I just bought the wife a 2010 Cardinal Red 2LT Equinox last night. Wonderful truck and it is really peppy with the 2.2 Ecotec in it.
Look at this from Yahoo before you think that Kia is so great...yeah, this is the previous model...but their warranty has LOTS of loopholes!
http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/auto...uv-money-pits/