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#6 of 7 Future of the Maxx? by luvmbooty May 04, 2006 (8:28 am)
I,ve been reading a lot of reviews on the Maxx. At Forbes.com, I read a review: '2006 Chevy Malibu Maxx ss Test Drives' on 12/09/2005 by Steve Kichen. Under the category 'Should You Buy This Car' he states the, "...discontinue of the Maxx in a few years..", once a more stylish replacement is made for Malibu.   Also at Autoweb.com, in '2006 Chevy Malibu Maxx SS Driving Impressions', Christian Wardlaw author says in the Overview that,"...and rumor has it that the Malibu Maxx is going out of productionafter the 2007 model year."   I find this upsetting since there are very few midsize hatchbacks! Of the few there are Maxx was my favorite! Mazda 6 costs more with less interior volume. What other hatches, or even wagons, are out that has around 106 passenger volume, decent fuel economy (around 22/30), above average crash test rating (IIHS silver rating),JD power overall rating score 5 out of 5, and with a starting price under 25000! Replies to this message: kurtamaxxxguy (Nov 12, 2006 9:30 pm)
#7 of 7 Re: Future of the Maxx? [luvmbooty] by kurtamaxxxguy Nov 12, 2006 (9:30 pm)
Replying to: luvmbooty (May 04, 2006 8:28 am) None, after 2007. What is really ironic is the Maxx was considered the more innovative and useful version of the Malibu (per nearly every Malibu review I have read).   But few people bought them - why?   One theory is the Maxx costs more (compared to base Malibu, it does....how many Malibus sold are base models ??)   Another is Americans just cannot "get" hatchbacks. Yet hatches sell well as "hot hatches" (the Maxx SS could have been one of those if the engineers had gotten their say).

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