2010 CHEVROLET MALIBU STYLING | [9 out of 10] Kelley Blue Book: "bold, attractive sheet metal" Car and Driver: "sleek styling, attractive interiors" Popular Mechanics: "more expressive styling" The 2010 Chevrolet Malibu is one of the best-looking cars in its segment and doesn't seem out of place sitting next to some much more ... Browse Photos
Asian vehicles continue to lead in car reliability, but a number of domestic and European automakers are showing improvements. Of the 48 models with top reliability scores, 36 are Asian—Toyota accounts for 18; Honda, eight; Nissan, four; and Hyundai/Kia and Subaru, three each. The rest come from Ford with eight; Mercedes-Benz, one; Volkswagen, two; and Volvo, one. European brands continue to...
Out with the old, in with the new. California electric-car startup Fisker Automotive will announce plans tomorrow to turn an old General Motors plant in Wilmington (Dell.) into a hybrid electric-car plant. Fisker plans to use the 52-year-old factory to build its $48,000 Project Nina plug-in hybrid starting in 2012. Readers will recall that I have been pretty skeptical about electric cars and high-mileage...
Last week, Ford Motor Co. went to a third shift at the Claycomo plant to crank out more of the strong-selling Ford Escape SUVs. In January, the General Motors Fairfax facility will add a third shift, producing the popular Chevrolet Malibu and the new Buick LaCrosse. Factories running around the clock, workers producing goods that are in high demand. Job security.
The YouTube caption: "The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety conducted a unique crash test to demonstrate the advances in motor vehicle safety over the last 50 years. In this test, a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu and a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air...
Three members of a church youth group suffered critical injuries in a two-car collision this morning in the Kansas City Northland. Police said a church youth minister was driving five members of a church youth group about 10:45 a.m., traveling west on NW 68th Street. Police said another vehicle, a Chevrolet Malibu, pulled onto NW 68th Street from Ames Avenue. The collision injured three youths critically,...
Anne Arundel County police believe speed and alcohol were factors in a traffic accident early Tuesday that left a Clinton man seriously injured, according to a spokesman for the department. Robert Francis Burdette, 74, was driving a 1995 Ford Ranger pickup south on Route 4 near Plummer Lane in Lothian when it was struck from behind about 2:30 a.m. by a Chevrolet Malibu driven by Sean Kevin Fitzgibbon,...
For those of you who believe that nothing good comes out of free market economics, consider this: The IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety). Comparing the 2009 Chevrolet Malibu versus the 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air reveals a lot of technological advancements. (link) Was it government regulations and mandates that created this technology? Or was it market [...]
theodp writes "To celebrate their 50th anniversary, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crashed a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air into a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. Hate to spoil the ending of the video, but if you find yourself participating in a similar car-jousting contest, pick the Malibu over the Bel Air. (Not that you'll be complaining afterwards if you don't, or doing much of anything.) Guess...
In the 50 years since US insurers organized the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, car crashworthiness has improved. Demonstrating this was a crash test conducted on Sept. 9 between a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air and a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. In a real-world collision similar to this test, occupants of the new model would fare much better than in the vintage Chevy. "It was night and day, the difference...
To streamline its manufacturing operations, General Motors is adding a third shift at three of its assembly plants. Of those three, one is the Fairfax, Kans. facility that will become the sole provider of the Chevrolet Malibu starting November.
Stefan Jacoby, president and CEO of Volkswagen of America, plans to make the German company the largest automaker in the world. His plan to encroach on the global automotive market includes introducing new models aimed at the heart of the market, including a new American-made midsize sedan targeting the Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Chevrolet Malibu and Ford Fusion. Volkswagen will refresh its entire