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CABBAGE SAVER; Chevy's Malibu Hybrid is a first-rate contender.(News)
Byline: BOB GRITZINGER, WES RAYNAL
Want to go green for not a lot of green? You could do a lot worse than a Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid.
It starts with a 2.4-liter, 164-hp, 159-lb-ft four-cylinder, teamed with General Motors' belt-alternator-starter to produce what the company calls a mild hybrid. In other words, the car won't zip around silently on electric power only, but the electric motor will provide a slight assist to the gasoline engine under heavy acceleration. The best fuel-saving trick is that the hybrid system lets the gas engine shut down when the car stops and promptly restarts the engine when the brake is released.
The net effect is an extra 2 mpg in fuel economy-24 city/32 highway-over a nonhybrid four-cylinder Malibu, at $1,800 for the added hybrid hardware.
By V6 and V8 measures, the Malibu Hybrid is nothing to write home about. But for a four-cylinder, it accelerates well from a stop, winds to redline without gasping or thrashing and cruises nicely at 80 mph and above. The ride and handling balance from the Malibu's Opel Vectra-based chassis is ...
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- Malibu Hybrid to debut on the coasts.(News)
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- Press release article from: Business Wire September 4, 2008 700+ words
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- Adding up the tab for fuel economy.(NEWS)
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