2004 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx Redesign - Mission impossible?

2004 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx Redesign - Mission impossible?
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[@CruelYeti]

I have been daily driving a maxx ss for 11 years and I love it. The SS is what the base model should have been. Nice redesign. I wish manufacturers would bring back wagons.

[@sseilheimer396]

My wife was given an 05 silver model from her grandmother's Arizona winter home after she sold the home. Such a weird little car. It eventually fell apart at the seams and while it was running, we were constantly fixing something on it. Honestly, we changed headlight bulbs weekly. Even after all the trouble it gave us, I still kind of miss it. Maybe it was the weird proportions and the invisible but unforgettable presence it had. Such a goofy warm little ride. RIP

[@Dashi18n]

I had a white 05 and that was my first car. I loved that car so much and I had to eventually get rid of it because it was falling apart at the seams. I sold it to a family that did not have a car for $500 and I still talk with them and they still are giving that car lots of love to this day! While I drive a BMW wagon now, I still miss my Malibu

[@ARISTOILET]

Sounds like you had a lemon. I have an '04 LS in silver. Most of the ones I've seen are silver. The reason this guy hasn't seen many is because they were only made from 2004 to 2007. It's about the size of a new Jetta, Camry, Accord. It was my parent's' car. I like its uniqueness. When I fold the back seat down I can put a Christmas tree or a bicycle back there. There was a recall for the power steering a long time ago but not anything much since out of the ordinary. Never had it break down except for the power steering going out when Mom was driving it ...over 10 years ago. I put LED conversions on the low beams a few years ago. I keep it in good shape. The engine purrs. It has about 65,000 miles on it and was garage kept most of its life. I met someone a few months ago with an '04 LT with nearly 200,000 miles on it. He's still liking it. I like a car I can easily find in a parking lot. My other car is a MINI Cooper. So a MINI and a Maxx.

[@leafclosson2002]

Never understood what this car wanted to be, and honestly, the fact that these are one of the most forgotten cars in America owes to that

[@feuerrm]

My dad has owned this car for fifteen years in black, and I learned to drive in it a few years back so I have a soft spot for it :) Looking forward to see what your redesign skills can do!

[@7rodo]

lol never expected you here

[@DemeDemetre]

heyy!! please, just do one thing for me, i have been asking for 2 years, turn a Gaz-21 series 3 into a retro SUV

[@DemeDemetre]

and also, redesign the Mercedes R class

[@DemeDemetre]

@@giventorejoice yes.... No.... Hopefully....

[@fronts3165]

Big improvement! When the Malibu Maxx first came out, I remember thinking that it reminded me of the SAAB 99 5 door hatchbacks of the late 70’s.

[@Thesketchmonkey]

I can see that!

[@danieljones1861]

I own and drive the same model. A white 2004 LT. Being a more obscure kind of car, I never expected it to show up on this channel. It was really interesting seeing what the redisign ended up looking like. I agree that it is definitely quirky in terms of looks (the rear obviously, as well as a sunroof being standard for the rear seats, but only optional for the front), but I can appreciate it because it makes it stand out from everything else. It has never really given me any major problems, and it is pretty easy and fun to drive. There are a few gripes I have with it, such as the obscured rear visibility and the button being hidden off center on the trunk/boot when I'm trying to open it. But regardless, I don't plan on getting rid of it any time soon. I actually named it since it is my first car. I named it Alex, as a play on words because it has a GM LX9 engine.

[@NewtonInDaHouseYo]

It would be interesting to interview the responsible designers and ask them what they thought designing this piece of crap.

[@kevinW826]

It was a vauxhaul vectra just with a Chevy badge

[@godlikegriffin]

it's not crap man🤧

[@hondamotorcofan2428]

I have a Malibu maxx I think it looks fine

[@NewtonInDaHouseYo]

@@hondamotorcofan2428 Sorry for the strong language. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder …

[@datdatonabeat3252]

As a 2006 Chevy Malibu owner, I'm here for this! ❤️

[@HU4LjDog]

same here man

[@jrlongmeat]

Damnn my mom had this car. We beat the piss out of it and it just kept on. 300k miles later and we sold. What a beast💪

[@megarocketry]

I know right my dad had one as a winter beater then when I got my g2 he gave it to me with over 350k on it and it's still working like a champ.

[@samiam4951]

Good job! I too love odd cars. Please redesign/update a Renault R16.

