$26,950 Chevrolet Malibu Turbo EPA-Estimated At 21 MPG City, 30 Highway (With Video)
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The Chevrolet Malibu Turbo, the vehicle’s most athletic variant, comes back from its EPA testing rating it at 21 miles per gallon in the city and 30 mpg on the highway. With the fuel economy comes a 259-horsepower, 2.0L turbocharged Ecotec engine mated to a six-speed automatic transmission with its 260 lb-ft (353 Nm) of torque achieved between 1,700 and 5,500 rpm. This output gives the casual-looking car enough gusto to run from 0 to 60 mph in 6.3 seconds and achieve a top speed of 155 mph.
These numbers appear substantial, but we should account for rivals such as the Hyundai Sonata Turbo, which brings to the table 274 horsepower and 33 highway miles per gallon. On paper, the Korean seems to have the edge over the American. But how will they do side-by-side, with all intangibles evaluated? We hope to soon find out.
In the meantime, below is a video showcasing the Malibu Turbo unleashed around the Milford Road Course:
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259 hp seems like it’s underrated. 260 pound feet of torque at 5500 RPM is 272hp.
The fuel economy seemed a little disappointing considering like the Camry and accord gets north of 30mpf on the highway on the V6 model and runs south of 5.5 seconds on 0-60
Chevy’s two biggest issues with the Malibu will be a) the fact that it gives up a significant amount of legroom to Accord, Camry, Passat and even Fusion, and b) the fact that many buyers will cross-shop the Cruze, which offers nearly the same interior space and many of the same features…
Very disappointing from GM. Their engineers appeared to have fial with the ATS EPA Numbers as well.
Sorry folks, I meant failed
Cant for the life of me understand the exiting of the V6, while this turbo 4 has the brawn, my V6 Maxx gets better gas mileage…
Dang, that doesn’t sound too good. The 300hp Mustang V6 auto gets 19-31, and it’s mighty fast; they weigh about the same. The Malibu is a strong product- maybe the strongest Malibu in history. BUT, the new Fusion is MIGHTY strong too, plus our Korean friends are making some real competitive product too (although they all look too squiggly).
Who knows, it may look disappointing on paper all around, but it might just pull a ZL1.
Unimpressive, while I dont except the malibu to be best in class, at least not this generation, this is too much, the price/power/mpg ratio is disappointing. GM itself has cars that can do better.
*yawn* WHY is GM refusing to put the 3.6 V6 into this car? The V6 Impala gets an extra 40hp with only 2mpg penalty in the city and same highway mileage.
Well I guess this car isn’t worse like the Fusion Titanium….. 2.0 at 259hp vs 2.0 ecoboost at 240 and one is about 3500lbs with the 2.0T and 3700lbs with the ecoboost.