Would You Buy a Reborn Chevy Impala SS or a New Malibu Looking Like a 4-Door Camaro?

More precisely, we are mere days or weeks away from the sixth-generation Chevy Camaro's production end. Unfortunately, the largest US automaker hasn't promised anything for Chevrolet and its Camaro fans – just that the nameplate is not dead for good, only preparing to go into hibernation. That's not exactly uplifting, right?

As such, some people might think that after they handled the crossover, SUV, and truck side of the business with novelties like the Chevrolet Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV, the all-new Traverse, or the recently upgraded 2025 Tahoe and Suburban, maybe now it's the right time also to take care of the passenger side of the business.

Which, by the way, is slimmer than a model's waistline because all we can find there are the $25,100 Malibu mid-size sedan and the high-performance C8 Chevy Corvette – with $68,300 Stingray, $104,900 E-Ray, and $112,700 Z06 options. As you can see, there's a massive gap between the affordable Malibu and the mid-engine superstar, even if we take into account the most expensive 2LT Malibu ($32,595) and the base 1LT Stingray Coupe.

No worries, some folks have ideas about what to do in that space and also like to take matters into their own hands if the OEMs are too lethargic. Or instead, at the tip of their CGI brushes when dealing with the imaginative realm of digital car content creators. For example, the PoloTo channel on YouTube allowed its pixel master to envision the alternative of having a 'four-door Camaro' in the guise of the hypothetical 2025 Malibu refresh. What do you think? Could this become a viable idea?

If not, there's another enticing alternative. The good folks over at the Rcars channel on YouTube instead persuaded their CGI expert to play with our minds and soul by way of reviving the legendary Chevrolet Impala SS high-performance full-size sedan. Dressed in crimson on gray, it doesn't matter – the appearance of a muscle sedan is absolutely delicious, even if there are still some AI software artifacts that might give away this is merely wishful thinking and not a real V8-powered four-door saloon.

Obviously, many would choose the Impala SS revival over a Camaro-inspired Malibu redesign, right? But what if there was space for both? In fact, Chevrolet could easily sell an affordable Malibu mid-size sedan that looks like a four-door Camaro at around $35 to $40k and offer this reborn Chevy Impala SS with V8 oomph under the hood at about $50k. This would surely be a killer apparition in a segment that's becoming increasingly rarefied!