Well, our 2004 CRV we got last month has a pretty damn good track record, and it's seats slide foreward. Since they're split 60-40 all sorts of fun can be had sliding all the seats back and forth.
As to the engine in the Equinox, it kills me. GM buys fine Honda V-6's to put in the freaking POS saturn Vue, then they put all this effort into the Equinox, thier first entry into the small/mid-small SUV catagory, and they put a POS made in China engine in it.
From this article.
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According to Robert Benedict, assistant chief engineer, HVV6 China Engine Programs, the GM Global Manufacturing System is in place in China at Shanghai General Motors (Pudong, Shanghai), as it is in other GM plants, so the Chinese engine is as good as an engine built in North America.
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Yeah, an old GM design built in China is going to be great. Sure.
This part got me too:
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So why the difference in the V6s? Why not offer the Honda engine/transmission package in the Equinox, as well. Wazir says one fundamental reason is value: the base MSRP for the V6 VUE is $22,405; the base MSRP for the Equinox is $20,995. And Chevrolet is meant to represent value.
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Ahem....from thier respective websites today:
Chevy "Starting at $21,560*"
VUE V-6 "$23,115"
I suppose they were off on the pricing when that article was written, but since when does Saturn get priority over a Chevy with quality? Which brand maybe deserves a little more love from GM? The brand that still doesn't make money, and has a shitty rep, or the brand known accross the country as the Heartbeat of America? Morons.
See: "GM-a study in fucking up your brand."