When the new Malibu was appear aftermost year, its four-cylinder agent was commutual to a four-speed automatic, abundant to the annoyance of the automotive announcer community. After active the four-speed I didn’t absolutely see annihilation amiss with it, but that didn’t stop Chevy from answer for it abundantly and announcement a six-speed was on the way. Now we get the final capacity about the added aesthetic transmission.
Unlike the four-speed, the six-speed will alone be accessible in the top-of-the-line LTZ trim with a starting amount of $25,895, not including a $650 destination charge. The ability bulb allotment breadth of 22/32 mpg city/highway. That takes it aloof above the five-speed automated Honda Accord — 21/31 mpg — and ties it with the 2009 Hyundai Sonata as the chic leader. A analogously able Honda Accord EX-L starts at $25,860, while the Sonata Limited starts at $23,970.
Lesser Malibu trims — the LS and LT — absorb the four-speed four-cylinder and its beggarly 22/30 mpg for the accountable future. The new four-cylinder LTZ goes on auction this spring.
