Excellent build quality, fun purple color and silver trim adds character. High quality grey leather interior, very comfortable to drive and ride in as a passenger. Great quality speaker/stereo system. Took this car road tripping across the US and back with great gas mileage, about 35mpg. Has made the trip to and from Florida several times. Handles New England weather at all times of year very steadily. Always feels comfortable, safe to drive. Fun on highways and VT back roads. Older model sometimes causes superficial electronics issues, such as radio display malfunctions, lighting panel problems. On-Star and XM radio cost extra...A downside. Can accommodate a rooftop rack, but can store portable fridge, coolers, tents, camping gear, passengers, suitcases, and pets very comfortably for long periods of time. Bought used, still drives like new after over 170,000 miles.

We had nothing but problems with this vehicle. We bought it used. When we test drove it, we could tell that there was a coolant leak: the whole cabin smelled sickly sweet of burn-off coolant. We negotiated the price down relative to this. The build quality on the interior was ok -- your standard Chevy options. But the thing ran like a literal first test vehicle ever made. It guzzled gas, ran rich with oil, we could never get the coolant leak under control. It male all sorts of clicks and rattles. Then it started slipping gears. I've never had an automatic vehicle that slipped gears before. You would be going fine, doing 30mph on a clear side road, stop at a atop light and then have no throttle after the light turned. Randomly and without warning. On top of the numerous mechanical issues, the turning radius was awful. I can turn my 2005 Silverado with more ease than this clunker. I have read that the engine in the other Equinox' were different -- better, more streamlined, less issues. But I will never try them. For me, the Equinox was a dead no.