It was written:
"But the mean is that the market eventually largely
eschews a lousy product when it has the choice. Hence the Toyota
Camry (which costs thousands more than the Chevy Malibu) is the best
seller and the Malibu is not."
I have a '98 Malibu, besides my '86 Peugeot 505GL. I've been seeing more
and more Malibus on the road...in fact, I think they're finally catching
on. In all honesty, the Chevy Malibu is a very solid, well-built, even
great handling car (not up to Peugeot standards, though, perhaps). It
was created from a clean sheet of paper and I believe ushered in a new
era about 3 yrs. ago at GM...because it's not very far behind the Camry
or Accord, or whatever. For the money, in fact, I honestly feel it's a
better car than the Camry or Accord, especially with it's long-life
transmission fluid and coolant, as well as very, very infrequent tune-up
schedule. If more people would test drive the deluxe Malibu, I think
they'd be very surprised at how nice it truly is........you can even see
over the dash (GM finally lowered the front cowl, like the Japanese have
done for years). My only complaint, really, in 2 years of ownership, is
the front seats. To me they seem a bit narrow and the designed in
'creases' only serve to bother me as I sit on them, especially since
they truly lack the necessary bolsters to keep one in place. Now that GM
has signed on with Faurecia to provide seating for their next generation
of mid-size sedans (including the Malibu), perhaps that fault will be
fixed when the new one comes out!
You can't buy a new Peugeot, so give the Malibu a try if you're in the
market for a new car.....for the money and features (and likely
reliability), I think it's spot on.....
Brian O.
(p.s. I still am not receiving the daily digest.....thanks Radu for
forwarding the list to me thru e-mail....e-groups sucks, is all I can
say.....)
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