Ugh… Please stop making cars with Altezza lights!

I see they kept the LAME long bar in the front. Its been around since 80s. MOVE ON!!! Shorten it. Like the new Tahoe’s bar.

This is the poor man’s Trailblazer SS. (The Trailblazer, which it shouldnt have been made in first place with the WORST and TACKIEST interior in the world!!)

i like this car the way it is….wouldn’t buy it though. But when they try to update it (it’s gonna be hideous!)

oh and another thing….. why do Chevy wait 3 to 5 years after they are out before making a SS package?? Isnt the Equinox due for a redesign next year??? Another LAME move by GM!!

this looks kinda nice i like the dash!

hehehehehe… Equinox…. Sport….. hahahahaha… now with extra mom power….hehehehe

They should darken the headlights and taillights. I know they offer the darkened taillights as an option now, which I think looks pretty cool. Oh and S-60, this isn’t an SS…for now, it’s just a ‘Sport’ package (single ‘S’). They’d need to cram in more than just a 3.6 to call it an SS, although 0-60 in under 7 isn’t bad.

at least they offer a sports package rather than ford ohh wait fords ganna offer a station wagon mustang i forgot my bad!

Chevy…it’s “going to,” not ganna. You’re not showing much intellectual ability with your postings as of late.

Of course, that might explain why you like Chevy’s.

Not bad. I like the exhausts. I used to hate the “altezza” style lights, but they’ve grown on me. Done right, they just look more defined, instead of the usual red/yellow/white blob of yesteryear.

Hey at least they knew it didnt deserve an SS badge. It ought to have a 300 horse V8, a lowered stance, trailblazer-SS style suspension setup, smoked out non-altezza taillights, dual exhausts, 19″ wheels, and the front fascia off this one with those new trademark SS silver-scoops.

bravo on the six-speed auto with manual mode though… beats the hell out of a 4-speed, definatly a detail that wont go unnoticed with buyers.

Its a step in the right directions, and gives the model a little more oomph before they redesign it. Special editions and things like this usually come toward a models end to help boost sales.

I thought white was the new black?

It looks great, but reminds me of the 80s when everything sporty and/or expensive was black.

BTW: Chrome wheels are dead and have been lame since the day they came out.

THOSE WHEELS ARE NOT CHROME THEY ARE POLISHED SMART GUY.

Did I miss a memo or something? Since when have chrome wheels been out? Granted, some cars just shouldn’t wear chrome rims, but given the right balance of style, they can make a car look sharp. BTW, this seems kind of excessive for just a ‘Special Edition’ package before a redesign…I doubt they would throw this package together and redesign the darn thing for the next model year. But I could be wrong.

moogleii- I like the exhausts too…I just hope they make it to production.

leozug

I think most of us are commenting on its stylistics and horsepower improvements as opposed to its actual value which is small, perhaps tiny, most likely miniscule.

So what’s the point? So you’de buy a rollerskate if it had polished rims and sport exhaust? The american consumer needs to step up and tell the automakers that we want quality products. Not just recycled garbage that they give a “sport” badge. If you tuner kids want that crap, be my guest, because that’s all you’re gonna get. Keep buying their meat-stangs and sport-utility-god-knows-whats. We (not me) get stiff over the stupit **** so that’s all they’ll ever give. Example: Mustang Wagon? Point made.

A welcome improvement to the Equinox. The first one was merely “OK”, but with the redone radio, 3.6, and 6 speed this could actually be a very viable option if the price is right. GM is finally starting to get things right.

sweet…another over weight, over priced gas guzzler that will likely have 8,000 of incentives on it in 3months. i wonder why foreing companys done build cars/trucks like this…who will the rental car companys by from!?

Since this vehicle is being redesigned now is the time to bring out the new powertrain package. When the new vehicle gets here less bugs to work out.

leozug, can you name the plant manager? please try. For one thing there has not been a Chevy plant for about 30 years. Things change.

chris2- I agree…this thing has always been underpowered, especially the “Built for Action” Torrent…it’s great to see some improvements. I just wonder how the new Equinox will look. My guess is it will lose the angry, squinty look for some cues from the new Silverado.

YourNameHere. I think you are a little mistaken. While I won’t disgree that making SUV’s isn’t the greatest idea in the longrun, they are being made because companies are banking on the high profitability before gas goes up. You really think foreign companies are completely done making big SUV’s?

