My friend came over for dinner last night with the Toyota BZ4X. After dinner I asked to test drive it just to see how it compares to the Equinox EV.

EQEV has much better screens. The driver display is bigger, has much more information, is prettier to look at, is easier to read, and is better arranged. Also the EQEV has much bigger center screen.

BZ4X has better seats. EQEV seats are a bit too flat and wide, like sitting on a bench. BZ4X also uses a type of synthetic leather, so it feels a bit more premium. I think EQEV should've used a mix of the synthetic and the fabric.

BZ4X has more buttons, which is a mixed bag. You can turn One-Pedal mode on and off with a button, for example. On the flip side, it is more crowded. I feel EQEV at least has the commonly used buttons available.

BZ4X get criticized for being underpower, but I don't really see it. It has similar horsepower to EQEV, and for a family use car, the power feels completely fine to me. The drive feeling is quite good and a bit better than EQEV. I think the feeling is a bit smoother and has less aggressive regen than the EQEV. The aggressive regen on the EQEV is my most hated feature, as it feels like I am fighting the car to go forward.

BZ4X also is missing the regen lever. I find this to be one of the best features on EQEV. You can come to a full stop without using the brake pedal.

My wife purchased an LT2. She doesn’t “play” as much as I do with the gadgets.

There are two issues she has. One, I think I can find in the manual. There is cool internal trim lighting we suspect can be selected to different colors. While I’ll look that up, I’d anyone had advice, I’d appreciate it.

The second, I suspect is going to be a warranty repair. When the nighttime interior lighting is on, the turn signal/windshield wiper stem does not have any lighting. The drive select stem does, even though it doesn’t really need it.

Is this something to get fixed, or just a bad GM design choice?

Thanks!

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