2019 Malibu - Rando Review

"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7) 06/05/2019 at 22:52 • Filed to: Chevrolet Malibu, Chevrolet, Chevy, GM, Rental Cars

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The cloth dashboard treatment is my favourite thing about GM’s passenger cars. Also, the climate blowers have unique shapes. Overall interior design is modern without falling into design cliches.

Rear seat knee room is sufficient but not quite impressive. Won’t win comparisons but not small enough to be a deal-breaker

World’s biggest traction control button? I suspect somebody wanted to avoid using blank buttons, weird flex by GM.

fhrblig > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 06/05/2019 at 23:09

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For the Malibu to have such little rear leg room is shocking.  My 2013 Optima had an obscene amount of leg room, and that’s a car that’s 6 years older than this Chevy.  I’m sure the current Optima is just as spacious.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > fhrblig 06/05/2019 at 23:12

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I'm 6'1 sitting behind myself.  The Optima is probably an inch or two better.  This one is just about grazing.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > fhrblig 06/06/2019 at 07:28

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Not surprising at all. Modern sedans suck for leg room.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 06/06/2019 at 07:29

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That legroom shot. The Malibu is what a midsize/large-midsize? How does it have less legroom than my old small-midsize? And why are people ok with cars being so cramped inside?

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 06/06/2019 at 13:55

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I’d put it between a Corolla and a Camry.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 06/06/2019 at 16:02

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It looks tiny inside.

JMordu becoming “savethemilanos” > fhrblig 08/03/2019 at 22:12

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We’ve long been in the era of shrinking interiors now, I’m constantly shocked by how much bigger 5-15 year old cars feel on the inside than new ones. At least they’re much safer now I guess, but it explains the rise of such oversized crossovers

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > JMordu becoming “savethemilanos” 08/06/2019 at 14:10

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Another example: the new Corolla feels smaller in the rear seat compared to the outgoing one.

Now that they’re  focusing on cabin tech and hybrid powertrains, I wonder if Toyota has bowed out of the “rear seat wars” for USDM cars. For a long time (2000-2019), the USDM Corolla was a very different, larger car than the Asian model. Now they’re back to one global model.