The new generation model should be presented in 2024. Its production will be established at several factories.
Chevrolet has been producing the Equinox crossover since 2004, and since then the model has managed to change three generations. Sales of the current generation of the SUV started in the American market at the beginning of 2017. And at the beginning of 2020, the updated Equinox was declassified: in January, photos of the Chinese version appeared on the Web, and in early February, Chevy officially presented the refreshed cross for the States. Nevertheless, the manufacturer has already drawn up a plan to release the “fourth” Equinox.
Despite the very recent presentation of the 2021 model year car, the company is already preparing for the debut, albeit not soon, of the next generation Equinox. According to the GM Authority, the crossover will be shown in 2024, and production will begin in the same year at the General Motors plant in Ramos Arizpe (Mexico). It is expected that later, in November of that year, the model will enter the assembly line at another GM Mexican plant, which is located in San Luis Potosi. The “true” Chevrolet Trailblazer has found a new “face”. The sister S10 pickup has also been refreshed
And in February 2025, according to the publication, the release of the “fourth” Chevrolet Equinox will be set up at an assembly plant in Ingersoll, Canada. At all of these sites (as well as at two more General Motors plants – in Argentina and China), the production of the current Chevy crossover has been launched.
It is reported that the “third” Equinox will be on sale early in the first few months of 2025. This means that for about three quarters, two generations of SUVs will be on the market at the same time.
Models of the third and fourth generations will be very different from each other. So, at the heart of the current Chevrolet Equinox is the GM D2 platform, Buick Envision, GMC Terrain and Chevrolet Orlando are also based on it. And the new crossover, according to the publication, will move to the GM VSS-F trolley (it will share it with the Buick Encore and the Chevrolet Sonic). There is no information yet on the motor range or other features of the next Equinox. The near future of the Chevrolet Corvette: turbocharging, hybridization and more than 1000 hp!
It is expected that the current cross will still have time to seriously update, and this will happen by the 2022 model year. According to preliminary data, the model will have different head optics, fog lights and taillights. Earlier it was also reported that in 2021 the Equinox will lose the 2.0-liter four-cylinder I4 LTG turbo engine with a return of 256 hp. (torque – 353 Nm), it is paired with a nine-speed “automatic”. Apparently, in this case, only the 172-horsepower 1.5-liter “turbo four” (275 Nm), which comes with the 6-speed automatic transmission, will remain in the lineup.
The starting price tag of the current version of the Chevrolet Equinox in the United States is $ 24,995, and for the version with a two-liter engine, you need to pay at least $ 31,195. Note that sales of the model in the US have continued to grow over the past few years. So, at the end of 2019, dealers sold 346,048 units in the States, which is 4% more than a year earlier.