GMI Exclusive: Chevrolet Equinox SS Spy Shots

**nsap** · 01-21-2006, 09:42 AM

GMI Exclusive: Chevrolet Equinox SS Spy Shots

Of course CHEVYPAS has sent GMI these shots to us. We are not 100% sure of what this test mule is of, but my guess is that they are testing either a new Equinox powertrain or a hybrid version of it.

NOTE: New steering-wheel design as well as all new switchgear on the center-stack!

Thanks to GMI Member CHEVYPAS for sending us these images.

SpeedFever · 01-21-2006, 09:50 AM

Looks like a hybrid to me

**TaHoE** · 01-21-2006, 09:51 AM

Yes, a Hybrid Equinox...very cool!

pkd87 · 01-21-2006, 09:51 AM

I assume a hybrid Equinox would be easy to do. Since the Vue has a hybrid version and they share platforms it would only make sense but a new engine would also be nice. Thanks CHEVYPAS for the pics.

plane · 01-21-2006, 09:53 AM

Wow. I bet the extension cord manufacturers are salivating at this prospect.

If GM hits the hybrid train, watch out.
Consumers will flock to safe, reliable, stylish, economical, environmentally friendly vehicles.
That's exactly what the Vue Greenline (and maybe the new Nox) provide.
Go GM!

give_it_all_ · 01-21-2006, 10:00 AM

Would the Pontiac Torrent get that too then?

tgagneguam · 01-21-2006, 10:01 AM

Who is this CHEVYPAS anyway? I like that s/he's here...

Recxjake · 01-21-2006, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by give_it_all_

Would the Pontiac Torrent get that too then?

umm they could easily do it, but Pontiac is supposed to be about performance, not the environment

pkd87 · 01-21-2006, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tgagneguam

Who is this CHEVYPAS anyway? I like that s/he's here...

Aren't we all.

Recxjake · 01-21-2006, 10:04 AM

Does the side look any different??

CRBoyd91 · 01-21-2006, 10:09 AM

Those exhaust pipes are pretty rusty. Maybe it's just the extreme cold, I am not used to seeing that.

saturnsteve · 01-21-2006, 10:11 AM

Cool, GM needs hybrids

SUPERBADD75 · 01-21-2006, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plane

Wow. I bet the extension cord manufacturers are salivating at this prospect.

If GM hits the hybrid train, watch out.
Consumers will flock to safe, reliable, stylish, economical, environmentally friendly vehicles.
That's exactly what the Vue Greenline (and maybe the new Nox) provide.
Go GM!

yeah, maybe, but have people been "flocking" to the Hybrid Escape? i think the hybrid craze is/was all about an image, and early on people chose the Prius as the posterboy. now it seems that the hybrids are being brought back to earth a bit with real numbers becoming available that show hybrid fuel economy isn't really the stratospheric numbers (near 60mpg? come on now...) we saw before, but really closer to 35-45 mpg. that type of fuel economy can be achieved with less complicated technology like direct injection diesel engines. VW's been offering the TDI engine for years now and it provides real world fuel economy near 45-50 mpg without heavy and expensive batteries. i was once on the hybrid bandwagon, and i do think it will improve and become a much better option in the future, but i don't think it's going to be the only option. i'd like to see GM use Isuzu to design diesels for everything from the Aveo to the Uplander. if they work to make cleaner diesels and make everything flex-fuel then the hybrid technology would be much more effective. imagine combining the 50 mpg diesel with a hybrid powertrain. now that would be serious fuel economy. hybrid technology alone isn't going to make a huge impact.

CRBoyd91 · 01-21-2006, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SUPERBADD75

yeah, maybe, but have people been "flocking" to the Hybrid Escape? i think the hybrid craze is/was all about an image, and early on people chose the Prius as the posterboy. now it seems that the hybrids are being brought back to earth a bit with real numbers becoming available that show hybrid fuel economy isn't really the stratospheric numbers (near 60mpg? come on now...) we saw before, but really closer to 35-45 mpg. that type of fuel economy can be achieved with less complicated technology like direct injection diesel engines. VW's been offering the TDI engine for years now and it provides real world fuel economy near 45-50 mpg without heavy and expensive batteries. i was once on the hybrid bandwagon, and i do think it will improve and become a much better option in the future, but i don't think it's going to be the only option. i'd like to see GM use Isuzu to design diesels for everything from the Aveo to the Uplander. if they work to make cleaner diesels and make everything flex-fuel then the hybrid technology would be much more effective. imagine combining the 50 mpg diesel with a hybrid powertrain. now that would be serious fuel economy. hybrid technology alone isn't going to make a huge impact.

True, but GM's hybrids were designed to be cheaper than say, Toyota's, while have about the same fuel economy.

plane · 01-21-2006, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SUPERBADD75

....if they work to make cleaner diesels and make everything flex-fuel then the hybrid technology would be much more effective. imagine combining the 50 mpg diesel with a hybrid powertrain. now that would be serious fuel economy. hybrid technology alone isn't going to make a huge impact.

I think we're in violent agreement here!

01-21-2006, 09:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
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pkd87 5.3 Liter Vortec V8 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,416	Re: GMI Exclusive: Chevrolet Equinox Spy Shots I assume a hybrid Equinox would be easy to do. Since the Vue has a hybrid version and they share platforms it would only make sense but a new engine would also be nice. Thanks CHEVYPAS for the pics. __________________ "In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress."- John Adams

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plane 6.0 Liter LS2 V8 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Just right here Drives: 1980 'Vette Posts: 4,971	Re: GMI Exclusive: Chevrolet Equinox Spy Shots Wow. I bet the extension cord manufacturers are salivating at this prospect. If GM hits the hybrid train, watch out. Consumers will flock to safe, reliable, stylish, economical, environmentally friendly vehicles. That's exactly what the Vue Greenline (and maybe the new Nox) provide. Go GM! __________________ Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character. Henry Clay

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