Many other car companies now offer heated seats standard with their vehicles. My tester for the week also featured the Leather and Convenience package which featured heated front seats, six-way power front seats with lumbar support and a Bose nine-speaker system.Īt a cost of $2,620 that option seems a little pricey to me and unnecessary. The controls on the steering wheel have nice heavy buttons which are easy to find while driving. The Malibu’s instrumentation panel is easy to figure out with all gauges, including the gas gauge, featuring a needle instead of a digital light show to show you how much gas you have.
I know more and more companies are moving from CD players because most of us have our music on our phones but I still know a lot of people who don’t have a smart phone and would like the option of a CD player. It took me a few seconds to connect my iPhone but I was disappointed the Malibu did not offer a CD player. The interior won’t wow you but everything is within easy reach and the seven-inch touchscreen doesn’t need you to have a PHD to operate it. Inside, the Malibu reminded me of the Trax I had driven the week before. Response when the steering wheel is turned is quick with very little roll. Those touches move the Malibu far away from being an “old-man’s” car.Īs I mentioned earlier, the turbo helps get the Malibu up to speed and on the highway it provides a nice, quiet ride with very little outside noise getting into the cabin. The Malibu comes standard with 17-inch wheels but I think the Redline Edition is a good option as it also adds a blacked-out grille, black front and rear bowties and a black outside mirror patch. Those two additions gave the Malibu an even more aggressive look. My test car for the week came with a $1,445 Redline Edition package which added 19-inch wheels to the car along with red hash marks on the wheels. The transmission shifts seamlessly between gears.įor a sedan that can fit five people, three adults comfortably in the back seats, the Malibu is an attractive car with nice flowing lines from back to front and a nice aggressive-looking front grille.įrom the pictures I’ve seen it doesn’t look like Chevrolet has made too many changes to the exterior style of the Malibu for 2019 which I think is a good thing. The turbo is needed in the LT to get the 1,418 kg vehicle up to speed on the highway. The Premier gasoline model has a 2.0-litre turbo while the hybrid has a 1.8-litre four-cylinder hybrid engine. The L, LS and LT models all offer a 1.5-litre, four-cylinder, dual overhead cam engine matched to a six-speed transmission. The Malibu comes in four gasoline models and a hybrid model. The 2019 Malibu will have a new eight-inch colour touchscreen and the 1.5-litre turbo engine will be paired with a new CVT transmission.īut before the 2018 models bow out of the showroom floor I had the chance to test the Malibu LT Sedan for a week. Chevrolet is also adding an RS model to the lineup to offer a sporty version of the sedan which has been a popular choice for Canadian drivers. Included was the Malibu which for 2019 is getting a few tweaks. In April, my colleague Jock McCleary joined a select few media guests in Las Vegas, where General Motors provided a sneak peak at some of the design changes for its Chevrolet brand of vehicles.
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