Chevrolet to announce diesel Malibu wagon in New York

"Justin Young" (jus1029) 04/15/2014 at 02:24 • Filed to: Autoblopnik, Satire

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Autoblopnik reports on this announcement!

General Motors today announced that Chevrolet will announce a new diesel-powered Malibu wagon at next week's New York Autonouncement Show.

"This is an effort to improve critical opinion of the Chevrolet Malibu among automotive influencers," announced Chevrolet spokesannouncer Randy Dog. "The 2013 Malibu was poorly received by the press, and the updates we made for 2014 haven't helped. So we're going for broke. We've yet to meet an auto writer or blog commenter who doesn't love a diesel wagon."

The Malibu TDZ Diesel Sport Diesel Wagon will be powered by a 2.2 liter turbodiesel developing 150 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque.

"The Malibu Sportdiesel Wagon's diesel engine was conceived and designed in Europe," announced Dog. "It's built in our GM European Diesel Plant in Europe, then shipped to Orion Township where the diesel-powered Malibu Dieselsport will be assembled. We then send the engine back to Europe to be inspected by a European guy who lives in Europe, then it returns to Michigan once more to be installed in the car. Anyone who says this isn't a true European diesel can kiss my European ass."

Asked of the addition of a diesel-powered wagon to the Malibu lineup was a move to pander to the press rather than provide a vehicle actually demanded by buyers, Dog announced, "You're damn right we're pandering to the press. It works for BMW and now we're going to make it work for General Motors. Seriously, a 4-series with four doors and a hatchback? Who else but an underpaid and overpampered car-magazine hack would want one of those?"

The diesel-powered Malibu Sportdiesel Wagonsport wagon will come exclusively with a six-speed manual transmission, rear-wheel-drive, and hydraulic power steering. Fuel economy estimates have not been calculated, but Dog announced that they will be at least twenty percent lower than the car is actually capable of achieving, so that auto writers can point to their better-than-EPA figures as proof of how stupid the American public is for not embracing diesels.

Dog announced that the diesel wagon is expected to account for roughly 0.004% of 2015 Malibu sales, or about eight cars in total, six of which will be provided as long-term loaners to various car magazines.

"We're very excited," announced an excited Dog. "This will be the first time the Malibu has been available as a wagon with a diesel engine." When Autoblopnik pointed out that the Malibu wagon was offered with an Oldsmobile diesel in 1982 and 1983, Dog announced, "Yes, but we like to pretend that never happened," and then added, "Nerd."

Axial > Justin Young 04/15/2014 at 02:25

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Seems legit!

Justin Young > Axial 04/15/2014 at 02:27

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Reminds me of the Taurus Wagon for some reasons.

jkm7680 > Justin Young 04/15/2014 at 06:14

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Yeah! That seems like something that Gm would do. Especially after the facelift Cruze.