Even in these days, when the preference in vehicle body styles is tilted disproportionately towards the crossover SUVs, there are buyers who still hang on to the stylized sedan models. Among them, the 2019 Chevrolet Malibu has earned enough accolades around the world to be recommended by the experts, when the buyers are searching for the most profitable, likeable sedans. The 2019 Chevrolet Malibu being a mid-size family sedan is wrapped in a remarkable style that makes it difficult for the buyers to resist, while its performance and handling will always attract the drivers, for whom driving is their first passion.
Apart from its attractive styling, the 2019 Chevrolet Malibu stands with a quiet demeanor, and the staff at the Lexington Chevrolet showed us how its excellent infotainment system will keep the occupants both entertained and well informed with its easy to use software.
The 2019 Model Year
For the 2019 model year edition Chevrolet has refreshed the Malibu series with a new transmission on most of its trim models, and an RS appearance package, that enhances the overall getup of the Malibu trims making them more desirable a car. Chevrolet has also enabled some slight styling touches itself as standard that includes the L, LS, LT, and Premier trim models.
Styling Tweaks
With the new look, the 2019 lineup of Chevrolet Malibu is able to draw a new section of crowd who till now didn’t opt for this sedan. With the new twists and turns, the existing lines and curves appear to be more intriguing, and that is because of the right retouching done in all the right places.
At the front the grille stretches out to be extra wide along with a couple of chrome lines running towards the squinting headlights. The large sized side windows that curves down parallelly with the sloping roofline and the tapered tail make the sedan look a bit like a hatchback.
Power Play
Under the hood, the 22019 Chevrolet Malibu sets a 1.5-liter turbo-4 engine as standard that is rated at 163 of horsepower. To gain this, Chevrolet has paired it to a new continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT), and it worked really well. A 2.0-liter turbo-4 engine is offered as optional, that can create a 250 hp endowing this Chevrolet sedan with an excellent sprint of acceleration. Thanks to the exclusively installed 9-speed automatic transmission that could relay the power so well to the respective wheels.
The 2019 Chevrolet Malibu also stores a Hybrid option that uses a non-turbo 1.8-liter inline-4 engine ideally paired to a lithium-ion battery and a capacitive electric motor that can sip fuel at a rate of 46 mpg in a combined trip, as measured by the EPA. But overall the powertrain of the 2019 Malibu Hybrid can make an impressive 182 horsepower.
All the trim models of the 2019 Chevrolet Malibu ride and handle equally well. The steering responds quickly and accurately, sometimes almost intuitively ensuring a level of comfort that makes it a recommended by the experts who serve at the Lexington Chevrolet dealership.