[@weatherwarriormedia]

Must be young and totally don’t understand, the Maxx was never marketed as a “wagon”. The stretched wheelbase was to allow for wider rear seat capacity because the wheel hump intrudes way less. Longer wheelbase also meant a much better ride quality. Additionally…market was WEAK for wagons. But there was a stronger and stronger SUV market based on cars (what we now know as crossovers). This was a simple way to bring an alternative vehicle with minimal retooling. The comparisons are completely off. The Magnum was a REAR wheel drive vehicle. The proportions did NOT need fixing. If you want to have a MUCH closer comparison, the Dodge Caliber was much closer in design concept and market (although smaller segment). Hell, should do a Dodge Caliber episode!

[@dababy8760]

I’m sitting in a Malibu maxx while watching this

[@jesuscordero2956]

I have the super sport version of this car! It's such a nice little sleeper and they are not expensive at all!

[@CarGuy-xe9cy]

The redesigned taillights look like Rolls-Royce

[@tails2890]

I can see that

[@eyespy8088]

The rear in the side profile vaguely looks like the Rolls Cullinan.

[@donaldmaclean4842]

What about a 1966 corvair? Jay Leno did a episode on one and mentioned that it looks like it might fit today's designs. Just a thought.

[@carlosandleon]

I think making it a normal wagon defeats the point of this car. It's un-wagonnes was the differentiating factor

[@KbL94]

Amazing. You can barely tell you even moved the axel but it made such a huge difference! I’d like to see a front end version too…I’ve always thought these weird things had potential but it’s just like they didn’t put the pieces together quite right.

[@jeremyf5853]

What a great car to redesign. I’ve always felt like this was such a strange design and couldn’t put my finger on why. Awesome video

[@huracan360]

the rear proportion reminds me a bit of the Opel Astra G

[@wieldylattice3015]

This has no right to look so damn good

[@ARISTOILET]

Always liked mine. Can't stand SUVs. This is a car, not 7 feet off of the ground.

[@i.am.adrian]

Your redesign came out as a big improvement. It actually reminds me alot of a car I owned a few years back, one that was always one of my favorite wagon designs: The Mazda Protege5. It was a really great design, it had great proportions, and it was a really fun car to drive around. I had hoped they would give the Protege5 the Mazdaspeed treatment, but they never did, so I did it myself, with the larger Mazdaspeed Protege 5 spoke wheels and Mazdaspeed lowering springs. It was a GREAT looking little hatch.

[@michellephilhower2191]

My 05 chevy malibu maxx has 381,000 miles. N I have to say it's got alot of good points. Rides great, strong engine . I can put some very long items in it by laying the passenger seat flat.. u should see the cruze hatchback. That was ugly

[@ejthenx476]

I wish that your redesigns actually were into production cause i would 100% buy them

[@torquenation8233]

Until this video i didn't even know the Chevy Malibu existed

[@aayushdeshpande9224]

I knew it did, but not about the Maxx

[@ARISTOILET]

@@aayushdeshpande9224 My Dad and I went to the New York Auto Show in 2003. They had a pre-production one there. Dad liked it so much that he bought one when it came out a year later. A shame they didn't give it more time to catch on. Only built for 4 years! I still have it. I have another orphan too. A 1985 VW Jetta 2 door. Another one that was never advertised. Great proportions. A little bigger than a BMW 323 with a much bigger trunk, half the price and probably more efficient. Mine has over 400,000 miles on it. The salesman told me that 1 in 10 that were sold here were 2 doors.

[@charlesk7687]

My first car was a 2005 malibu! Totalled with 345k on the odometer, ran like a dream until someone drove over me

[@Dashi18n]

It was my first car too! I eventually sold it to a family that did not own a car and they still love it to pieces!

[@joseparra-ruiz821]

It’s a long ass hatchback bro

[@Jesssup]

The redesign reminds me of a Mazda Protege 5 a little.

[@manoman0]

2004 redesign Malibu Max: Rolls Royce Cullinan

[@The_Unpunished]

It would be cool to see you redisign a Porsche 944! Really nice looking one and a very odd one!

[@Thesketchmonkey]

Already did!

[@The_Unpunished]

@@Thesketchmonkey Just watched it. I love it!

[@joeygoodspeed8242]

The maxx and the magnum were both so strange lol. Hey a vid on if the saab 9-3 viggen were released today would be cool. Cheers🤙

[@cameron7938]

It cracks me up that there was an SS version of this lmaoo

[@jonathandeere6232]

Had one. Wanted the SS. Comfortable and handy, like a leatherman tool. Would like the SS for sure.

