GM's Eight Great Hopes for 2010

Chevrolet Equinox
Previous versions of the crossover Equinox underperformed against Toyota, Honda and Mazda, so it is an open question whether the improvements in the 2010 release — GM has put a better interior, more power and significantly better ride into this year's edition — are enough to motivate motorists to trade in their Japanese or Korean models.

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