thecow135

has anyone seen the new malibu? if they fixed up the back end itd be sexyy

Razz1

Yep it's a nice car from what i have read and seen. I need to test drive one.

YaXMaNGTO

Obviously, it's not an enthusiast's car, but I'd give them some credit on improving the design.
I'll probably get one as a rental sooner or later...

thecow135

yeah, that rear is too icky though

mjcampb

Had one as a rental last month. Wasn't impressed, my biggest complaint was the automatic transmission which shifted way too early, leaving the car without power (Chevy trying to save gas?). I liked the previous Camry rental I had much better.

Clavius

Hey look its a Camry with a Bowtie on the front!!... lol.. but then again the Camry looks like the Mazda 6 but with no ***** so 'eh

PoorCollegeKid

I don't think it was a 2008. They went on sale to the general public on November 2nd, and they aren't going to be offered to rental companies any time soon, since GM is still making "Malibu Classics" for rental fleet duty.

thecow135

hrm. looks somewhat different from a camry... cant see the resemblence

mjcampb

Yep. I neglected the "new" part of the question, but my guess is the tranny still sucks unless they've gone with a CVT in which case my opinion would then be it "really" sucks.

thecow135

thats what it was... looks a lot like a focus

EDIT: I mean fusion

Mech_head

Not much going in the looks department but it doesn't look offensive or anything.

I hope it sells because i do not want GM to bite it before they can roll out their new RWD sedan platform. (G8, Impala, Camaro)

PoorCollegeKid

They went from the old 4AT to the newer 6AT, for the 6 cylinder at least. That engine/transmission combo is supposed to be extremely nice, though I haven't driven a car with it yet, so I can't throw in my own two cents. The 4 cyl still uses the older transmission, though, so it's probably still a little balky. I had a previous generation Malibu as a rental once and thought it was fairly decent, but I wasn't expecting a whole lot out of a 4 cyl midsized sedan. It compared well with a 4 cyl Galant that I recently drove, though, and the Mitsu was a brand new car with only a few dozen miles on the odometer.

nt5k

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... wait, what?

Mugatu

iTrader: (1)

yep, looks like a chevy alright.

CarAndDriver

Light years ahead of the last one in design. I got the last one a couple times as a Hertz rental car and it was thoroughly uninspiring.

Razz1

that rear is ugly.

I need a new DD. So I'm still looking. American cars depreciate so fast.......

Get one two or three years old and your good to go 200K or more.

bascho

The back end might look odd......but there is nothing odd looking about the interior. Camry and Accord owners wish they had an interior this nice:

VarneyMazda

gm's really trying hard to beef up the brand image..

i think they are really headed in the right direction because the malibu is their bread and butter car.

NotAPreppie

Hello Passat.

thecow135

Yeah just what I was thinking... Passat