2008 Chevrolet Malibu LT w/1LT

• Door handles, body-color
• Fascias, front and rear body-color
• Glass, acoustic, laminated front-side and windshield
• Glass, Solar-Ray light-tinted
• Grille, Black with chrome surround
• Headlamps, halogen composite with crystalline-like lenses and automatic exterior lamp control
• License plate bezel, chrome, rear
• Mirrors, outside power-adjustable, body-color, manual-folding
• Moldings, body-color rocker with bright inserts
• Repeater lamps, side-mounted
• Tail lamps, incandescent
• Tire, compact spare
• Tires, P225/50R17 touring, blackwall
• Wheels, 17 (43.2 cm) fascia spoke (Bright chrome trim.)
• Window trim, bright, side
• Wipers, front intermittent, variable, speed-sensitive

• Air conditioning, single-zone manual
• Audio system feature, 6-speaker system
• Audio system, AM/FM stereo with CD player and MP3 playback seek-and-scan, digital clock, auto-tone control, Radio Data System (RDS), automatic volume, TheftLock and auxiliary input jack
• Console, floor with floor shifter, integral sliding armrest and dual storage compartment
• Cruise control, electronic with set and resume speed
• Cup holders, dual front and rear
• Custom Cloth seat trim
• Defogger, rear-window electric
• Door locks, power programmable with lockout protection and delayed locking
• Driver Information Center, with driver customization, warning messages and vehicle information including outside temperature display, trip odometer and programmable menu functions
• Floor mats, carpeted front and rear
• Instrumentation, analog with speedometer, engine temperature, fuel, tachometer and PRNDL
• Lighting, interior with front reading lights
• Map pockets, driver and front passenger seatbacks
• Mirror, inside rearview manual day/night
• Power outlets, 2 auxiliary
• Remote Keyless Entry, enhanced with remote start enable
• Seat adjuster, driver manual lumbar control
• Seat adjuster, driver power vertical height
• Seat, rear 60/40 split-folding seatback
• Seats, front bucket with Custom Cloth reclining seatbacks and adjustable outboard head restraints
• Steering column, tilt and telescopic
• Steering wheel, 3-spoke with mounted audio and cruise controls
• Theft-deterrent alarm system, content theft alarm
• Theft-deterrent system, vehicle, PASS-Key III+
• Trunk release, power, interior
• Visors, driver and front passenger vanity mirrors, covered
• Windows, power with driver Express-Down and rear passenger lockout
• XM satellite radio (subscription required)

• Battery, maintenance-free with rundown protection
• Engine, ECOTEC 2.4L DOHC, 16-valve, 4-cylinder MFI (169 hp [126.0 kW]
• Exhaust tip, chrome
• Front wheel drive
• Steering, Electric Power Steering (EPS) assist
• Suspension, 4-wheel independent
• Transmission, 4-speed automatic electronically controlled with overdrive

• Air bags, dual-stage frontal, and thorax side-impact, driver and front passenger, and head curtain side-impact, front and rear outboard seating positions, includes Passenger Sensing System (Head curtain side air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of head and neck injuries to front and rear seat occupants on the near side of certain side-impact collisions. Always use safety belts and the correct child restraints for your child's age and size. Even in vehicles equipped with air bags and the Passenger Sensing System, children are safer when properly secured in a rear seat. Never place a rear-facing infant restraint in the front seat of any vehicle equipped with an active frontal air bag. See the vehicle's Owner's Manual and child safety seat instructions for more safety information.)
• Brakes, 4-wheel antilock, 4-wheel disc
• Daytime running lamps
• Door locks, rear child security
• LATCH system (Lower Anchors and Top tethers for CHildren), for child safety seats
• OnStar Equipped (subscription required)
• Safety belts, 3-point, all seating positions, includes front seat pretensioners
• StabiliTrak, stability control system with brake assist includes traction control
• Tire pressure monitor
• Trunk emergency release handle

Model Highlights

The new 2008 Chevrolet Malibu comes in three different trim levels, LS, LT, and LTZ. Each model is powered by a standard 169-horsepower, 2.4L four-cylinder engine, but a 252-horsepower, 3.6L V6 with variable valve timing is optional on LT and LTZ models. Four-cylinder LS and LT models get a four-speed automatic transmission, while the six-cylinder comes with a new six-speed automatic. With the four-cylinder engine, the Malibu has respectable fuel-efficiency ratings of 22 city, 30 highway. Inside and out, the Malibu gets an entirely new look, with new attention to detail and increased storage. The flowing instrument panel forms a "dual cockpit" design, while LTZ models get front fog lamps and attention-getting LED rear lamps. With its significantly longer wheelbase and wheels spaced farther out toward the corners, along with a new four-wheel independent suspension and larger wheels, the new Malibu is said to have a smoother ride and better handling response. All models include a stabilizer bar in back to provide crisp handling and good body control. Four-cylinder models have electric variable-assist steering while V6 models have hydraulic power steering. The interior is now available in two-tone trim, and gauges now have distinctive blue backlighting. Available ambient lighting now backlights the center console and door pulls, and the overhead console in LTZ models bathes the center console area with LED light. All Malibu models, including the base LS, come quite well equipped, with cruise control, remote keyless entry, a tilt/telescope steering wheel, and an MP3-compatible CD audio system. Top LTZ models include features such as leather seats (heated in front), steering-wheel-mounted audio controls, and a remote starter system. Major options include a power sunroof and an upgraded audio system with six-disc changer. Head-curtain side air bags covering front and rear outboard seats are now on the standard-equipment list for all models, along with seat-mounted thorax-protecting air bags. StabiliTrak electronic stability control is standard equipment on LT and LTZ models (not available on LS), and now incorporates a panic-brake assistance feature to give full braking power in quick-response situations. For the first time, a Hybrid model joins the Malibu lineup. With the 2.4L Ecotec four-cylinder engine plus an electric motor starter/generator system, the hybrid powertrain is rated at 164 horsepower altogether, and a sophisticated control system automatically shuts off the engine when stopped, restarting it seamlessly when taking off from a stoplight, and recaptures energy lost during coasting and braking. Hybrid models also get a unique gauge cluster that relays information about the system's operation. Hybrid models achieve EPA fuel-efficiency ratings of 24 city, 32 highway.