| Show February 21 2004 2 11y1 Corporatil lisli Cieltnolei Paolibu ilioiddRich is th3iiiillepdebadC1 By Ann M Job fix The Asex eeed Nets suggested retail price including destination charge of $22225 Malibu however The lowest-price- d base Malibu is the sedan with engine Its MSRP including destination charge starts at $19395 All Malibu Maxxes come with the 35- top engine — a liter V6 whose design uses overhead valves rather than the more modem dual overhead cam technology of the Accord and Camy V6s d Still the test Malibu with automatic transmission ran smoothly with satisfying engine sounds easily heard inside the vehicle The sounds were accompanied by good power that got the car merged into traffic without a hiccup Torque is at 3200 rpm 220 Note the Malibu isn't the power leader among mainstream family cars but the new V6 is way ahead of the of V6 with 190 torque that was in last year's Malibu Fuel economy during the combined cityhighway test drive in the Max was on the low side 231 miles a gallon The official rating is 22 mpg in the city and 30 mpg on the highway Maxx tester had a The front-driv- e suspension that worked well to absorb and manage many road bumps and control body roll and dive I felt road imperfections as 1 traveled but there was little harshness even when the Malibu made a "cha-chunsound as a wheel rolled into and out of Chevrolet officials must have had this winter's bitingly cold winds and low temperatures in mind w hen they and redesigned the Chevy Malibu Why else would they make the new 2004 Malibu the only auto in the midsize sedan market offered with a factory-optio- n remote vehicle starter allowing a driver to start the car — and most importantly the car's heater — without first climbing inside its frigid interior? This remote starting feature an option that's normally available only as an purchase is just one of the changes that make the 2004 Malibu worth a look for family car shoppers The Malibu rides on a new improved platform for a better ride has a more powerful V6 than its predecessor and a comfortable interior driver-sewith standard height adjustment The new model has styling that would be expected from the popular Japanese family cars such as Toyota Cainry and llonda Accord There's also a new kind of Nlalibu for 2004 — a five-dohatchback called the Malibu Maxx that was the test car As the roomiest hatchback auto on the market the Nlaxx olTers an unheard-o- f 41 inches of rear legroom standard skylights in the rear-seceiling and a starting manufacturer's after-mark- suppTement produced by the Newspaper Agency Adverking CARS four-cylind- er four-spee- et foot-poun- at or at offers an Mau As the roomiest hatchback auto on the market the Chevrolet Malibu on-ro- ad k" to the back of my knees to provin manually was an especially nice addition I also liked the attention to detail The Malibu's ignition keyhole is in plain view on the dashboard not hidden on the side of the steering column Check out the ceiling material It's textured and upscale the kind you might expect in a ritzier car The fabric on the Maya seats inside the test car had a nice feel too Notice how generous the Malibu's rear-secushion is When I sat back there the cushion extended all the way an occasional sunken manhole cover Overall the car conveyed a sense of control and comfort with nary an artificial cushioned feel And 1 didn't need a long spell in the Malibu to get accustomed to the car's mannerisms The front suspension is independent MacPherson strut while the rear is an independent four-lin- k design I appreciated that buttons and knobs are good-size- d so even gloved hands in winter can operate things without much fuss A knob to tune the radio 41 Inches of rear legroonC: unheard-o- f foot-poun- 170-hor- er good support Rear doors and rear-dowind4311 and the Malibu hasl are good-size- d good choice of features includifl optional OnStar emergency notific:dm moms lion system There's a lot of functionality in Maui thanks to a roomy 228-cubfoot cargo area behind the rear seats that's larger than the Malibu sedan Also the Maui's rear seats split 6040 and fold down for additional cargo room or in at t 41 Ho Click Continued horn Page Forester has the best headroom of any SUV! I replaced my '93 Blazer with an '02 Forester and now I can finally adjust my seat back to sit up straight has a Tahoe (he My father-in-laneeds it to load up his hunting dogs) which doesn't have the headroom the Forester has His old Suburban was a little better and the other large and small SUVs I checked out when shopEscape RAV4 ping (Explorer CR-Navigator) were all pathetic when