Official: 2018 Chevy Equinox diesel gets 39 mpg highway

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The 1.6-liter turbocharged diesel four in the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox is officially rated at 39 mpg on the highway and 28 mpg in the city. That puts it ahead of its next closest competitors: the 2017 Toyota RAV4 hybrid (30 mpg highway) and the Nissan Rogue hybrid (35 mpg highway).
Chevy threatened a diesel model back in 2016, and despite the bad taste consumers might have in their collective mouths from the VW diesel crisis, the Bowtie brand did it. The 2018 diesel Equinox delivers 137 hp and a stout 240 lb-ft of torque with the oil burner.
The 1.6-liter turbodiesel joins two other boosted engines for the Equinox SUV. A 1.5-liter puts down 170 hp, and the 2.0-liter makes 252 hp. Both of those engines hit about 30 mpg on the highway.
“It is very fun to drive, with torque on demand at all speeds,” said Dan Nicholson, vice president of Global Propulsion Systems. “In fact, the engine delivers 90 percent of peak torque between 1,500 and 3,250 rpm."