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2025 Chevy Malibu Production Start Pushed Back Another Week

The 2025 Chevy Malibu is the final model year of the Bow Tie sedan’s ninth generation, wrapping up production of the nameplate until a potential next generation arrives for the 2026 or 2027 model year. No significant changes or updates are introduced for the 2025 car.

Now, GM Authority has learned that the start of regular production (SORP) for the 2025 Chevy Malibu has been delayed for a second time, highlighting how all production dates are tentative until the vehicle is actually rolling off the assembly line.

Side view of the 2025 Chevy Malibu generation.

As GM Authority previously covered, the 2025 Chevy Malibu was originally scheduled to go into production on May 31st, 2024, one day after the 2024 model year ceased production. That date was then pushed back to Wednesday, July 10th, 2024, a delay in SORP of 40 days, with the end of 2024 Chevy Malibu production also shifted forward.

Now, The General has postponed the start of 2025 Malibu production yet again, though this time only by eight days. The last of the ninth-gen sedan’s model years is currently scheduled to start production on Thursday, July 18th, 2024, though this date is once again tentative and subject to change in the meantime.

Rear three quarters view of the 2025 Chevy Malibu generation.

As a reminder, only one engine is still on offer for the 2025 Chevy Malibu, the turbocharged 1.5L I4 LFV gasoline engine rated at 163 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque. To put the power to the pavement, this powerplant is paired with a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT).

Before the 2LT trim level replaced the Premier trim in the 2023 Chevy Malibu, a second powerplant was on offer for the model, the turbocharged 2.0L I4 LTG, providing an output of 250 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque. The GM nine-speed automatic transmission provided cog swaps for this engine. However, both the engine and the transmission were retired at the same time as the Premier trim.

Cockpit view of the 2025 Chevy Malibu generation.

Under the sheet metal, the Malibu makes use of the GM E2 platform for structure. Production of the sedan takes place at the GM Fairfax plant in Kansas City.

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  1. Why is GM Authority still reporting that there will be a next generation Malibu? All other media outlets have reported, months ago, that the nameplate is cancelled going forward.

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    1. Not sure what other outlets you are reading? It’s been widely publicized that Mark Reuss has said publicly there will be next gen Bu, initially an EV. The dates keeps getting pushed back, the last I saw now 2026 or 2027 which followed GM’s announcing it is pulling back on EV’s and once again re-focusing on hybrids. I connected the two to say that the new Bu is perhaps no longer an EV perhaps a hybrid which would need more development time.

      It was reported here the other day that compact car sales on the rise with no GM options – https://gmauthority.com/blog/2024/07/compact-car-sales-on-the-rise-with-no-gm-options/. I think most people here on this blog say it would be foolish for GM to pull the plug on the Bu.

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    2. good point.
      when the sales of camry, accord & altima are falling, why would anyone buy malibu. GM is not going to spend money when its sales are falling in China which is another main market.

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  2. Just like Camaro, the Malibu had so much potential but instead, GM management gives up as usual.

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  3. people still want cars did you hear that gm

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    1. That’s right LENN and we want them built in USA and supplied with parts from USA.

      WAKE UP GM…………..

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      1. Not if it is going to cost a ton more, I will gladly take a NAFTA vehicle if unions are going to keep driving up the cost. Lower cost to build the same car sounds like a win to me!

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        1. I’m right there with you. After all a vehicle made in Mexico is a job that will keep a person feed and from adding to the cartel violence that has been spilling over the border the last 6 years.

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        2. So keep buying your foreign cars made here so the the money goes back to the homeland!!!!!!!!

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  4. Well I am very lucky to of learned about the Malibu Premier.
    What a terrific car with the 2.0 turbo and 9 speed transmission . GM never advertises this car and many Dealer do not have any in stock and no sales information. Why

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    1. Because they discontinued the Premier trim and the 2.0/9 speed combo. Last year for it was 2022.

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      1. They never advertised the new designed 2016 and beyond Malibu’s that I remember. I did not know they made a Premier until I found one at Five Star Chevrolet in Carrollton TX.

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    2. We have a 2019 Equinox with the 2.0 Turbo, it’s a great crossover to drive, not a bit of trouble with it

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  5. The 2 things I dislike about GM management is that:

    1). They either discontinue vehicles that still sell years before having an effective replacement.

    OR,

    2). They just eliminate the product entirely with no plans of ever bringing it back.

    GM can only get away with this since the other domestic manufacturers just produce junk. If anybody domestically ever produced a decent car, GM would be in real trouble. JAPAN USED to manufacture good stuff here, but lately they are far less reliable than they have historically been. The stuff manufactured in Japan is still generally pretty good though.

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  6. “All production dates are tentative until the vehicle is actually rolling off the assembly line.”

    The same people must also schedule Express van production.

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  7. I’ve been driving the same garbage Malibu for 6 years. BTW, 3 model years but all the same car. My company uses them for our fleet cars. We are now switching to Camrys and Accord Hybrids. Why? They are 1,000 times the quality of this trash I’ve been driving and they actually update their cars almost every year. That is appealing and I am thrilled to be done with the Malibu. I don’t care where the money goes. Do you have tires on your car? Guess what? They are most likely made in Mexico. Enough with the “Buy American” nonsense. I’ll buy quality and hate to break the news to you but it usually isn’t made here when it comes to cars. Sorry if the truth hurts.

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  8. I would think about replacing my 2018 (or just adding) with a 2025, but I don’t want a CVT.

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    1. I’m right there with you usually. My Mom has a Nissan with the CVT and it’s OK but I would prefer a stepped automatic or manual. I had a ’22 Malibu for a work loaner this last week and the CVT was VERY convincing. Provided “crisp shifts”, responsiveness and overall smooth operation never leaving me wishing for a traditional auto. In certain applications the CVT seems to work.

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  9. I ordered my 2025 Malibu 3 weeks ago. I stopped into my Dealer today, to get in update on my car. I was pissed when they told me they were scheduled to begin production of it on July 22. WTH! I was originally told I would have it by Aug1.

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  10. I bought a 2024 Terrain in April. It has 1404 miles. And has been sitting in dealers lot with a failed transmission. And GM says parts might be available in late August. Its been 5 weeks now. The General has also failed. They aren’t making my payments for a defective vehicle. Im sure there are parts on the assembly line. But not for sold vehicles.Very poor customer relations!

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  11. Can we get a Next-Gen Malibu on the same Alpha-2 platform as the CT5 and roughly about the same size with a a 2.7L Base engine, a 3.0L Turbo engine option and an SS Option with that 500hp Inline-6 turbo engine that was supposed to be coming a few years ago, a 1LE type suspension & brakes and a few other things and really usher in a new generation of muscle cars please?

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