GM to launch Chevrolet Malibu hybrid.

January 14, 2008 - General Motors will launch Chinese made Chevrolet Malibu hybrid in China on January 22. This will be the first hybrid vehicle that GM is going to offer in the market, said a GM official.

Martin Murray, head of GM's Asia Pacific hybrid engineering, said the car will adopt the same mild hybrid Belt-Alternator-Starter system as GM Saturn Aura hybrid, adding that GM's hybrid system is flexible and cost effective and is ideal for high volume global applications, which includes its application in China in 2008.

GM first showed the new Malibu hybrid at the Los Angeles Auto Show last November. The automaker said the hybrid Belt-Alternator-Starter system helps the car achieve EPA ratings of 24 mpg city and 32 mpg highway, an increase of two miles per gallon in each case.

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source: Gasgoo.com

According to the article from autohome, the Malibu will be produced in China.

http://www.autohome.com.cn/news/200906/62273-1.html


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Wow they're really doing it..

I already saw that Malibu Hybrid last year and it seems like GM China will export this car to other Asian countries..

The new Malibu will be launched in New York and Shanghai at the same time. This is the Chinese version:

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Malibu @ 2011 Shanghai Auto Show:
http://photo.auto.sina.com.cn/chezhan/2011shanghai/total/2617/
http://db.auto.sohu.com/sh2011/car_1327.shtml
http://car.autohome.com.cn/showcar/exps23/2313.html

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http://car.autohome.com.cn/photoshow/134339.html
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This will be sold in Australia under the Holden umbrella - I wonder if the Chinese or Americans will build ours ???

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Source: http://auto.qq.com/a/20110511/000094.htm

This will be sold in Australia under the Holden umbrella - I wonder if the Chinese or Americans will build ours ???

Will the Malibu not be build in Australia like the Cruze?

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