Video: 2008 Chevy Malibu LTZ
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On looks alone, the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ represents a giant step in the right direction.
Sleek and handsome in the Dark Gray that Chevrolet has chosen as the car's signature color to help reinforce its upmarket aspirations, this car looks like the fitter, hipper younger brother when parked beside a dowdy '07 Malibu (still to be sold to commercial fleets as the 2008 Malibu Classic). And its straightforward design makes some of the Japanese competition seem downright quirky.
Much the same can be said for the interior, where a sweeping bi-level design theme replaces the featureless wasteland of the current Malibu. GM designers have succeeded in creating visual interest without crossing into distraction.
Opinions split over our test car's two-tone Ebony-and-Brick interior treatment, partly because the Brick dash panels seem a tad too orange and don't look as authentic as the matching leather seat inserts. Still in all, the Malibu shows us that improving interior design has become a broad priority at GM.
-edmunds.com
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9/15/2008
