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After an initial production run from 1964 to 1983, the Malibu nameplate was revived in 1997 to great commercial success. The outgoing eight-gen model debuted in 2011 and is underpinned by the Epsilon II platform, but GM has plans to replace it in 2015.
Our insider sources told us an all-new generation is due by next year’s end, but little info is available on it at the present moment. Still, we happen to know that GM’s all-new E2xx platform will underpin the upcoming 2016 Chevrolet Malibu sedan, replacing the donkey old but trustworthy Epsilon II chassis.
Taking into account this is an all-new model and it will be launched late next year, that would equal to a lifespan of less than 5 years for the current breed, quite a feat considering GM’s 7-year average vehicle production life. The photograph above was shot by our team of carparazzi, showing a pre-production prototype testing in Germany on a misty morning.
The place is only natural if you vector in that the same platform will be used for the next-gen Opel / Vauxhall Insignia. A recent report published by AutomotiveNews notes engineers are working as much and hard as possible to make the new model happen by late-2015. "We've got our act together here on the midsize-car segment," disclosed Mark Reuss, General Motors’ product development chief.
Last but not least, Reuss declared this bit of info at an investor presentation during which he showed an image (sketch, rendering, pre-production car, who knows) of the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. If we’re not mistaken, the “groundbreaking design but also groundbreaking technology" Reuss is talking about leads us into thinking that mysterious image was in fact a sketch, not the actual production-ready car.
Taking into account this is an all-new model and it will be launched late next year, that would equal to a lifespan of less than 5 years for the current breed, quite a feat considering GM’s 7-year average vehicle production life. The photograph above was shot by our team of carparazzi, showing a pre-production prototype testing in Germany on a misty morning.
The place is only natural if you vector in that the same platform will be used for the next-gen Opel / Vauxhall Insignia. A recent report published by AutomotiveNews notes engineers are working as much and hard as possible to make the new model happen by late-2015. "We've got our act together here on the midsize-car segment," disclosed Mark Reuss, General Motors’ product development chief.
Last but not least, Reuss declared this bit of info at an investor presentation during which he showed an image (sketch, rendering, pre-production car, who knows) of the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. If we’re not mistaken, the “groundbreaking design but also groundbreaking technology" Reuss is talking about leads us into thinking that mysterious image was in fact a sketch, not the actual production-ready car.
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