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Originally Posted by Captain Awesome
Your memory and/or reading comprehension = EPIC fail.
I said just a handful of message ago that I need off roadability and that I was being forced into a full-size which I do not want because of gas prices. I am well aware of the Tahoe and Subruban and the Silverado too (you left that one out).
My point is that the Equinox is a good car for what it is but there is nothing LIKE it that fills the void in between. At least not from GM. They killed the TrailBlazer/Envoy for no good reason at all.
Also, please stop jumping to conclusions. I never said I was "logging" with any vehicle. I said I need to be able to drive on logging roads to get where I need to go. As for plowing, I have a 300' driveway that a small plow on an old 4WD S-10 Blazer was capable of plowing, and that type of vehicle is exactly the kind of thing that the Equinox needs to be more like. Even the Traverse is a bad fit for real world use.
GM needs to stop making toy AWD/4WD vehicles for posers. They need to take a serious look at making something to fill the void.
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Sales and demand drives what gets built. They killed the Trailblazer/Envoy for several good reasons. Wasn't selling, got horrible MPG. Equinox has sold very well since the '10 introduction. Old SUV, couldn't give them away with dirt cheap leases. New SUV, hard to keep inventory on the lots, added shifts to plant, moved additional production to second plant.... Explain to us again how that was a bad decision.
In the real world of $3 - $4 gallon gas, mid size RWD SUV's with plowing capability will be impossible to sell lot turds. They offer plenty of RWD trucks and SUVs for people that need have those uses. The small and mid size markets have moved more towards MPG driven.
Retake econ and marketing 101. Has nothing to do with "posers," it's called building and selling what the market demands.
With my 4 cyl Equinox as my DD, I'm getting 29 mpg. Same commute when I owned an Envoy was lucky to get 15, most often around 14.5. In a Silverado, it was about 16. 120 mile a day commute. Cutting my monthly fuel costs in half.... gee I wonder why they are selling so good.