CHEVROLET MALIBU test drive since 2012 sedan
Holiday Malibu
In our mortal everyday life, the sound of beach-Malinovo-Hollywood Malibu is only a delicate ultraviolet, sea breeze and the sweet smell of Hawaiian Maracui. Even if we are talking about a new Sedan from Chevrolet, it seems that this is a hint at least for a holiday and exotic holiday. The Chevrolet clan exceeded a hundred. An advanced age always deserves respect and trust, and the last guest in our market in the person of Mr. Camaro only confirmed this, rightly collecting a solid portion of flattering applause from Russian fans of the American brand. Now I want to believe in the success of the coming Trailblazer, like the new Chevrolet flagship, which already promises almost a carnival with its name. The story of the Chevrolet Malibu began in 1964. The model was positioned as a top version of the line of medium -sized Chevrolet Chevelle. Until 1967, the car was produced in all body variants, including two -door hardware of Hardtop, two -door convertibles, four -door sedans and station wagons. The first generations existed in loaded SS executions with multi -liter and high -power V8, and also took on the basis for the construction of the victorious NASCAR series. Malibu was lit in earnest. The first era of Malibu rear-wheel drive cars ended in 1983, and the new generation of front-wheel drive medium-sized cars appeared after a 14-year break in 1997. In 2007, the Seven -generation Chevrolet Malibu release began, which became one of the brightest Chevrolet cars, having won more than 40 awards in the automotive industry, including the title of the North American car of the year.
As you know, the Pacific beach Malibu is an extremely distant West. While the southern shores of the Sea of \u200b\u200bthe Marmara Sea are the very nearest East. It was here, in the vicinity of Istanbul, that the Russian presentation of the new Chevrolet under the smell of fried chestnuts, the chants of the muezzins, against the backdrop of pointed minarets and the ruins of ancient Byzantium, took place.
In these Turkish decorations, Chevrolet Malibu struck a quite Asian appearance. If it were not for outstanding feed with rear lights borrowed from Camaro, and two formidable pipes of the exhaust system, I would be completely boring. Probably, the whole problem is that the appearance of Malibu, especially the front part, personally reminded me of the prosaic Epica. But how does it not want Malibu even remotely reminiscent of its predecessor. After all, how gloriously in GM they painted Cruze and Aveo!
But inside the sedan is coordinated not at all boring and certainly not ordinary. The general picture is again saved by a relative: a voluminous two -eyed instrument panel quotes the Camaro style, and I must say to the place. Perhaps the main secret of the interior hidden behind the box display. Press the display button rises. It looks like a cheerful toy. Another exclusive exclusive button for gearboxes of the manual mode lurked directly on the KP handle. Controversial and unusual. If you do not compose a seat of labor in front of yourself, then it is convenient to get up not so easy to get enough space. But here is a large trunk of 545 liters, it is quite enough to travel to the country with the whole family.
The pleasure of managing Malibu is most likely a lover of measured and imposing driving. With all its design hints of sports, in the Malibu movement, it is far from excitement and is not devoid of some lazy. A tandem of a 2.4-liter gasoline engine with a capacity of 167 horsepower and a six-speed machine will provide comfortable and stable movement, but active, drive dynamics here clearly lacks. In a calm, soft suspension and steering are configured. It is impossible not to note the impeccable sound insulation of the new sedan. The car fully justifies the calculation of a 3550 -year -old man with traditional life and family values, with stably good income on its buyer. Creating a family model, engineers from GM for fame took care of security: in November 2011, the European organization for assessing the safety of new cars (EURONCAP) raised five stars of Malibu the highest rating.
With all its advantages, the car clearly lacks charm and ambitions. Perhaps this is also aware of the marketers themselves, who count on sales of only about 1000 cars per year. The holiday will be not enough. But this is malibu
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