Posted on 05/10/2024 10:46:50 AM PDT by Libloather
CNN — The Chevrolet Malibu, the last sedan still sold by General Motors’ biggest selling brand, will end production this year, the company announced.
Malibu production will end in November as the factory that builds it, the Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Kansas, is reconfigured to build a new generation of the Chevrolet Bolt EV.
With the Malibu’s demise, General Motors’ mainstream Chevrolet brand will sell only trucks, SUVs, and the Corvette, a two-seat sports car, in the United States.
Chevy’s close competitor, Ford, made a similar move years ago when it stopped selling the Taurus and Fusion sedans, leaving the two-door Mustang as the only traditional car in its line-up. Chevrolet stopped making its Mustang competitor, the Camaro, last year.
Chevy’s close competitor, Ford, made a similar move years ago when it stopped selling the Taurus and Fusion sedans, leaving the two-door Mustang as the only traditional car in its line-up. Chevrolet stopped making its Mustang competitor, the Camaro, last year.
Traditional cars – vehicles that are not SUVs, trucks or vans – make up less than 20% of US auto sales, according to Cox Automotive. The last generation of the Malibu was first introduced in 2016, making it much older than competitors such as the relatively popular Honda Accord and Toyota Camry. A new version of the Camry, now available only as a hybrid, just went into production. Still, GM sold more than 130,000 Malibus last year, a 13% increase from the year before.
Last year, the Malibu was sold mostly to fleet operators, such as rental car companies, according to Cox Automotive. In any given month of 2023, more than half of Malibus were sold to fleets and, in some months, it was nearly 75%, Cox spokesman Mark Schirmer said in an email.
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“SUV’s are classified as small trucks, which also puts them in a different category for CAFE fuel efficiency rules.”
I knew the larger SUVs were. What a game the politicians play!
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Great incentive for her to put her nose to the grindstone and get a better car.
Boomers loved them but they (we) will all be dead soon. Cars aren’t supposed to be fun now. Once they get everyone into EVs they will put governors on them because “no one needs to be wasteful with energy”.
Nope, my wife’s Chevy Equinox is classed as a truck
Me too. My last two rental cars were Malibus. The other was a Hyundai Sonata. Another very nice car.
Maybe Hertz is cutting back or buying someone elses cars.
My father in law has had a Malibu for ten years. It has been a very reliable car. Of course, he would never admit IF he had an issue because he is a Chevy guy. Has been ever since the 50s when his uncle had a Chevy dealership. He has been driving Chevys his whole life.
Agree the last good design for the Malibu was 1966 to 1969 much like any other manufacture.
Anything past 1070 are only good for chicken coops.
I would guess all the fans posting are talking about older GM stuff, not the junk I see from rental fleets.
I really laugh at seeing the name Malibu on the rentals, remembering what righteous cars they were decades ago. Now they are crappy little econoboxes.
The article and my rply was about the crappy little box the Malibu is now, not the original.
Agree newer ones are God awful ugly with 5 miles of vacuum hoses and cheap push button controls and you could put a down payment on a house for the price the charge.
Proof Detroit still stuck in the nose candy era.
I have 1976 1 ton 4 speed dually Chevy truck with over 348,000 miles on the chassis.
CAN still get parts for it & repairs do not require a degree in Computers.
LOVE MY OLD IRON
I’m sure they make up for the losses by pushing battery crap nobody wants
Dumping your biggest selling brand doesn't seem like a good idea to me. Maybe they want to go bankrupt (again).
Dumping your biggest selling brand doesn’t seem like a good idea to me. Maybe they want to go bankrupt (again)
When you’re “too big to fail”...
Bankruptcy is where the money is.
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