[Chevelle-list] New Malibu Gets Corvette Inspired Dashboard - andBetter in General

[Michael Pell]

Especially after they've totally bastardized a great name(s).

At least they're bringing their warranty miles/years up.  These are the 
2 primary reasons I quit buying GM and started buying Chrysler products 
for my daily drivers.

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Clint Hooper wrote:

>Just my opinion but until GM quits trying to force-feed us FWD four door
>cars,I'm not interested in their product.
>Clint Hooper
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>From: "Brad Waller" <brad at epage.com>
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>>Bob Lutz is having an influence.  He is trying to make the Malibu the new
>>"hot" car to compete with the Japanese and German offerings instead of the
>>plain vanilla rental that is just an afterthought for buyers.
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>>Some quotes from the article:
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>>Say "Chevy Malibu," and some Americans think of a 1960s muscle car.
>>Unfortunately for General Motors Corp., many more think, "rent-a-car."
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>>GM's Vice Chairman for product development Robert Lutz says the new
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>>the company's multiyear effort to upgrade the look and feel of its sedans
>>and coupes. Now Chevy is going for a more international feel -- a European
>>look with an inside that borrows from 1960s American style.
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>>"It's a poster boy for what we are trying to do," says Mr. Lutz, who
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>>On the outside, the 2008 Malibu looks German, with an exterior profile and
>>proportions similar to a Volkswagen Passat.
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>>The interior is a more dramatic departure. The dashboard has a "dual
>>cockpit" look. "It's almost a direct lift from the '58-59 Corvette
>>interiors," says Mr. Lutz.
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>>John Mack, who led the Malibu's interior design team, says most versions
>>will come with two-tone interiors, such as "cocoa and cashmere."
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>>By selling better looking cars -- without "gray rat's fur upholstery and
>>dark gray plastic parts" -- renting a GM car "becomes a national
>>demonstration program where people actually pay to drive a GM car, and
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>>Article
>>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07002/750669-185.stm
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>>Pictures
>>http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2008-chevy-malibu-1/
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>>Brad Waller (brad at epage.com)
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>>'66 Corvette | 327/dead | 4-speed | Wilwood Brakes | 245/45/16 BFG R1
>>'67 Chevelle | ex-SS396 | 355/700R4 | F-Body Brakes | 275/40/17 Kumho MX
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