Virus is running through Chevrolet’s The car line, forcing the brand to destroy model after model, could get worse. CarsDirect report that the mass market brand has stopped taking orders for 2022 Malibu. When CarsDirect request Chevy Regarding the move, a spokesman for the automaker replied: “Regarding the Malibu, we will not be taking any further orders as we have already received enough orders to complete the fifth model year.” 22″.
We don’t know what number the automaker has in mind “to complete the 22nd model year,” but it can’t be that big. Malibu sales are mostly flat in 2021, going from 131,917 in 2019 to 102,651 in 2020 to a frighteningly small 39,376 last year. And production discontinuation for the current model year could come sooner if GM doesn’t idling the Fairfax, Kansas plant Malibu build Feb-November 2021, longest downtime of all GM’s US assembly facilities. This is a factory GM invested $174 million in in 2015 to build the current ninth-generation Malibu.
Now let’s join the discussion going on on the Internet about how long Malibu people are supposed to live. Predictions for midsize sedans the most time come from Automotive News‘Future Products Pipeline, predicts that Malibu will die in 2025. Soon after, a report in GM agency last June stated “The Malibu will likely be phased out entirely after the 2023 model year.” GMA even less forgiving on its Malibu information page, writes, “Notably, maybe this [2022] could be the last year of the midsize sedan. “
Let’s make the most ruthless prediction and say that the Malibu lasts until the end of this model year. The begging question is: Why more? GM cancels Cruze in 2018, a compact sedan and hatch outsold the Malibu, selling 184,751 units the year before it was cancelled, 142,617 units the year it was cancelled. This shows how much GM wants to get out of Lordstown to plant it offloading Lordstown Motors; The Fairfax factory only makes Malibu and Cadillac XT4and both of those models sold for less Cruze did it myself when Cruze malfunctioned.
However, all of that is just conjecture. We know the embalmers are preparing for Malibu to see one last time, we are just waiting for the day of the funeral. This year it seems unlikely, though, as we think it’s even easier to destroy a car you don’t manufacture than one you already own. For what remains of any Malibu devotee, a Automotive News report from 2019 doubt the sedan can be replaced by one of the new generation tram coming in 2023.
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