[Q'smuscle]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

Food for thought:



This was launched less than 3 years ago. The fact that GM is ready to launch a brand new model in response to a weak product in a relatively short period of time is refreshing.

Weak product? How? This Malibu interior and exterior is 10x's better than the previous ones . Going by the numbers most agree with me!

Originally Posted by stoopid

Historically the Malibu is a steady seller. If you look at the numbers I posted earlier, it seems to make little difference which gen/style. If you take out 2003 and 2007 (new gens coming the following years in 2004 and 2008), there's only small variance between model years. No measurable difference between the last two gens and there's nothing to indicate that is suddenly going to change. As I said earlier, this segment of the market is flooded with good cars. GM has to be pleased that the Malibu still even ranks.

2000 207,376
2001 176,583
2002 169,000
2003 122,771
2004 179,806
2005 203,503
2006 163,853
2007 128,312
2008 178,253
2009 161,568
2010 198,770
2011 204,808
2012 210,951
2013 200,594
2014 188,519

Thanx, that's sweet ! So this current Malibu has done way better than previous , which I would expect!