Friend of mine has a 2012 4 cyl. I believe. It's roomy and comfortable. He uses his to drive 120 miles a day to work and has never had any problems in 160k miles.

When I first arrived on the ranger district, a Chevy Equinox was the Ranger’s vehicle. “Uh-h, no,” says I. It was used as a pool vehicle on the district during the transition from the previous ranger to me and it acquired the nickname “Chickenpox.”

Honestly, if I was just running into Jackson for a leadership team meeting, it was fine. Take it off pavement, and it wasn’t so shiny. Note, I said “off pavement,” not off-road. It would high-center on a cigarette butt. I thoroughly hated it and replaced it with a pickup truck as quickly as I could.

I arrived on the district in 2010, so I suppose it would have been roughly a 2008 model. They’re probably better now.