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    • Nice to see one in red w/ a sunroof.  I drove several of these as rentals back in the day, liked the styling of these more than the successor.  They drove quite pleasantly IIRC. 
    • ah, the elusive 'wheat' interior! totally gets rid of the dreariness of the usual all black. and unfortunately, with the CVT.  The Malibu CVT is actually fairly responsive, but it didn't get better mpg than the 6 speed (I had a leased  6 speed and had rented a CVT). If you can ever find a 2.0 turbo with 9 speed auto and the wheat interior with sunroof, just like this one in the blue, that would the ultimate Malibu find.  There is a very few out there! I wouldn't have changed to my TourX if this car would have offered an all wheel drive solution somewhere in the model run.
    • If pricing stays the same as 2025, this would probably sell well.  This is probably the 2nd fastest Toyota after the Supra which really is a BMW anyway.
    • Having looked a lot at the Hornet and Tonale recently (and surveying the Compass as well); it is more than welcome to bring this vehicle up in size and into the compact class.  The dated chassis is a limitation on an otherwise decent vehicle (Hornet and Tonale).  Maybe part of the like was we took a trip to Italy a few weeks ago (but we did not make it to the Tonale / Hornet factory).  We came within a stich of buying a Hornet (nicely discounted) but I balked due to the size being just a tish too small and really digging the packaging of the new Equinox. The looks are really nice in these images.  If they want this to succeed in the US, than the 2.0 motor (in whichever tune) should be the base engine.  A plug in hybrid or plain would be really good to have also. If Stellantis would get their management sht together and make better product decisions for America, it would help them a lot!!!!  That Carlos Tavares was bad news!
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