2023 Chevy Equinox | Review & Road Test

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The Equinox from Chevrolet gets a few tweaks to its compact five-passengerness. Not quite a refresh, so no graphics. Sorry.

First and foremost, the nice peeps at Chevy decide to give Equinox buyers a bit more power. That’s nice, but it’s not much, five more horses.

Listen I’ll take whatever I can get in the horsepower department, right? The 1.5-liter turbo now gets 175 ponies while torque remains the same at 203 lb-ft. Do I feel like it makes a difference? If this were a vote I’d likely abstain. I don’t feel as though this gains that much pep, but again, more is more when it come to power. It takes a beat to get up to power on the highway and if you’re heavier with that optional AWD system it’s only going to make things tougher.

When it comes to the rest of driving, truthfully, the Equinox doesn’t feel like a couch potato. It’s comfortable and when you put it around turns well behaved. Not as sedate as you might think.

Steering is direct and the six-speed automatic transmission knows its job and does it adequately.

The brakes are new, too, with Chevy going from a vacuum-boosted system to an electronically assisted braking set up they call E-boost.

Gas mileage estimates aren’t hand wringingly poor with the FWD only Equinox getting 26 miles in the city and 31 on the highway. Reduce those by a mile or two with power at four corners.

Other than that, there are some new paint colors, hey, this feels like it would make a great segue.

To this – the exterior. In the looks department, the Equinox isn’t ground breaking but not offensive or gives me a reason to scratch my head. It does lack a bit of individuality. Not sure I’d be able to tell what it is without the badging. What about you? I really think we should do a video like that sometime. Hey, subscribe to the KBB YouTube channel and we might!

Cargo space looks generous – it does land mid-pack with almost 20 cu-ft behind the second row and 64 cu-ft behind the first.

But get into it and you’ll feel the comfort in both the rear and front seats.

A 7-inch touchscreen comes standard, but you can upgrade to this 8-inch version. I really like Chevy’s MyLink system, it’s quick and easy to use. But if you want to just use your phone CarPlay and Auto are standard as is Bluetooth connectivity, with on board WiFi and 4G LTE optional.

The Equinox also comes with Chevy Safety Assist. That includes stuff like automatic emergency braking and lane keeping assist with lane departure warnings, hey all, Chevy’s system is a smooooth operator.

The Equinox can be had in four trim levels starting with the LS ($29,595), which come standard with 17-inch wheels, LED headlights and active noise cancelling. The LT ($30,695) gets you more standard features, like a power adjustable driver’s seat, body colored mirror caps and a larger drivers info screen.

The sportier looking RS ($33,695) might be the sweet spot with front and rear parking alert, power programmable liftgate, remote start, 19-inch wheels, gloss black details on the exterior and LED taillights. Still fairly reasonable but with lots of good features – though we’d get the larger screen which is optional but standard on the Premier ($34,795) and a hands-free foot gesture lift gate. You. An get other packages on those different trims that add extras like upscale seats and a massive moonroof.

More of a zhuzz than a refresh the Chevy Equinox gets a tad more power, some better breaks to go with its roomy interior and solid standard tech offerings. It’s in dealerships now if all that sounds interesting.

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