What SUV is better? Of these?

New vehicle in near future and need 4 door. Prefer awd of 4x4 option, good gas milage and reliability overall

I like the Honda crv lx
Chevy hhr
Chevy equinox

That's not even a contest. The Honda CRV is far and away the superior vehicle. Its as capable as the others and far more reliable. It also gets good gas mileage.

The Equinox is a distant second. Its a bit bigger, but sucks more gas.

The HHR doesn't have AWD and is not a true crossover. It was designed to compete with the PT Cruiser as a retro wagon. Its also a horrid little vehicle, avoid.

I rented a Chevy Equinox for a trip from Fl to N.J and I loved the gas mileage it got.Nice compartment size as well made me fall in love with it.

GOOD advice from Christopher already, and with the fact that you failed to specify what years of each model I can only add avoid the Equinox with the 3.4 V-6 it is a mechanics dream starting at about 80K miles. The only thing I can add to the CR-V is the tires require very intense maintenance to max tire tread life. A good alignment tech familiar with the model can add reasons why. The HHR is not even worthy of your consideration and is probably involved in at least one GM factory recall currently, maybe more. GM needs to clean house, old/new? Many of the same clowns are still in the building that were under the watchtower when these models were designed and QCed! Trust me Mary and the crew were not sweeping the warehouse floor in West Chester or Bolingbrook when the cover-up started and no heads have rolled yet.