Brand-New-Yet-Flopping Chevy Malibu to be discontinued in 2018, replaced by new model derived from other vehicles in Chevy line-up

"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit) 05/07/2016 at 10:38 • Filed to: None

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With news that !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! putting out close to the same power as what’s available on the Mustang and Focus RS, Chevy realizes they’re against the ropes in the midsize market as their brand-new Malibu lags in sales. Chevy execs have been quoted as saying a variety of reasons for the low demand, citing everything from “people don’t know what a 4G LTE hotspot is” to “it’s a Chevy Malibu.” After two to three model years the Malibu will be retired completely and be replaced by a new vehicle - though “new” in this sense is relative. To help lower R&D costs, the “new” car will be based on cars already in the lineup, likely on a platform that underpins a number of other cars like the Cadillac ATS which is roughly already sized and powered to be competitive in this market. It will also offer a variety of power train options including four-cylinder turbo engines and V6s, and a very unique feature in the mid-size market, being available only in two-door form. However, they have announced a convertible version will be available as well, a first since the 70s. The new car will also revive a storied Chevy nameplate.

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PS9 > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 05/07/2016 at 10:57

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I’m doubtful it will actually be a RWD ATS clone. Undercutting it’s own products is right out of old GM’s playbook. I don’t see GM selling us a RWD compact sedan for $20-30k, as cool as that would be.

More likely they will make a shrunken variant of the Impala, or stretch out whatever replaces the Cruze.

PatBateman > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 05/07/2016 at 11:06

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Begin production of the SS in the states, call it an Impala, put V6 and TT4 into them.

Keep the V8, though.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 05/07/2016 at 11:06

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Citation. They will call it Citation. There are stories about that nameplate, no?

LongbowMkII > PS9 05/07/2016 at 12:09

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The Malibu is already a shrunken Impala.

Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 05/07/2016 at 12:16

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PS9 > LongbowMkII 05/07/2016 at 16:19

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I meant, you know, a not hideous and offputing to consumers version of that.