terrific automobile to tow behind an RV, permitting for run-around shenanigans on the KOA when you’d arrange camp. That appears to have been a part of this one’s M.O., because it has a tow bar connection on the entrance along with a hitch mount within the again. In response to the advert, it’s accomplished 180,000 miles, however there’s no information about what number of of these had been accomplished as an also-ran to an RV.
A ton of little work has been accomplished to maintain this Tracker… effectively, on observe. These efforts embody new paint, recent entrance axle bearings, door handles, entrance tires, headlamps, and a gasoline pump. The vendor avers that, consequently, that is the best-looking Tracker presently in the marketplace.
It does look fairly stable, and the respray seems effectively accomplished. Inside, issues are additionally tidy and clear. It is a 4WD Tracker, which implies the high-low leaver for the switch case falls readily at hand between the splendidly ’90s-patterned material bucket entrance seats. These wheels are spun by a 96-horsepower fuel-injected 1.6-liter 4, mated to a five-speed guide transmission. That combo ought to provide affordable miles per gallon when not relying on an RV doing its work.
Per the advert’s description, the A/C is chilly, and the title is obvious. The worth tag for this potential RV accent is $7,700, and it’s now incumbent upon you to guage each the truck and that value. What do you assume? Is that this Geo value that form of money? Or does this Tracker’s value lose the scent?
You resolve!
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