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right, $h! like that keeps it a niche product. on purpose, no doubt.

it's been fine actually since that initial incidents the first few months. Some lube and just break in I think and it's been working fine. Coincidentally had some friends with a new Odyssey posted some trip mpg the other day. They are seeing great highway mpg too....28/29. The vans without the AWD and not SUV are getting nice mpg.

i loved how the 17 I drove, drove. I'd like to see the electric only range get to 100 miles one of these days. 200 would be nice for long trips but maybe that's a lot to ask in the next few years. At this point though, the flaw here is that the Volt is still small and that makes it a hard sell for anyone who wants space for people and stuff. If the Volt were a midsize, i guarantee you there would be a whole lot more interest in this car, even during the time of cheap gas. Maybe Chevy needs this Volt and then to plug the Voltec into the Malibu and new Equinox.

been loving the new rig, have been keeping it parked in the garage mostly while i get things in order to sell the cobalt. was in the town today where i had been dealing on the other leading candidate, the hybrid. it was white and had the light / gray interior. Now that i saw that combo in the flesh it makes me like the black interior so much more. I think the color combo choice was a good one. So glad we moved up to midsize and the Malibu. This new one is so roomy and comfy for the four of us. The kids love it in the back and plenty of room to spread your arms out wide in the front. Super comfy arm rest and just overall the space and packaging was done well for the midsize class.

pulled 31 mpg for a 40+ mile stretch today, at 70-75 mph. Great road vehicle.

I read one review somewhere that said the new Malibu was quieter inside and had nicer ride and steering than a new Maxima. I have to say I could believe that as quite possible.

My take on that question is that the Mazda6 and Fusion are probably the nicest inside when optioned up. The Ford has the best for plastics I think. The Mazda has sort of a BMW feel with the right color and trim choice. Really love the interior on my new Malibu. So much that I left it in the garage the last couple days. Don't want to put too many miles on it....want it to stay nice. Saturday we loaded it with 4 people and that to us is a lot of extra mass to haul around. Still in near 90 heat with a/c I pulled two separate 40+ mpg runs of over 20 miles at I would say at least 60+ mph average. Stop and go of course kills the mpg like all small turbos. But this will pull 40+ mpg highway if you keep the rpm s under 2000-2500 at all times. It's cruises silently like a little baby sleeps. Concrete vs asphalt some tire noise creeps in but it's minimal. Far quieter than Hondas. With a lightweight single person on board and mild climate this car should deliver big quiet mpg Ina comfortable way. All the points I touch in the car are soft. Plastics look ok to me when I consider what my lease payment is. Kids love the spacious back with tons of room (gm finally gets it) and the USB ports and cup holders in armrest. My son enjoyed using the iPad with the built in 4g hotspot. The storage below the center armrest will hold the iPad mini. Wife thinks CarPlay is cool. Send and receive texts while driving. Maps via phone a big hit. Some CarPlay bugs but those will get figured out. Plenty of room for four. No complainers. Could drive all day. Car is nice enough for its class and Impala gives you whatever else you are missing. When you examine every component closely on the Malibu you see how they pared away all the excess weight and thickness. It actually is a bit unnerving to look at pieces of the car and how seemingly insubstantial they look compared to what you are used to seeing in a GM car. Carpet feels thinner. Brackets plates suspension pieces are thinner, not as wide and have more holes in them. Trunk lid feels the weight of tin foil compared to older gm cars. If that worries you then just get an Impala. Problem solved.

I did my part to add to the Chevy sales tally in June! Wouldn't it be nice to have like 15 vehicles?

Car and Driver just posted the review of the hybrid Malibu... we looked hard at the hybrid (it was the first choice) and that was what i was going to go with until i discovered the payment quote was misunderstood / misquoted.... when we saw how much cost difference for us it was, it was too much, and we backed down to the 1.5. Really badly wanted the hybrid but the 1.5 is pretty good as well. Plus we get the full trunk volume as well. http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2016-chevrolet-malibu-hybrid-test-review

Start stop hasn't come on much so far. If you are soft on the brake pedal, it won't shut off. It's no CTS but it'll do. Mazda is way overrated. The car gets good test numbers because of the way they ring it out but in normal driving it doesn't shift or wind up fast enough to feel quick. And it's not quiet sounding like the Mali. I'm surprised at how Sprite the 1.5 and real tranny is when you learn the torque band. When off the gas it just cruises well and is really quiet.

I love that fact that MY MALIBU doesn't have a dash that is completely dominated by a huge center stack with endless buttons. We gots a few climate buttons, and the touchscreen and it doesn't take over the whole car. brilliant! ^^^^^ you made lots of great points.

this is craziness. we picked up our new 16 1LT malibu today! Insane that the neighbor 2 doors down picked up a new Fusion! Coworker got a new Malibu a couple days ago too! Got a member rides gallery and topic going on, anyways.....here is my take on the deal The Impala is still the solid posh v6 cornfield states cruiser. It's your large and comfortable classic GM car. It does that well. This new Malibu is entirely different than the old Malibu. It's leaps ahead. But it still doesn't intrude on what the Impala is. The main thing is that the car was designed to be much more useful for space and then it's completely engineered for fuel efficiency. So it has a light chassis. A lot of that lightness comes into the cabin. Materials and finishes are not thick and posh like they would be in an Impala. The Malibu dead on nails the mid size class now though, and to me it's like i am getting a large and spacious economy car. It's got a small turbo and basic interior. It just has more room than a Cruze. It's a 'move up econocar'. Believe me,I've test driven a $h!hton of the cars in the midsize class. All of them have their cheapness about them. The Malibu is among one of it not the quietest. The Mazda and Honda are tin cans in comparison. Passat is cheap and dated. Fusion feels like a tank now. Camry's and Altimas are terrible. It's crazy but to me this new Malibu is like my 99 SHO Taurus. It sort of has that same feel inside the cabin with the big pod sticking out of the dash, and the seating positions etc. and the general Aura. SHO had more go juice and was much heavier. I think Chevy needs to double the 1.5t and put a 3.0 liter tt v8 under this hood...LOL The midsize car class has become the new class of econocars. Much cheaper than crossovers and get great mpg. All the leaders in this class practically lease or fleet a bunch of them. People that get these cars want something cheap and kind of nice to get them by a few years. Something like an Impala is more like something you would keep a long time. Midsize car class has become full with disposable cars, they are good cars, it is just more of a commentary on society today and the reality of the market. Whoever makes the best consumer product wins and the interior only needs to just be 'nice enough'. And now as of today being an owner..ok, leaser, i gotta tell you I like the interior a lot. Can't wait to see the Regal based on this platform.

https://www.cheersandgears.com/gallery/album/1247-2016-malibu-1lt-15t/ let me know if the link works. some of the best ones are not up there yet due to file size.