![]() ![]() The 4 cyl. … 2.4 engine is great and has plenty of power to handle the hills and can easily pass on the highway without punching the pedal. So far I have been averaging slightly over 27 MPG on the highway here in New England and better than 23 MPG around town. Car handles wonderfully with great steering and comfortable ride. Both my wife and I have commented how our legs don't feel like rubber after getting out from a trip. Edmunds seems to do the same but perhaps their benchmark is the MX-5 Miata.Have had this 2016 Equinox for three weeks now and totally love it. To them every degree deviation from Honda Accord is a point off, regardless of what that car is intended to do. You want safe, quiet and comfortable or a track day special that rides like a '69 Scout? Its as bad as Consumer Reports riding down on the Jeep Wrangler every year because it doesn't ride like a Cadillac, they can't review a car for what it is intended to do only what they believe the only acceptable car is. ![]() So take Edmunds review with a grain of salt, think about how you want your family and crap hauler to be used. It may sound callous but I'd rather risk mowing someone down than having the system misread a road shadow or raccoon, slam on the brakes and get me rear ended by a bus killing everyone in the car. At least it does not have any automatic braking features. If I have to swerve to avoid something I don't want to be confused if the alarm going off is because there is a car in my blindspot or just because I am crossing a lane line. The lane change warning has never been turned on because besides being annoying its dangerous. I like the mirror light blind spot warnings and the backing up cross traffic alert but the frontal collision alarm goes off at random sometimes, first time almost made me stain the new leather so it was disabled very quickly, at least you can turn it off. My only issues with our new Chevy is the warning signal overload. The LTZ v6 suspension is a bit firmer than our 2013 but not painfully and has real hydraulic steering with much better feel and feedback than the electric units most common today including in the 4cyl Equinox. The Equinox is secure handling and predictable, never feels dangerous and can be driven all day without penalty to your body or ears. Why Edmunds praises jittery and stiff rides in a family car I can't comprehend, its not a track day machine guys and nobody wants their kids, or dogs, puking in the back because of the ride. It drives how I want the family truckster to drive, smooth ride, relaxed and quiet with plenty of get up and go. The acceleration is much better than the 2.4, taking care of our major issue with our 2013. So we got a v6 LTZ AWD and it was love at first drive. Neither of these was especially quick compared to the 4cyl Equinox either and the rear seat room for people on the Chevy is unbeatable, its limosine levels of legroom. The CX-5 Mazda.I just don't get Edmunds praise, its a lot of money for a bumpy, harsh and noisy ride with poor interior space and a center stack that is unreadable in motion. Still we almost bought it till we learned about the cvt vibration problems that most owners have, dodged a bullet on that. I tried to get another car, I tested the CR-V which rode harshly and was loud inside with a terrible radio set up but did have the great magic seats, Honda does do a great interior. Its glaring weakness was the 2.4 engine that always had to be beaten hard to get anywhere and we didn't have AWD or leather which we wanted on the next car. As low rent as it was the features for the time were impressive and lacked nothing we really wanted. We came from a 2013 base model LS Equinox that was a lease. ![]()
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