The Equinox has a bigger piece of plastic which really hides most of the engine but if you look around carefully it appears that the basic engine layout and shape of the castings are very similar. I also had a chance to visually compare the 2 engines It appears to me that the engines share the same bottem end and have similar heads. But after doing 20 years in a mini-van and 3 in the Equinox I was so happy to get into the Malibu that I have no desire to leave my quiet sedan. The new Equinox is much improved and the new engine and transmission will be a big attraction because of the mileage it will get. Just seemed to me that GM threw it together with the cheapest parts they had in their world system. My wife liked our old Equinox but I couldn't get past the old push rod V6 and the rear drum brakes. We traded an 06 Equinox last fall on our 09 Malibu. ![]() It had the 4 cylinder and it seemed to work very well. I took a 2010 Equinox out over the weekend for a test drive.
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