compared with the headroom in the Forester So when folks ask you about one of those monstrous vehicles because they're over 6 feet tall please set them straight PS I don't work for Subaru And its other models aren't as as the Forester The Outback is a few Sport is OK but the Outback — inches short for me — Joe Ray: OK all you basketball players 1 them is so that if some moron connects the battery cables backward he won't ruin every electrical component in the car including the computer which costs a thousand bucks to replace Tom: So my guess is that you blew one or more fusible links They'll probably cost you 100 bucks or so to replace You should kiss the old ones and thank them for saving you a lot more than that Mike Dear Tom and Ray: On your show a few weeks ago I heard a guy explaining why he needed a huge Chevy Tahoe After hearing his needs you recommended a Subaru Forester to him and he seemed to imply that the Tahoe has more headroom (he was around 6 feet 2 inches if I remember) Well I jitst wanted say that I'm 6 feet 5 inches and found that the w a fuel-econo- 0 7htiUtfailittfribunt 411 CD No wwwsic-classifiedsco- 1 merit "rtyrt v0 60$ Irm op- Ili Reunions adoptions legal notices event tickets and special notices can all be found in this section 1) is ft )41 1121 Whether you're looking for fish cattle a harnter cage or la place an obituary for your iguana this is ihe pima for you or IIFFV"trii skill or A Tw:! under $400 - L -' '- 3 1 4r- - 00 et 1k int OW 40 Vt 400 a " ' ywr awn bass k 1 a Pi 4 i4 A " 0 W AI 4 t W I it a Li 1 Newspaper Agency Corporation Attn: Classifieds PO Box 45838 Salt Lake City Utah 84145 0 nlinewwwnocorpcomplaceanodl n pg 03 0" 11:e of uew and used !so toilers motorcycles and accesschr:es Truc-11:a- 1 fird business and inyestrnent opportunities in this section CFi is jr Find Pl Ha C1 efrng Ji t ham Lorres and commercial 1 ind locrs and vtivicfs r 4 Glui Prim:toarty packcps yam mckm mammy! 0-- Dev2e A ! 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Do you need some Kick-staparttime wort? Do you wont to change jobs? P H21 your career with the employment listings Amlirlirlf" - I Marchand's° lir71 Wide Web 1 I roes oho fp "Coe et011a -1 E-m- Morning News 221 m ve w DESUIT OOLIVEIgC 72000 1" vehicle a truck (that's the alteratial Subaru is making to the Outback) e:1 cars have gorel lots of all-- heel-driground clearance these days — for styling as much as anything else Tom: So N11fSA really needs716 close these loopholes Maybe it shot21 define truck's as having a mininin amount of load capacity You can't add a couple of spacers to the suspea sion of a Subaru and make it caril 1500 pounds of gravel! Ray: I actually don't know the !xi way to define a truck But to quoit Supreme Court Justice Potter Steyr art's famous line about pomographz "1 know it when I see it" And the Subaru Outback sedan ain't a truce Shape up Subaru Got a question about cars? ai Click and Clack by visiting the Car Talk sectim Pf carixon! çj sh irtell fuel-econo- fuel-econo- V of ground clearance you can call yrta something the federal regulators really ought to close Ray: Right I mean an exception to the rules is made for trucks because they've traditionally been considered work vehicles And we don't want to limit a person's ability to work for a living But is a Chrysler PT Cruiser a work truck? Is a Volvo station wagon? A minivan that's designed to carry kids? Tom: How do you define a truck? Well the feds have a variety of definitions Some of them make sense — like a vehicle with an open bed such as a pickup is a truck But then they have other definitions that are too easy to meet Like if the back seat folds down and leaves a flat loading floor they'll call it a truck I don't think so That's a car with a flat loading floor isn't it? Ray: Or if you have a certain amount take note There's lots of headroom in a Subaru Forester Tom: We have to admit though we're a little ticked off at Subaru these days It recently decided to modify the new Outback wagon and sedan so they would qualify as "trucks" under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's rules Ray: This is a sleazy little move in our humble opinion to get around the federal guidelines — which are different for trucks And a company like Subaru which counts many environmentalists among its customers should be embarrassed to take advantage of a loophole like that I'm sure customers will let Subaru hear about this Tom: But we would be remiss if we didn't point out that other companies do this too because the loophole is the size of a Ford Excursion It's L N111111111111161111w —olk 04o |
