These days, it feels like a deserted draught when traveling across the American sedan field. However, there's still a mainstream lone ranger patrolling the whereabouts in search of rivaling baddies.
If you look at the Asian brands, the four-door sedans are still alive and kicking – even if some are barely making any profits. However, no one would dare say that models like the Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, or Nissan Altima are an endangered species.
Unlike the former competitors from the Big Detroit Three, where Ford has wholly abandoned the fight, and Stellantis barely lets the Chrysler 300 go by from day to day. Alone, the $25k Chevrolet Malibu is soldiering on undaunted – the 2023 model year is $25,000 at its cheapest, while the 2024MY is only $100 more!
Sure, not everyone will feel that it's worth their while considering the front-wheel drive, 1.5-liter turbo four-pot, and CVT package. But at the highest MSRP of $32,595 for the 2LT trim, it's certainly an option to consider when you don't have a fat bank account but need a big mid-size four-door, and you want it to be as American as possible.
Luckily, the rumor mill claims the long-overdue tenth generation is just around the corner after the current one was introduced in 2015. As such, reports are discussing the possibility that Chevrolet will keep the affordable mid-size four-door sedan banner up with a new iteration next year for the 2025 model year based on the VSS-F D/E architecture and maybe even an EV option based on the Ultium platform.
As always, whenever there's rumor mill smoke, there is also a little fire coming from the imaginative realm of digital car content creators. So, the good folks over at the Q Cars channel on YouTube aim to daze and amaze the audience with the potential styling of their vision for the redesigned Chevy Malibu's tenth generation.
Their resident pixel master usually deploys AI-assisted software design assets – and this is probably the case here, too. However, the technology is continuously improving, and this unofficial 2025 Chevrolet Malibu doesn't look half bad – the sedan's styling coordinates are kept intact with a sizeable main grille and a smaller, superior lost now accommodating the blacked-out bowtie.
The headlights are also sleeker – just like the rest of the sedan's body – and the fog lights disappear in favor of new LED DRLs. The profile also gets a touch of premium thanks to hideaway door handles, and that's about all for the four-door. However, surprise, surprise – the traditional second variation of the design project isn't a slightly modified sedan but rather a full-blown two-door coupe rocking a full-width taillight treatment and the same sleek look as the four-door Malibu. Cool, right?
Aurel has aimed high all his life (literally, at 16 he was flying gliders all by himself) so in 2006 he switched careers and got hired as a writer at his favorite magazine. Since then, his work has been published both by print and online outlets, most recently right here, on autoevolution. Full profile
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