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2008 Chevrolet Malibu LS
Sedan · 169 hp · 25 mpg combined
Market
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Six trims, $17,935 to $27,095. Tap one to open it.
Bar heights follow the price. The widest step is $3,455, from Base to LTZ.
The numbers.
One configuration: front-wheel drive, 4-speed automatic.
106 standard items.
Four groups, sized by how much is in each.
- Rear head room
- Rear leg room
- Rear shoulder room
- Rear hip room
- Split-folding rear seatback
- tilt and telescopic steering wheel
- Cruise controls on steering wheel
- electric speed-proportional power steering
- cruise control
- front and rear cupholders
- front door pockets
- front seatback storage
- remote trunk release
- retained accessory power
- Single zone front air conditioning
- rear ventilation ducts
- Dual vanity mirrors
- trunk light
- front reading lights
- Front head room
- Front leg room
- Front shoulder room
- Front hip room
- cloth
- bucket front seats
- 2-way power driver seat
- 4-way manual driver seat adjustments
- height adjustable driver seat
- Driver seat with manual adjustable lumbar support
- 4-way manual passenger seat adjustment
- fold flat passenger seat
- 1 one-touch power windows
- remote keyless power door locks
- Power mirrors
- Heated mirrors
- trip computer
- external temperature display
- tachometer
- clock
- low fuel level warning
- Length
- Overall width without mirrors
- Height
- Wheelbase
- Front track
- Rear track
- Cargo capacity, all seats in place
- Turning circle
- Country of final assembly
- Transmission
- Drive type
- steel wheels
- 16 in. wheels
- All season tires
- P215/60R16 94S tires
- Steel spare wheel
- temporary spare tire
- inside mounted spare tire
- Fuel type
- EPA city/highway MPG
- EPA combined MPG
- Range in miles (city/hwy)
- Fuel tank capacity
- four-wheel independent suspension
- MacPherson strut front suspension
- Front and rear stabilizer bar
- multi-link rear suspension
- Base engine size
- Cylinders
- Base engine type
- Horsepower
- Torque
- Valves
- Cam type
- Valve timing
- post-collision safety system
- dual front side-mounted airbags
- front and rear head airbags
- Passenger airbag occupant sensing deactivation
- traction control
- child seat anchors
- Rear door child safety locks
- 4-wheel ABS
- Ventilated front disc / solid rear disc brakes
- electronic brakeforce distribution
- tire pressure monitoring
- dusk sensing headlamps
- auto delay off headlamps
- daytime running lights
- 2 front headrests
- Front height adjustable headrests
- 2 rear headrests
- Rear height adjustable headrests
- Rear center 3-point belt
- front seatbelt pretensioners
- Emergency interior trunk release
- remote anti-theft alarm system
- engine immobilizer
- AM/FM stereo
- 40 watts stereo output
- 6 total speakers
- auxiliary audio input
- satellite radio satellite radio
- radio data system
- adjustable speed sensitive volume control
- element antenna
2 interiors
- Titanium
- Cocoa/Cashmere
Both cloth.
8 factory paints
- Amber Bronze Metallic
- Sandstone Metallic
- Golden Pewter Metallic
- Dark Gray Metallic
- Black Granite Metallic
- Silverstone Metallic
- White
- Imperial Blue Metallic
Safety and recalls
5 recall campaigns on file.
Recalls are settled per car, not per model. Check the one you are buying.
NHTSA has not published ratings for the 2008 Malibu.
NHTSA NCAP · checked Oct 2026
Factory coverage.
It runs from the first sale date, not the model year.
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Other years of the Malibu LS.
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$21,605$1,705 more8 colors · starting MSRP
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$17,215$2,685 less11 colors · starting MSRP
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