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When I got the idea for this site, it was essentially to have fun blogging about my Tracker. As I started, I soon saw that the Tracker basically is a ……………… Suzuki, re-badged as a GM, Pontiac, Chevy and God only knows what else.

There’s actually a couple of items in Wikipedia that try to trace some of the history of this little beast:

Chevy Tracker – Click Here
Suzuki Jimny – Click Here
Suzuki Escudo – Click Here – This article has a great timeline.

The bottom line is that it’s almost impossible to follow all the badge changes over time and basically, whether we’re talking about:

an Escudo, a Jimny, a Samurai, Sidekick, Vitara, Grand Vitara or Tracker, they’re pretty much identical across badges, at least up until 2004 when the trackers lost the convertible model.

Since I’m now including some videos of the breed, don’t be surprised to see some of the Suzuki variants. The important thing isn’t the badge, but the fum mini-SUV behind it!

Make it a great one

MarcL

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The Beginning

To make a long story short, my first look at one of these little beasties was in Fuerteventura wheb I rented a Suzuki Jimny. It was a blast, but vacation ended and I quickly forgot about it.

Fast forward a few years and I decided that I wanted a summer fun car and started out looking for a sports car. One thing led to another, and I remembered the Jimny. That`s when I forgot about a sports car, started looking for a Jimny. At first I wondered if we had these things in Canada and to my surprise found out we had the ChevyTracker and Geo Trackers, as well as the Suzuki variants (mainly the Sidekick and the Vitara).

That was it! A bit of searching and I wound up with the 2003 Chevy Tracker that you see up above on the right. Not quite a sports car right?

But it`s great and, I get to use it in the Canadian winters. Now, that`s cool.

Hope you like the site and find it useful.

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