Newly Redesigned Cayenne (with, guess what? MORE POWER)
New Audi Q7
New BIGGER Cr-v
New BIGGER Rav4
New Mercedes Rclass
New Redesigned Mclass
New Redesigned Gclass
New FJ Cruiser

….shall I go on? Almost all of these SUV’s are either bigger/heavier or have more power. The point is companies are doing it to make that extra bit of cash. By saying that GM is stupid for doing so is retarded on your part. You should be looking at the industry in itself.

i’m right though. show me where it says europe’s sales are rising by double digit percentages and i’ll drop that part of my argument.

by any chances do YOU drive a lifted, gas wasting, ego-mobile? i’ll tell you right now since i know your gonna ask. i drive a 2000 sentra. so far it’s been a good car. i can’t sell it and get a hybrid or electric because i can’t afford it. I drive reasonably. i ride my bike when i can. i have no body kits, rims, or stupid exhaust tips. i’m going to school to be an automotive designer to be part of the solution. what are you doing besides supporting the problem? i’m not on a horse. we have a global problem. do you disagree? are we running out of oil? is there REALLY a need for SUVs and trucks? support the problem and they’ll keep providing it.

i think the blue interior lighting is very nice

Leozug, at no point did I ever say that it was a good idea to make them. Nor did I say they should be around or even defended how good the equinox is. If you reread my comment, you’ll see that I did say that the problem is industry wide. However, I completely agree that american companies are pouring wayyyyy too much into SUVs. I wasn’t giving an excuse as to why they should make them, I was merely giving an explanation as to why they are doing it. Btw, ford isn’t losing billions each year purely because of their drop in SUV sales. They have been a hurting puppy for over ten years. It wasn’t until recently that SUV sales went down. Their losses are mainly due to their healthcare costs and labor costs.

Lame. This is lame. It’s a half asses SS, and well, SS’s are half assed performance cars to begin with, so do the math and well, this ain’t really at the top of my list.

Good move, GM, but I’m still annoyed that there’s no Diesel engine available in any of your small/mid-size SUV’s…

It’s great to have dreams and be passionate about them. But not everything in life is one way or the other, there are always compromises.
You wish to become an auto designer and be part of the solution. But what if the company that employs you tells you to design a truck. Are you gonna quit?

And ‘is there really a need for suv or truck’- yes, I need a truck for my business- an Echo, a Fit, a Sentra won’t do.

By the way, the Chevy’s instrument panel is very good looking.

This isnt even a gas guzzling SUV so why are people complaining? This will probably get 25mpg on the highway which is comparable to other SUVS of this size. Why would anyone with a thread of common sense be bashing this SUV as harmful to the environment? what about the RDX, CX-7, Edge, etc.? They are in the same size range and get similar mileage and yet they aren’t made by GM.

“Gm isn’t stupid for making money. their stupid for putting all of their eggs in one basket and not preparing for the future. that’s why they are always behind the ball. that’s why they are allways falling. go ahead argue. you know it’s true.”

Anyone making a statement like that is clueless. Try catching up on GM’s product plans. Arent their any knowledgable environmentalists out there? It would be nice if you were on top of the subject at hand before making silly posts. GM is being more aggressive about hybrids than anyone other than Toyota. They have four models coming out next year alone and more in 2008. Get a clue.

So basically this is just an Equinox running the V6 that is already in the Suzuki XL7 and slated for the upcoming Saturn Vue Red Line?

leozug.. your stupid. not everyone has your life. i drive a silverado because a stupid sentra can’t haul my motorcycles. i don’t drive a stupid sentra because it can’t carry all my tools and equipment i use for work… and i don’t drive a stupid sentra because i prefer my ‘01 e46.

Die Leozug Die, or at least be interested in something you know about. you might know alot about matchbox cars but i think you should stay away from the real deal.

Why, oh, WHY is leozug even on here? He hates gas-guzzling cars and trucks and praises his eco-friendly Sentra. C’mon, this place is for auto enthusiasts, not tree-huggers. Leozug pines for a hybrid or an electric. Woo hoo. Where does electricity come from? Coal-burning power plants!

I don’t think being an auto designer is gonna be a part of any solution anyway. I think if leozug wants to solve our oil addiction problem, he should be an engineer of some sort. We already can make aerodynamic cars. We need new technology to increase fuel economy or develop alternate fuels. That is a separate field from “automotive design.”

