Hate on, haters. First, look at the date fo that article. Second, the 3.4 in that generation of the Equinox was VERY reliable, and it's the same engine design that goes all the way back to the early 80's 2.8. There has been quite a bit redesigned on it, but that design had been around for a long time, say late 80's with refinements happening in the mid 90's. I am surprised that I didn't know that we had been Shanghai'd on that one! The current generation of Equinox can have either a 2.4 4 cyl or a 3.0 v6. The transmission in that generation is most definitely of Asian decent, manufactured by Aisin. They don't seem to be very problematic either. If you're buying new, go ahead with the Equinox. Get it now, don't wait for the '15 model to come out. I hear that they're redesigning it, and I'm not a big fan of first year vehicles (even though both of our daily drivers are first year cars.) The first couple years of the current Equinox had some issues with the 2.4 (we're still doing major engine repairs on them under warranty) but they were just fine by 2012. Honestly, the 2012 and newer ones have had more radio problems than anything, and those are very few. One of the guys in our shop came from a Mazda dealer, and he sings the praises of Mazda. I'm just not a fan of the interior design of hardly any Asian import.