AutoGuideBlog.com (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM Last spring, when General Motors starting track testing its first E-Flex powertrain “mule” prototypes, the cars were based on previous-generation Chevrolet Malibu body shells, the Mali-Volts. The engineering team has now moved on to the next generation of its development cars. The latest batch of testers are now using Chevy [...]
AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Chevrolet , GM Last spring, when General Motors starting track testing its first E-Flex powertrain "mule" prototypes , the cars were based on previous-generation Chevrolet Malibu body shells, the Mali-Volts . The engineering team has now moved on to the next generation of its development cars. The latest batch of testers are now using Chevy Cruze bodies, which is...
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
If General Motors' Buick Enclave was called the Toyota Enclave, or the Chevrolet Malibu was sold as the Honda Malibu, Detroit's biggest carmaker might not be teetering...
eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008
GM has already delayed the launches of the 2010 Cadillac CTS Coupe, Buick LaCrosse, 2011 Chevrolet Cruze and the next-generation Chevrolet Malibu. According to Automotive News, the General is now...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
Kbb.com Editors Compare Six New Vehicles in Best-Selling Mid-Size Sedan Segment IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The expert editors of Kelley Blue Book's recently conducted a highly comprehensive mid-size sedan value comparison test between six of the top new vehicles in the class and declared the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu winner. In an all-new video recently posted to the Latest News section...
Auto Spectator (Free subscription) | 10/17/2008
Thanks to an affordable hybrid powertrain option, the all-new 2008 Malibu Hybrid not only will be the most refined new midsize sedan in the neighborhood, but one of the most fuel-efficient, as well. Powered by the Hybrid System, the first-ever Malibu Hybrid delivers an EPA rating of 24 mpg city and 32 mpg highway – a two-mpg increase over the non-hybrid four-cylinder model – and will be Chevrolet value-priced,...
Auto Spectator (Free subscription) | 10/17/2008
Offering a competitive combination of refinement and fuel efficiency, the Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid is the most affordable hybrid version of a midsize sedan. It delivers the highest fuel economy among all Malibu models without having the highest price tag.
AskPatty - Automotive Advice For Wo (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Following her successful ad campaign for the Chevrolet Malibu, R&B superstar Mary J. Blige next gets behind the wheel of an all-new, 2009 Chevrolet Traverse crossover for her latest series of ads for the Fall season. The Traverse arrives at...
ScrippsNews (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
2009 Mazda 6 Grand Touring TYPE: Front-drive, five-passenger, mid-size sedan. PRICE: $28,260 base, $26,769 invoice, $28,930 as tested. WHERE BUILT: Flat Rock, Mich. KEY RIVALS: Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Nissan Altima, Hyundai Sonata, Chevrolet Malibu , Ford Fusion. read more
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Well, obviously. But it should be remembered– as CNNMoney does– that the new Chevrolet Malibu was supposed to mark the dawn of a new era. The General promised that it would end its reliance on residual-killing stack ‘em high and sell ‘em cheap fleet sales. So much for that then. “When launching the car last [...]
Leftlane (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Late in the 2008 model year, General Motors slipped a six-speed automatic in the four-cylinder Chevrolet Malibu. Innocuously marketed as the “Spring Edition” and only available as a no-cost option on the top-end LTZ model in exchange for a 3.6-liter V6 hooked up to the same six-speed, it’s unlikely anyone other than those shopping for [...]
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative , Green click to visit AutoblogGreen Need a decent, American-built hybrid sedan? Consider the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid after reading our review. If your tastes run a even further to the alternative side of things, take heart that an all-electric sedan - Tata's Indica - is coming, but to Norway and not for another year. And what's with Harley-Davidson saying "screw...
AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Filed under: Hybrid , MPG , Chevrolet , In The AutoblogGreen Garage Click the Malibu for a high res gallery There was a time not so many years ago when the best-selling cars in the U.S. market were mid-sized models from General Motors. Cars like the Oldsmobile Cutlass and Chevrolet Malibu outsold everything else by very healthy margin. In the middle of the 1980s, that changed as the successive generations...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Toyota Prius and hybrid versions of Chevrolet Malibu, Chevrolet Tahoe, Ford Escape, Saturn Vue, and Toyota Camry pay back price premium after one year YONKERS, N.Y., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With ...
Leftlane (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
After first mating its six-speed Hydramatic automatic transmission to a 2.4 liter Ecotec four-cylinder engine in the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ Spring Edition earlier this year, General Motors will spread the combination to a handful of other vehicles for 2009. With gas prices still well above where they were last year, GM is hoping to [...]
