2008 Chevrolet Malibu

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Exterior - What the Auto Press Says

Reviewers report the Malibu's exterior has been made over to impress. Although its new design does not score as high as Honda Accord's, the Malibu is the best scoring four-door sedan in the affordable midsize class. Among reviews, only Automobile Magazine subdues its praise for the car's new look.

• "The car looks good without trying to be something that it isn't." -- Washington Post
• "The new 'Bu, built on GM's Opel-engineered Epsilon platform (112.3-inch wheelbase) and essentially a mechanical clone of the Saturn Aura, is a fine-drawn and harmonious design, pretty but chastened with Teutonic seriousness, with a C-pillar traced from Audi's design studies. Some of the exacting exterior details -- such as the 'trapped' hood fitting inside an opening instead of closing clamshell style over the grille -- give the car a clean and composed look. This, of course, is a major improvement over the previous-generation Malibu, which looked like it was styled on an Etch-a-Sketch by blindfolded barbers." -- Los Angeles Times
• "The Malibu may also be the best looking of the current midsize sedans, with elegant lines, purposeful hood and a bold twin-port grille bearing a proud gold Chevrolet badge." -- Detroit Free Press
• "It's handsome and distinctive, and unquestionably better looking than the previous Malibu. But so is Michael Jackson." -- Automobile Magazine