Oh, and as far as the Equinox goes, well, I just gotta get me one! A front-drive (okay, 4×4 is available), souped up, entry level SUV! This is not one of the new GM’s better ideas, but they will sell a few I guess.

leozug, are you posting on behalf of the Cuban government by any chance? (You probably won’t get that.) And, since I don’t feel like searching for it now, I will just say that ’someone’ wrote “gas-guzzling SUVs are an American thing”… so where is all of the unrestrained anger towards the foreign companies making massive profits by flooding American streets with them? You are nothing more than drones and don’t even realize it.

The Equinox is a miserable ride. I got one as a rental when my SRX was in for a computer module replacment (And my first brake job at 10k miles…). It had 150 miles on it and the pile of crap wobbled and clopped down the road like a mid Eighties Ford Bronco. The check engine light was on for the 2 days that I had it.

Couldn’t wait to give it back to Avis/Hertz or whomever that pile of crap came from but I was soo happy to get back into my Caddy.

leozug, I didn’t comment because I wasn’t online. For the record I drive a Thunderbird SC. It has a 3.8L Supercharged V6 and with my heavy foot gets about 250 miles on an 18 gallon tank. I drive it because I love the sound the engine makes and it puts a smile on my face. I’m a systems administrator and use it to support my addiction to cars .

Heres a quote I found from typing in “Europe SUV sales”:

“The attacks come as SUV sales are rising in Europe. According to the Association des Constructeurs Européens d’Automobiles, Europe’s leading car and truck trade association, the share of SUV registrations in European Union countries has more than doubled, from 3.2 percent in 1998 to 6.5 percent at the end of last year.”

You also state that cars average 21 mpg today when the model T averaged 25 mpg. Would you also like to compare the fire power of a P-51 to that of an F-16? The model T didn’t have side curtain airbags, it didn’t have anti-lock brakes, traction control, leather seats, CD players, A/C, power windows, power locks, stability control, duel zone climate control, seating for 7, not to mention any of the complex computer systems that cars have today. I’m also willing to bet my entire years salary that in a crash with say….a Kia Rio its passengers would fare worse at 35mph.

Regardless I’m done with this conversation. Neither you nor I are going to change the minds of each other, so lets agree to disagree and leave it at that.

i dont think you can lump the Audi, Porsche, MB or any luxury SUV into this group…if someone can afford a 50k, 60k, 70k, 100k SUV they they dont look at the MPG sticker. also the Toyota/Honda SUVs are not nearly a big of a chunk of sales as this will be (hope to be).

What frustrates me, GM could have divirted this R&D money into makeing the Aveo or Cobalt better. Everyone who watches the auto market see the the Big 2.5 say “yea yea we know things are going bad, we will work on it” then they turn out this BS.

imagine what the cobalt would be if it had the R&D money like the GMT trucks/SUVS

No one will read this but, car manufacturers sell SUVs because the market demands them. If you want change, you have to change the buyers.

becuase the market USE to demand them. not saying they wont sell them anymore but at the number as they once did…GM/FORD/DCX dont see to understand

becuase the market USE to demand them. not saying they wont sell them anymore but at the number as they once did…GM/FORD/DCX dont see to understand

Altezza lights were cool… in 2000. Why they ever put them on this in the beginning is beyond me. They should have ended it with this new model.

right on “your name here.”

YourNameHere, why not lump those high-priced foreign SUVs into the group? (I noticed you didn’t mention the American Escalade -the #1 luxury SUV seller). The point isn’t whether new SUV buyers will be able to afford their gas or not (”if someone can afford a 50k, 60k, 70k, 100k SUV they they dont look at the MPG sticker”). Also, consider the decline in minivan sales which is why many companies have diverted energy to fortify their closest offering. And, because YOU would like to see R&D diverted from one vehicle to another is not a case for doing so.

I’m complaining because the Equinox to begin with is an all around pretty bad car, that’s basically an accepted opinion by everyone everywhere, it just doesn’t compare at ALL to the competition. So sorry if my passion isn’t jumpstarted by a psuedo-sporty version of an unfortunately poorly made car.

It’s about bloody time.

however chevy490, the interior is, as most garbage GM products are, using the SAME center console as dozens of other vehicles. It lacks originality because it is being used on everything in GM’s stable

More GM for ya. Swap out the motor in hopes that buyers don’t realize the rest of the car is ****.

Is the engine still made in China???