2008 Chevrolet Malibu LT2

Pros

Tight comfortable ride, quiet, fast

Cons

None

Purchased As Used

This car rides like a big car. Very smooth on the road and plenty of power in the 6 cyl. Breaking is great. I use this car as a highway car and watching the Inst. MPG, it is great on gas.

Pros

Outstanding appearance, Tons of power, Interior flawless with excellent ergonomics

Cons

Besides the blind spots this car is flawless

Purchased As Used

Just bought my malibu and was shocked by its performance and power with the V6 and 6 sp tranny. Absolutely the best car I have ever owned. The interior can easily be mistaken for a high end luxury car. Love the tap shift and onstar. Highly recommend this car to anyone looking for performance and appeal without the high price tag....read morehide

Pros

love the on star and that it has the crash sensor

Cons

that they good year tire my husband and i do not like the good year tires

this has been a great car so far for me, i am the type of person that gets bored with a car, so far i am very happy with this car and i love it

Pros

Good overall gas mileage, smooth ride, nice interior great value...

Cons

Would have been nice to have the option of Navigation.

This is my wifes car and she loves it. Ours came as loaded as you can get without the Ltz package. Great car so far with 10k miles clocked and very impressed so far. I test drove everything from the Camry and Accord to G6 Pontiac. With a 252 horse power V-6 and the 6 spd auto the fuel mileage is about 28 highway, 18 city and 24 combined. Its getting better as it breaks in as well. You can have your cake and eat it too. Interior is nice with features such as built in sun shade in rear, 110 volt power plug, microsuede leather inserts on Lt2. Honda and Toyota may edge out on city mpg but give the edge to the Malibu on Hwy and on par with the avg mpg. Would be nice if they had the option of a factory navigation, and displacement on demand like the V-8's(honda V-6 has it as option). Love the car and have had a few people ask about it so it get you looks. The best compliament I can give is that I would have no problem buying it again....read morehide

Pros

Good Fuel Economy, Very Stylish, LOVE Onstar!

Cons

I prefer to drive "trucks", but that is not the Malibu's fault. Great car!!!

I like my 2008 Malibu, but I traded in a 2007 Tahoe, and really miss the ride and room of the Tahoe! I wish the Tahoe got as many MPG as the Malibu, I would still have it. Too bad Americans have to pay so much in fuel prices, that many are now choosing the drive Japanese made cars, which really are NOT better than the great American made cars. In fact I just drove a rental car for a week, it was a Toyota Camry and my Malibu gets 3 miles per gallon more than the Camry and my Malibu has a MUCH smoother ride and is equipped much nicer than the Toyota was. I will NEVER own a foreign car because GM puts Much nicer cars on the road!...read morehide

Pros

Quiet, Smooth ride Very nice interior comfortable

Cons

None

This car has great gas mileage, love the interior with the leather seats the radio cranks sounds great, also love the way Chevrolet went the extra mile on the cars trim looks classy and sporty.

Pros

Fuel economy, ride quality, appearance, feature to dollar value.

Cons

Lack of Bluetooth integration into stereo. Somewhat sluggish acceleration with 4 cylinder engine.

First off, the Cons:

The lack of Bluetooth is nearly inexcuseable. It's obviously to get people to use On-Star's phone service with Verizon, which is ridiculous given that 90+% of all new car buyers will already have cell phone service contracts in place. Nearly every other automaker offers Bluetooth now. Get with the program GM...

I chose the 4 cylinder specifically for the mileage, so I'm very willing to live with the somewhat sluggish acceleration. I'm way beyond having to be the first to leave a light and the first to stop at the next one... Still, comparing it to other vehicles in it's class, this is the one area where this car compares less than favorably. However, I still gave it a three star for performance due to the great mileage for such a large car!

Now the Pros:

The Malibu leads this class with no exceptions! I researched the heck out of this purchase. I travel for work and I requested each vehicle I was considering numerous times while on the road. I've logged well over a thousand miles minimum in each of the Malibu, Camry, Accord, Sonata, Mazda 3 and numerous others in varying trim levels over the past 6 months. Again, the Malibu wins in every way except perhaps the race from traffic light to traffic light. A race I have no interest in participating in, given the current state of things in the world...

I've been asked repeatedly if the Malibu is a BMW, Audi or other higher end vehicles when visiting with various customers. These are generally people that know high end cars and are quite surprised to end up noticing a bow-tie attached to such a fine looking vehicle.

I absolutely love the Ultralux seats now, during the heat of the summer and can't wait to "toast my buns" with the seat warmers once winter sets in.

I wanted the upgraded stereo option, but accepted a vehicle without since it had everything else I wanted. I'm not disappointed in any way! Plenty of power, just enough thump and crystal clear sound at all volume levels! What more could I hope for? It more than suits my needs and I'm so happy to have the built-in XM radio and not have to deal with running wires and such any longer. The location of the aux. jack for connecting my MP3 player is so much better than that of some of the competition. Right in plain sight!

The sunroof is a little weird in that it slide back onto the outside of the roof when opened, instead of between the roof and headliner. Surely, this provided for more headroom, which is definitely a plus for those of us taller than the average import. I say weird, but it's a definite plus! Maybe I should have said different...

The rear power package sure is convenient for plugging in a DVD player for the kids when driving four hours to visit the Grandparents. Sure, we could still use a converter plugged into the cigarette lighter, but this is just convenient. No more searching for a misplaced converter!

The AC has worked fine even on 90 degree plus days and I have no doubt those previously mentioned seat warmers will help handle our occasional 20 below winter mornings.

The ride... Aaahhh! So smooth over railroad tracks, potholes and whatever else the summer construction season has presented but not "squishy" at all. Corners very flat and smooth with instant response to braking and steering input. Also as important as nearly anything else, it's sooo quiet!!! No other car anywhere near this price level even approaches the Malibu in this area. It's like driving with Bose QC II's on. Literally!...read morehide

Pros

Looks nice.

Cons

Tranmission problems before 1500 miles, fuel economy not nearly what is expected, poor interior qual

Car has been in the shop 3 times before 1500 miles. Once for interior moulding comming off, and twice for transmission failure.

Car looks nice, but no matter how you slice it, its a chevy. You get what you pay for.

I would look more closely at other vehicle before I buy this one again. I'm glad at this point that I leased and did not buy. I know that at the end of the term I won't want it anymore....read morehide

Pros

V6 MPG good, interior comfort & style, Quiet ride at high speed

Cons

Nothing at this time

Have the 6 cyl. getting 20-22 MPG avg. in chicago city driving based on conservitive driving methods and 27 MPG highway at 65 MPH. The controls for radio, XM, CD easy to see and use. Totally satisfied with this car feels. I did a lot of comparisons to other cars and felt this one stood out.

Pros

Malibu just passed up its foriegn compition. Just traded my Nissan Altima. What a quite ride .

Cons

No cons

Good milage, great looks, Most stylish of its class. Handling is great.
Lots of features standard equipment.