Malibu was probably in the junkyard before 100000 miles while rumor has it that the Camry is still on the job delivering Pizza's somewhere with 300000 miles on the original battery pack
When you drive in a city like Los Angeles, The Camry Hybrid will get the gas mileage you expect. WTF is a mild hybrid? Does that mean that when I'm inching along at 10 or 15 mph, the Chevrolet will be getting the same mpg as an old Ford Tempo?
I love the Camry, the hybrid is fast, feels like a v6 almost....and Toyota has been doing the Hybrids for a long time, they got it worked out perfect. I also have a Z28 for a cruiser, haha.
I wish MotorWeek would do an 'Update' for these two vehicles. A Long Term over 10 year Update. Meaning which car has lasted over 10 years. I am willing to bet the Camry out lasted the Malibu. We have a 2007 Camry XLE that runs fine and has not cost us much in repairs. My friend has a 2007 Camry Hybrid that is still running strong as well...
Too bad in the summary they completely ignored the fact that the camry hybrid would be a lower maintenance vehicle and is much faster than the Malibu hybrid.
My 2015 Avalon is a bigger car and I get 38 MPG. Would think the smaller Camry would get at least 40 MPG. 34 MPG doesn't save enough gas money to justify the additional cost of the hybrid, IMHO.
@imzjustplayin That's simply not true. The 2011 Prius only got average marks for head injury measurements in the IIHS front offset crashtest(the whole crash test was rated good, but you have to look at the specifics too). In the NHTSA front crash test, the 2011 Prius got only 4 out of 5 stars for the driver and passenger. In the side impact crash test, the Prius only scored 4 out of 5 starts for the passenger. In conclusion, the Malibu and Camry are FAR FAR safer cars than Prius/Fusion
yeah you have to love those american/mexican cars. i have had four toyotas and all beat gm and chrysler out of the water. gm and chrysler really need to get there act together.
Why is everyone so stupid if you want a hybrid just get a Toyota Prius it is only 22,000 and it gets 51 MPG city the most fuel efficient and affordable hybrid out there. And I don't like foreign cars better than domestic cars but this just makes sense!
ok the camry is more expensive but when the malibu is 3 or 4 years old will be more cheap than the camry because the malibu depreciate allot. so is true that the malibu interior is alot better than the boring interior of the camry.
The Malibu "hybrid" system seems to be a beefy auto start-stop motor. That helps make Malibu cheaper to buy. I guess you could manually shut off a gas engine every time you reach a stop in a regular car, but you would be putting wear and tear on a starter not designed for heavy use.
Yeah. That's true. Besides..., the T. Camry's interior quality isn't all that good! It's cheap looking compared to the new Ford Fusion and, Chevy Malibu...but, the exterior of the T. Camry is nice. ;-)
Tom Shong EPA changed the rating process for the 2008 model year. Everything rated 2007 and older is on a different scale and almost everything ended up with a lower rating.
@imzjustplayin You're wrong. go to safercar dot gov and got to iihs dot org. I think you just don't know how to read the ratings. I've been looking at these ratings for well over a decade. BTW when you click on the front test ratings at iihs for the Fusion, it only got average for the head/neck and left foot measurements. On NHTSA ratings at safercar the 2010 Fusion did a little better, but still got only 4 stars out of 5 for side impact passenger ratings.
Our malibu (2005ls) has 216,711 as of today and i don't remember any major service breakdowns. Just got the new 2009 ltz and love it. The camry just doesn't catch me as a "nice" car. Looks cheap and has mom styling all over it.
