CodeRedR51
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2016 Chevy Malibu to debut in New York
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Sooo.... The design will be like that of the Impala's?
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Nope.
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Well, current Malibu is junk. Humongously stupid heavy, crappy engines, biggest external dimensions but the worst interior room and smallest wheelbase, etc. Most praise it ever got was "I... Guess this is better than the one that debuted in 2007?" Probably figured they might as well give up when trying to scallop out the back of the front seats and calling it a refresh was met with even more indifference.
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As I recall, the immediate refresh was to address the terrible rear seat legroom, and the 2014 refresh was to bring it in line with Impala/SS styling. The car was a mess from beginning to end, lesser quality materials, poor engine/transmission options, bad chassis setups. It was a rental car from the start, nothing more.
Hopefully with this new one they haven't dropped the ball. The Chrysler 200 is enough of a threat to cause an actual need to design a good car, let alone the fact that you'd be crazy to pick the current Malibu over a Cruze that isn't much smaller. Here's also hoping that Chevrolet is sticking engines in there that are worth a damn.
I'd be interested to see if Chevrolet will take a page from the competition and offer AWD or diesel power in the near-future.
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If it's 100 times better than the previous one, it'll still be awful.
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Meanwhile the new Max will steal the show for new sedans...
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Why? If it takes ques from the successful award winning Impala of current, then how is that still awful? Considering how beloved the new Impala became which is not something usual for Chevy, it would make the car a stand out in it's range I'd think.
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And the terribly placed Chevy badge.
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Chevy has probably the worst family front end of the entire automotive spectrum right now. It just screams rental fleet to me.
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I think it largely depends on the model.
The Impala looks good, even on lower trimmed models. The Sonic, despite carrying some of the oldest styling cues, is still my favorite of the current Chevrolets. Its a shame that the updates to the Cruze and Equinox were so minimal, those designs have not aged well. They may only be five years old, but it may as well be a decade at this point. But, if you can really say anything about Chevrolet, its that the previous design language was safe, and safe is never fun. Considering the number of distinctive designs the brand has had over the years, its a shame. It'll be interesting to see how many of the Stingray elements trickle down to everything else over the next few years.
I'm split on how much I want better styling or better engineering on the Malibu. As it stands, the current car is bad in both respects. I could tolerate a better-looking model with the current 2.0T, but it really needs the chassis improvements to make it class-competitive. Closer to the Regal in ride/handling would be a good start.
The Impala looks good, even on lower trimmed models. The Sonic, despite carrying some of the oldest styling cues, is still my favorite of the current Chevrolets. Its a shame that the updates to the Cruze and Equinox were so minimal, those designs have not aged well. They may only be five years old, but it may as well be a decade at this point. But, if you can really say anything about Chevrolet, its that the previous design language was safe, and safe is never fun. Considering the number of distinctive designs the brand has had over the years, its a shame. It'll be interesting to see how many of the Stingray elements trickle down to everything else over the next few years.
I'm split on how much I want better styling or better engineering on the Malibu. As it stands, the current car is bad in both respects. I could tolerate a better-looking model with the current 2.0T, but it really needs the chassis improvements to make it class-competitive. Closer to the Regal in ride/handling would be a good start.
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I blame Lexus too with those hour-glass looking grillesWhat doesn't these days? Getting quite out of hand.
I blame Audi.
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Reminds me of a Hyundai Sonata in some weird way...
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I agree. The Impala just doesn't look "Chevrolet-ish".
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Well, that front is interesting...
More pictures here: http://www.netcarshow.com/chevrolet/2016-malibu/
More pictures here: http://www.netcarshow.com/chevrolet/2016-malibu/
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Hot damn, this thing actually looks really good. It's like they finally got that Chevy corporate BS grill right.
****. Tree'd.
edit: Did anyone see the powertrains on this thing? They snipped the balls right off of it. What balls it had, anyway. What was wrong with the NA 2.5L that they had to drop it and cut 50hp and torque for a measly 1.5L that gets only one or two mpg better?
****. Tree'd.
edit: Did anyone see the powertrains on this thing? They snipped the balls right off of it. What balls it had, anyway. What was wrong with the NA 2.5L that they had to drop it and cut 50hp and torque for a measly 1.5L that gets only one or two mpg better?
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