Looks like every other P.O.S. on the market. As exciting as watching tar cool.
They will never lay a glove on the Accord.
Does it have ABS?
The Impala LS could give the foreign cars more competition if only Chevy would wake up and make ABS standard on all Impala trim levels.
What the heck is a 3.5L V-6? Is that a new engine for GM? Just curious (I know little about cars).
GM has crawled in bed w/Toyota before (Matrix - Vibe) they might out to try again with a new model and factory (sans the union).
Mu Malibu is the reason I gave up on GM. I needed a full electrical job and tune-up at 50,000 mi. even though they sell you on the fact that it won’t need one until 100K. I asked if that 100k was part of the warranty and was told it was only a “guideline”.
Looks like every other P.O.S. on the market. As exciting as watching tar cool.
Did GM pay for this story? They’re joking right?
This reminds me a bit of a letter someone wrote to Car & Driver in response to Ford’s renaming the Five Hundred to the Taurus (and the Mercury Montego the Sable). The writer stated, “If Ford really wants to improve sales of their sedan, they should rename it “The Accord.”
:)
Detroit as it is now will never be in the same class as Honda, Toyota or hell, even Hyundai.
And they keep the old name? Its already a blunder.
That’s the new Malibu? Ew
In other news Slim takes aim at starting slot on an NFL team and Nobel Prize in Physics.
I agree ,, they can’t do it .. even Ford which had the wonderful Mazda 6 to build on for their midsize turned it into a (visual) turd ... GM’s ecotec isn’t good enough and they don’t have a lightweight modern 2.5l or 3.0l v6.. no matter what they do this car will be saddled with too much weight , a low revving engine that burns more fuel than the foreign equivalents and their interiors will STILL be cheap plastic held together with superglue and will fall apart after just a few years in the heat... they will continue to lose market share... Japan isn’t the problem , Korea is ,, they may eventually catch up to Japan but Korean cars will always have the edge in value and GM’s buyers aren’t quality buyers they’re value buyers..
When the Malibu-bu was introduced, the tag line on the ads was “The car you knew GM could build.” I instantly got a mental image of the Chevette, the Citation, and the Vega that my former in-laws had. No GM for me.
I've driven the 2008 Accord EX sedan (powered by the new 190 bhp I-4 engine) and it is quiet, powerful and very refined.
"GM has not allowed critics who have driven the Malibu to publish their thoughts yet, but the car received mostly positive coverage at the Detroit auto show this year."
That doesn't bode well - if the reviews were glowing, you'd think they'd let them leak...
More pictures of the car in question:
Not a bad try, but not as good as the Camry's design.
If GM really wants to compete, they need an edge and offer a 5 year/60,000 bumper to bumper warranty like Hyundai and Kia does. Otherwise, they’re no match for Honda or Toyota or the Koreans.
GM better get their service departments at their dealers up to snuff if they are going to make a dent. My local dealer crows on and on about their service department. I could list a page worth of problems concerning my vehicle and my wife’s in reference to service. It’s a joke.
The new Malibu is a great car. It will do better than you think. The venom some here have for the big three is unbelievable, and sad...
Mike
But, unlike Japanese carmakers, GM executives want to make less make less money by selling less cars.
Takes aim at Toyota, hits own foot.