How does the base-spec turbocharged Holden Trax, the LS, hold up in a bustling market ... which has come to be accepted to mean that a vehicle is actually sporty and off-road capable, is misleading.

It's not the roughest, toughest ute in the marker. Nor is it the smoothest ... chirping away every time you take your eyes off the road, sometimes even for a second. Holden's three year/100,000km ...