i too had a 2000 malibu. we fell behind on the payments and lost it. my wife and i loved the style and everything that came with it, never really had too many problems with it. a couple years later my wifes friend was getting rid of her 97 bu. gave her some cash and the car was ours. had some fun with it but once the problems started... forget it. it always goes to that "if you fix this then that goes out"

 

The new Malibu's look really nice. I really like the interior. I just read a review on Edmunds and they had a lot of nice things to say about it.