wemay
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Sedans just aren't loved anymore. I got in before the lock.
Discontinued: Chevy Malibu
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Not a Chevy fan but that does look nice......
My Bolthas extremely good A/C tho
Meh, it's alright. I don't think it's the most powerful AC system I've ever had in a vehicle... but being able to sit in my car for my lunch hour with the AC blasting without idling an engine or wasting gas is just a fantastic feature. When I had my Ford Escape I always felt bad for it, idling an hour at a time (and it ruined my average MPG).
wemay
Site Donor 2023
Same with my Malibu, and its been in the low to mid 90s with 80% humidity here, this past week.My Bolt
Yep, generally a darn fast car can do the quarter mile in the low 13’s. To do that, a 3600 lb car needs about 300 net hp. This is really easy with the available V-8’s and even turbo 4’s. Even my 16 year old Chevy 6.0 makes 350 HP.
Low 13s is cool but low 12s-mid 11s is actually fast
A Chrysler v6 could run a 13
Fast is totally subjective, haha, but if you found a Chrysler V-6 that runs a 13’s let’s hear about it.
Are you sure Malibu is "successful"?
I think they definitely are neglected, despite the car being good enough for me the competition have better offerings. Customers are not stupid and if they are just good enough and the competition has better products for not much more, they will buy the competition. Often the MBAs and accountants don't think about what make sense and cut cost instead of improving products.
I think they definitely are neglected, despite the car being good enough for me the competition have better offerings. Customers are not stupid and if they are just good enough and the competition has better products for not much more, they will buy the competition. Often the MBAs and accountants don't think about what make sense and cut cost instead of improving products.
It is much easier to make profit off high priced products aiming at wealthy customers than squeezing pennies out of low profit customers with volume and low margin.
The problem is MBAs and accountants think cutting cost will not impact quality, or not too much, but it does.
The trick is probably keeping design and manufacturing teams who have the knack of designing something decent with a limited budget.
How bad will Ford and GM get? Eventually only able to make money on the $80k+ trucks, not the 60k ones? These are only sold in the N.A. market, that only exists because of the chicken tax, and EPA regs that somehow encourage larger vehicles, which must've expensive to lobby for?
Probably the conditions and market for these trucks isn't going away too soon, but it might?
This generation has horrendous corrosion issues...not an issue in the desert where you are but it can't hold a candle to the Camry and Accord on that regard.
The Chevy Trax and Buick Envista are definitely in the affordable segment these days and they are getting very favorable reviews. They aren’t sedans, but almost the modern equivalent.
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The nice thing about smog era motors is if you can fit a 305, you can fit a 383 stoker on nitrous. This wagon would look great gong down the drag strip.
