Two of our three cars we bought the very first year they came out. They are doing pretty darn good! We got a '93 Volvo 850 and it has over 130,000 miles on it. We also got a '98 Sienna which has about 70,000 miles on it.
Depends on the company. Kinda gambling too, but it can be fun to have the car the very first year it came out.
Back to the Equinox, I have seen it a few times at car shows, and it looks pretty nice. I don't know anymore than that though. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif