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Old 04-08-11, 01:48 PM
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2013 Chevrolet Malibu gives us a glimpse of its interior



General Motors piqued our interest last week with a video glimpse of the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu (albeit in highly stylized rendered form), as well as a teaser image of its taillights. In the video, GM tells us the new Malibu will be wider than the outgoing Malibu with a more rakish exterior design. The teaser image goes a step further, showing us that the 2013 model's taillights are strikingly similar to those at the butt of the Camaro.

Fast forward one week and The General is ready to give us another peek at the interior. As you can see from the photo above, the new Malibu will feature a more fluid cabin design than the current model with fewer buttons and GM's new touch-friendly MyLink infotainment system prominently displayed.

It's difficult to judge the new Malibu's interior by looking at one intentionally poor-lit teaser images, but we see some serious potential. Here's hoping the materials can match up to the LCD screen.

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/08/2...-its-interior/
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Old 04-08-11, 02:39 PM
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Not a bad looking interior.
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I like the tails...clean and simple, but not overly so.


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The rear of the current Malibu is pretty boring.
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Camaro Gauges ✔
Camaro Tails ✔
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Interior looks horrible! It's a early 90's Saturn center stack and a beaty, cross-eyed 60's Camaro gauge cluster. Retro in modern times for a mainstream sedan is a huge fail. Totally backwards thinking. I can't believe GM is this stupid!
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it does look too busy for mom and pop car, but realistically it also looks a lot more premium than camry!
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Puke. Dodge caravan interior
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I won't comment further until I see it in person, but, just from the looks of the images here, I'm not impressed. The present Malibu's interior is far-better-looking, and, IMO, is the best mid-size Chevy interior that GM has done since the late 60's/early 70s Chevelle.
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Not that bad but certainly not what it should be. IMO, it doesn't even match the top end Cruze's interior at a class below.
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