Oh, it looks a little cuter, but that was never really a problem with the old one. In the most important areas, like comfort, safety, performance and ease of use, this new Tracker two-door is a dud. It's almost like they're two different vehicles made by two different companies. I can enthusiastically recommend the hardtop. It felt solid and quiet, where the two-door convertible is noisy, feels flimsy and is not very refined.
Somebody needs an analyst's couch.
And I remembered how coarse and anemic the engine in our test vehicle felt. It always seemed to be working too hard and making too much racket. It doesn't seem to make much difference. And fuel economy for a vehicle this tiny is inadequate, at 22 miles per gallon in the city and only 25 on the highway. You could make the argument that it's irrelevant, especially for the buyer demographic, which I suspect likes to blast Limp Bizkit on the CD player.