FEW will mourn the demise of the Captiva 5 that Holden put out to pasture early last year, but its loss left a huge gap in Holden’s Australian line-up.

The mid-size SUV segment is the second largest segment in Australia and is dominated by seriously strong offerings such as the Mazda CX-5, Hyundai Tucson and a lot more, and Holden now has its own contender – the US-developed, Mexican-built Equinox.

Pricing is aggressive and the equipment levels are generous but it will take more than that to eat into the sales of the big guns. We dive in to see how the Equinox fares.