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2021 Chevy Equinox Will Soon Lose These Three Colors

GM will be dropping three exterior colors from the 2021 Chevy Equinox crossover during its final months of production, GM Authority has learned.

Color Last production week
Pacific Blue Metallic March 22nd
Nightfall Gray Metallic March 31st
Cajun Red Tintcoat April 12th

The three colors in question are Pacific Blue Metallic, Nightfall Gray Metallic and Cajun Red Tintcoat. They will be discontinued during the production weeks starting March 22nd, March 31st and April 12th respectively.

None of these colors have been available on the current Chevy Equinox in the base (L) trim level. Nightfall Gray Metallic is a no-charge color starting with the LS trim (not available on L), while Pacific Blue Metallic is optional starting with LT and Premier (not available on L, LS or 1FL). Cajun Red Tintcoat is $495 option that’s available on LT and Premier (not available on L, LS or 1FL).

The deletion of these three colors means that, within a month from now, the Equinox will be built with five fewer colors than the 2020 Chevy Equinox, since Chocolate Metallic and Cayenne Orange Metallic were not carried over to the 2021 model, and no new colors were added for the 2021 MY.

Like many other General Motors vehicles, the Equinox was scheduled for a mid-cycle enhancement (MCE) for the 2021 model year, but the update was delayed due to complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The refresh will instead be applied to the 2022 Chevy Equinox, which is due to go into production in June of this year.

The Equinox is currently one of GM’s best-selling vehicles in the United States. Despite a 22 percent downturn, 270,994 examples were sold in 2020. This made it not only the second most popular Chevrolet model, behind the enormously successful Chevy Silverado pickup truck, but also the second most popular GM vehicle of any brand.

2022 Chevy Equinox refresh

The equinox even outsold the Silverado’s corporate cousin, the GMC Sierra, whose own sales improved by nearly nine percent. The Equinox accounted for 15.6 percent of Chevrolet sales and 10.6 percent of all GM sales in the United States for the year.

Sales Numbers - Mainstream Compact Crossovers - Q4 2020 - United States

MODEL Q4 20 SHARE Q4 19 SHARE YTD 20 / YTD 19 YTD 20 YTD 19
TOYOTA RAV4 18% 17% -3.95% 430,387 448,071
HONDA CR-V 14% 14% -13.19% 333,502 384,168
CHEVROLET EQUINOX 11% 12% -21.69% 270,994 346,048
NISSAN ROGUE 9% 11% -34.96% 227,935 350,447
FORD ESCAPE 7% 6% -26.05% 178,496 241,388
SUBARU FORESTER 6% 7% -1.77% 176,996 180,179
MAZDA CX-5 6% 5% -5.26% 146,420 154,545
JEEP CHEROKEE 5% 6% -29.02% 135,855 191,397
HYUNDAI TUCSON 5% 5% -9.99% 123,657 137,381
SUBARU CROSSTREK 6% 4% -8.72% 119,716 131,152
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN 4% 3% -8.44% 100,687 109,963
GMC TERRAIN 4% 4% -15.23% 86,020 101,470
KIA SPORTAGE 3% 3% -5.53% 84,343 89,278
DODGE JOURNEY 1% 2% -45.98% 40,342 74,686
MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER 1% 1% -28.53% 27,132 37,965
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE CROSS 0% 1% -47.52% 10,319 19,661
TOTAL -16.85% 2,492,801 2,997,799

In the mainstream compact crossovers market segment, the Equinox placed third, behind the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V but ahead of all other rivals, including the Nissan Rogue, Ford Escape, Subaru Forester and Mazda CX-5.

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David has been writing about motoring and motorsport since he was 13 and racing since he was 19. He is British, and therefore apologizes for taking up too much of your time.

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Comments

  1. Crazy stuff. Give colors dropped?! What choice is left, black and white?

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    1. Ha Ha, you forgot silver, pretty soon it will like a Model T “any color as long as its black”

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  2. I am sure dealers ordered up plenty of these colors before being discontinued,only about 3 months left to order anyways.

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  3. Slowly, GM is cost cutting on every single gas powered vehicle. Dropping a more expensive color for inventory is one way and some are extra cost anyway so why? The paint manufactures must be cranking up the prices. Interiors are mostly all black offering so it has been going on for some time. It’s coming down to 50 shades of gray. I would like to buy a new Colorado but it only comes in black interior, so that is a no no.

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  4. I own a 2019 I purchased it in 2018 I just love my equinox it’s a nightfall gray metallic

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  5. Colors disappearing no 2.0 engine option. I guess being #3 in this group is too much
    Pressure for GM so thier option is give the buyer less. This buyer was interested in
    Another equinox to go with our 18 2.0 but a 1.5 is not what I’m looking for. I do know all the other makers will be happy to see chevys no options but what we feel like giving the masses
    Plays out. I know I’ll be looking elsewhere if this is true. It’s a real shame as I’m in love with our 18 2.0 LT

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  6. And the sabotage continues. You can have any engine you like as long as it’s the underpowered 170 lowest in class 1.5T engine and any color you like as long as it’s rental car white, silver and black. The horse with blinders running GM (into the ground) is only interested in 3 things.

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  7. Pacific Blue/Blue Azure (name depending on brand) is GM’s best color I think. From what I’ve heard, it’s also popular. GM has the most lifeless color palette in the industry and charges a huge premium for most.

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    1. Equinox in Pacific Blue is quite attractive.

      Another advantage: Easier to find your car in a crowded mall parking lot, since most other cars will be a clearly different color.

      Yet another advantage: You are easier to be seen by other drivers when on the road, such as when in someone’s blind spot. Red, bright blue, yellow, other colors that don’t blend into the road or background are almost a safety feature given how many distracted drivers we are surrounded with.

      Also: In summer in the warmer states, black is just painful, especially since almost all the Equinox interiors now are black. So this will leave only white and silver. But those colors start to look awful if the car is not regularly washed. The white, when washed, does look attractive.

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  8. I have purchased 3 Chevys with Cajun Red, love that color. Now what , Chevy shots itself in the foot again. If its not broken don’t fix it.

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  9. It seems all manufacture only have about a three year life for colors other than white, black and 50 shades of gray.

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  10. Meanwhile, the low volume Camaro has 9 colors……

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