2013 Chevy Equinox v Ford Explorer v Jeep Grand Cherokee Off-Road Mashup AWD Tech Review

2013 Chevy Equinox v Ford Explorer v Jeep Grand Cherokee Off-Road Mashup AWD Tech Review

The brand new 2013 Chevrolet Equinox, Ford Explorer  and the Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Overland don’t have a lot in common.

However all three of these vehicle have a very different approach to powering all four wheels, in other words, they all have one form or another of all-wheel-drive and terrain management technology.

We thought it would be interesting, informative and fun to try these three very different AWD vehicles off-road in a real world test to see which one can best handle our Colorado Mountain off-road terrain.

In this battle of 4X4 people haulers we take all three vehicles up our standard rugged Colorado trail to see which one can make it all the way to the top.

Check out another fun and real world TFLcar Mashup test as we get wet, muddy and rocky in this off-road AWD technology comparison and review.

Editor’s note: In one way, the 2013 Chevrolet Equinox, Ford Explorer  and the Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Overland have one common denominator, they are all frame-less/uni-body vehicles. That is to say, they are all crossovers as opposed to vehicles like the Jeep Wrangler and Toyota FJ which have a proper truck frame underneath.

With that said, when you hear Roman comment that they are all crossovers, you now know what he is referring to.