32 Facts About Chevrolet Malibu

Chevrolet Malibu is a mid-size car manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet from 1964 to 1983 and again since 1997.

At mid-year, the Chevrolet Malibu was rejoined by lower-line Chevelle models that were simply called the base Chevelle in both four-door sedans and two-door hardtops.

For 1982 the Chevrolet Malibu was facelifted with more squared-off front styling marked by quad headlights with long, thin turn signals beneath them.

Four-door Chevrolet Malibu was commonly used in fleet service, especially for law enforcement.

The rare, and striking, 1980 Chevrolet Malibu M80 was a dealer package for only North and South Carolina.

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Chevrolet Malibu was an extensively used body style in NASCAR competition from 1973 to 1983.

New front-wheel drive Chevrolet Malibu was introduced for the 1997 model year on an extended wheelbase version of the GM N platform shared with the Buick Skylark, Oldsmobile Achieva, and Pontiac Grand Am, as a competitor to the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry which were the best sellers in the mid-size market.

The Chevrolet Malibu was Motor Trend magazine's Car of the Year for 1997; this was later criticized by Car and Driver in 2009, citing that the Chevrolet Malibu was insufficiently distinguishable in terms of performance or interior quality to warrant such praise in hindsight.

Chevrolet Malibu produced the Cruiser as a concept, and it was therefore never available for purchase.

Chevrolet Malibu name was moved to GM's new Epsilon platform based on the 2002 Opel Vectra C for 2004.

The Epsilon-based Malibu came in two bodystyles, a standard 4-door sedan and a 5-door Malibu Maxx hatchback .

Sixth generation of the Chevrolet Malibu initially debuted with a front fascia design featuring a wide grille split horizontally by a prominent chrome bar that ran the entire width of the car, shared ultimately cross-brand.

Chevrolet Malibu was extensively redesigned and re-engineered for model year 2008, with styling by Bryan Nesbitt.

Seventh generation Chevrolet Malibu uses a variant of the long-wheelbase Epsilon platform shared with the Saturn Aura, the Opel Signum, and Pontiac G6.

The Chevrolet Malibu hybrid was dropped for the 2010 model year for regular consumers but was still available to fleets.

Car and Driver stated that while it would not be "enough to steal the top-dog sales title from the perennial Honda and Toyota mid-sizers", they noted "for the first time since Chevrolet Malibu revived the storied nameplate in 1997, it has enough of what it needs to sell in significant numbers to the public, not just rental fleets".

Writers of various reviews for the 2008 Malibu believed Chevrolet would be getting back on track in quality and excitement in the mid-size segment after a history of ordinary, bland offerings, such as the Celebrity, Corsica, Lumina, and even the previous two generations of Malibu since its 1997 revival.

In January 2008, the redesigned Chevrolet Malibu received the North American Car of the Year award at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in voting among a panel of 50 automotive journalists in a field of entries, with the runners up being the 2008 Cadillac CTS and the 2008 Honda Accord.

The Chevrolet Malibu's win marked the second straight year a car built on GM's Epsilon platform won the North American COTY award with the 2007 North American COTY award having gone to the 2007 Saturn Aura.

The new Chevrolet Malibu became a global vehicle, replacing both the North American Chevrolet Malibu and GM Korea vehicles previously sold around the world.

Eighth generation Chevrolet Malibu was available in the trim levels LS 1LS, the LT 1LT, the LT 2LT, the ECO 1SB, the ECO 2SA, and the LTZ 1LZ.

Eighth generation Chevrolet Malibu was sold in "nearly 100 countries on six continents".

The Chevrolet Malibu made its Middle Eastern debut in 2012 replacing the Holden VE Commodore based Lumina.

In North America, the eighth generation Chevrolet Malibu continued to be sold in 2016 as the Chevrolet Malibu Limited as the next generation went on sale.

In China, the eighth generation Chevrolet Malibu continues in production alongside the ninth generation Chevrolet Malibu.

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Eighth generation Chevrolet Malibu was offered with four-cylinder engines and six-speed automatic transmissions.

The Chevrolet Malibu Eco was criticized for its reduced wheelbase, causing a 0.

The updated Chevrolet Malibu featured a sleeker, yet larger design similar to its full sized Impala.

The 2016 Chevrolet Malibu comes equipped with both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto Capability features.

China and South Korea are currently the only two countries outside of North America where the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu is sold, meanwhile the car was introduced in the Philippines in early 2018.

Ninth generation Chevrolet Malibu offers a full hybrid model for the first time, featuring a 1.

Safety features were improved for the 2019 Chevrolet Malibu including Low Speed Forward Automatic Braking, IntelliBeam high-beam assist headlamps and a semi-automated parking system.