2010 Equinox
From: caranddriver.com

Say what you will about legacy costs, screwball UAW agreements, and brand hyperproliferation, General Motors has undeniably talented designers and engineers. These folks have in recent years created stellar products, such as the current Cadillac CTS, the new Chevrolet Malibu, and a quartet of well-executed full-size crossovers. The problem, though, is that GM's efforts-including the above standouts-tend to arrive late to their games. And even then, many whiff in their first at bat, only hitting home runs during their second generation. By the time GM gets into it, the competition has put a few runs on the scoreboard, and the General spends the rest of the game playing catch-up.

Such is the case with the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox compact crossover. Following a rather milquetoast first generation (it arrived nearly a decade after the U.S.-market Toyota RAV4), the nearly all-new Equinox is far more praiseworthy, a fact you can tell simply by scanning its winsome styling. Like its big, three-row brother, the Chevrolet Traverse, the 2010 Equinox is sleek and rather large for its class. It's expressively styled, with a hunkered-down road stance and more sparkling body jewelry than a Las Vegas cancan dancer's. Fat fender flares break up the tall body sides, and blackout D-pillars visually shorten what is ultimately a long vehicle by wrapping the upper rear end in what looks like one piece of glass. Body seams are kept to a minimum, with paper-thin slits replacing the outgoing model's finger-thick gaps. Slick.

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