SHANGHAI / Chevrolet late last week launched the refreshed Equinox midsize SUV in China. It comes with 22 upgraded features, from its styling and powertrain to its connectivity and protection.
Six new editions, together with 3 RS fashions as well as a choice of six outside colours and three indoors alternatives, vary in charge from RMB 169,900 to RMB 239,900. The Equinox is sponsored through an eight-12 months or 160,000-km guarantee for foremost engine and transmission parts, and comes with 100G of free OnStar data service each year.
“Today’s midsize SUV buyers want a vehicle that meets all of their needs,” said Scott Lawson, general director of Chevrolet for SAIC-GM. “The new Equinox delivers, starting with its new design, powertrain combination, locally tuned chassis and RS series. It is joining the Blazer, Tracker and Trailblazer in Chevrolet’s SUV family, giving the brand a presence across the small, compact, midsize and mid-large mainstream SUV segments to meet the different needs of buyers nationwide.”
The Equinox is GM’s quality-selling SUV, with more than 3.8 million have been sold globally when you consider that it was launched in 2004.
In the J D Power 2019 and 2020 initial quality study, the Equinox earned the best scores from most of the top-rated 10 customer-Rated SUVs, based on the independent critiques of validated vehicle proprietors. Representing Chevrolet’s present day SUV layout language, the brand new Equinox has sportier and extra competitive outside styling and a more technologically advanced indoors design.
To satisfy the customised needs of younger purchasers, the newly added RS series comes equipped with black Chevrolet bowtie emblems, a black stereo grille with an RS-specific pink emblem, exclusive black RS EQUINOX nameplates and 19-inch black 10-spoke sporty wheels.
Internally, it has a sporty steering wheel with a black bowtie, a sporty tools lever embossed with the RS-unique rivalry purple logo, and competition crimson perforated leather sports seats with bright purple sewing at the side of RS-one of a kind red emblems. The brand new Equinox offers two propulsion structures for extraordinary riding performance choices. The new Equinox RS series is geared up with GM’s 8th-technology Ecotec 2.0L smart variable cylinder turbocharged engine and a brand new 9-speed Hydra-Matic transmission.
The high-performance powertrain aggregate gives you maximum electricity of 174 kW @ 5,000 rpm and most torque of 350 Nm @ 1,500-4,000 rpm, and lets in the Equinox RS to head from 0-100 km/hour in 7.9 seconds. Its gasoline consumption is as little as 6.9 liters/a 100 kms. Clients may additionally select a 1.5T top-installed direct injection turbocharged engine paired with a six-pace DSS start/stop transmission. This powertrain mixture produces gasoline intake as little as 6.8 liters/100 kilometers.
The brand new Equinox has been comprehensively upgraded in terms of intelligent tech, leading the segment with 62 more secure, smarter and more at ease trendy features. The superior protection technologies include Adaptive Cruise control, computerized Parking assist, Lane hold assist, Lane trade Alert, Lane Departure warning, car excessive Beam help, Following Distance Indicator, side Blind quarter Alert, Rear move visitors Alert, ahead Collision Alert and automatic Emergency Braking.
It also has a complete-feature electronic stability system with the E-boost electronic auxiliary braking gadget.
Chevrolet’s new MyLink+ in-automobile infotainment device helps take SUV comfort to a brand new level. It supports Apple CarPlay, Baidu CarLife and Bluetooth, and affords over-the-air (OTA) upgrades, terrific identification and smart navigation, enjoyment, track, information, and actual-time weather and site visitors through in-vehicle apps.
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