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GM has high hopes for the Chevy Malibu
September 11, 2007
By MARK PHELAN
FREE PRESS AUTO CRITIC
FRANKFURT, Germany – General Motors top two executives said they expect the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu to far exceed the current model’s sales and win customers from other brands in the huge and fiercely competitive midsize sedan market.
“We see big upside for the Malibu. It could do a lot better” than the current model, GM chairman Rick Wagoner said. The current Malibu was GM’s third-best selling car with 163,853 sales last year. “A lot better,” he added with emphasis, saying that GM has ambitious internal goals for the midsize sedan that goes on sale in November.
In wide ranging interviews at the auto show here Tuesday, Wagoner and GM vice chairman Bob Lutz spoke optimistically of the company’s plans for expansion at home in North America and in developing markets around the world.
Wagoner said GM is looking at several options to boost its sales in Southeast Asia, including a possible deal with Malaysian automaker Proton, and that the company may expanding in the fast-growing Russian market.
Meanwhile, GM has decided to add models to its Buick brand Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said. Fuelled by the success of Buick’s new Enclave SUV and strong showings in customer satisfaction and quality surveys, “there’s now a consensus within GM that Buick is alive and well and can appeal to young people,” Lutz said. Buick was widely considered to be a candidate for elimination just a couple of years ago.
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