[@skaiblu_official]

that looks like a old cullinan

[@artelodeonart1124]

It's a recuest I really love the rear view of the porchea 959 that you did

[@Airbender24B]

I've had this car for about a year now. About to replace those hatch struts right now too.

[@beerpad]

When you stretched the rear roof, the zoomed in D pillar reminded me of that signature GTI boomerang that spans across generations. The final design would be a good competitor to a Crosstrek. All it needs is a rear decal that says Maxx.

[@thebigv8644]

Should have started with the Max SS version. As you talked about the front overhang, for some reason it reminded me of a Subaru WRX.

[@UpperRobin29]

That's a very realistic redesign there.

[@mirisch64]

Result 13:22 Thank me. Also: Demetre, he does not care.

[@wthutch7882]

The back end redesign reminds me of a RR design… especially the taillights

[@InHerMajestiesDefense]

This looks fantastic

[@DanCapostagno]

You inadvertently created the Commodore wagon, a vehicle more or less contemporary with that period at GM, and honestly what they should've just imported to compete with the Magnum.

[@Aznium842]

The maxx shared the same weirdness as the SSR, fun times for Chevy in the early 2000’s. Also, Dodge Caliber would have been a competitor but came late after the last year of the maxx production.

[@Aznium842]

Chevy didn’t want to compete with its own HHR which competed with the PT Cruiser, so what is the Maxx? Let’s just say Chevy did it first and the Kia EV6 did it better.

[@donaldmaclean4842]

Btw I like the restyle you did on the Malibu.

[@keyz147]

Buick rendezvous 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾

[@davidallenperriniii7578]

Well played!

[@rotek824]

Great job!

[@imbuddhika]

That came out pretty well ❤️👍🤟

[@nathanhancock3205]

The redesigned version looks like a mixture of a Rolls-Royce Cullinan and a performance focused wagon, like the E63 S or Panamera Turbo S.

[@carswapnetwork5584]

Modernise the Toyota AE86

[@kianabay3977]

Yes please

[@kianabay3977]

Btw. Why don't you upload on your other channel anymore?

[@MyLife-so1jl]

I always thought the older Malibu look way better than the new one.

[@EthanBovell]

Great redesign! I always appreciated those wacky proportions, personally. Could you modernize either the 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa or the Saturn Sky?

[@Roberto-gp3yx]

Not the Malibu I thought I’d see you redesigning but it works Redesign the 2015 Malibu front end into the SS Malibu that Chevy should have done rather than rebadging the Holden

[@krabstickle]

As I said - with challenges: Modernize a VW Type-3 Squareback but coloured in Peanut Butter and Jelly colours... Guess why?

[@6loccswitextentions177]

And for what reason did u not use a ss model

[@johnmoeckel8788]

That looks way better.

[@elisa2hot]

You’re so good!

[@MrBKelly95]

Malibu Maxx? Sounds like a cartoon character.

[@samuelruiz7915]

Modern Dodge Caliber design would be cool!

[@kevinW826]

There is an old episode of top gear where Jeremy Clarkson drives a vauxhaul vectra wagon from the back seat. This Malibu max was a vectra.

[@ARISTOILET]

Not really.

[@kevinW826]

@@ARISTOILET yes it was. It was built on the GM Epsilon GMX380 platform which was underpinning the Vauxhall Vectra, Saab 9-3, Cadillac BLS, Fiat Croma, Pontiac G6 and Saturn Aura.

[@hyenapeacekeeper2220]

I've just got the 05 sedan that I dropped a V8 into. Pretty fun car now even being FWD, lol

[@08680868]

Lol I always thought it was kinda cool especially the rear end design

[@torquenation8233]

What's your opinion on the new 296 GTB? (design wise)

[@JesterInfester]

That was the year GM trashed the iconic Saab 5-door 9-3 and turned it into a sedan and tried (utterly failed) to make a Malibu into a Saab. smh

[@avishkarjadhav8967]

Hi I want u to please reply I just got to know that I love car designing And I am very new to it I don't know how to sketch cars I want to learn from serious basic And there is very less content available .

[@cemsengul16]

You always want to buy the one he designs at the end of the video when we see a comparison.

[@RTree613]

The problem is that the magnum and older caprice wagon were rwd and I believe the volvo was too, where the Malibu was fwd. So it would have been hard to reduce the front overhang with the motor and trans up there. Why the rear overhang is screwed, I have no clue, I got nothing lol.

[@georgeratcliffe7752]

The rear reminds me of the 2006 seat Toledo Or maybe the Renault Vel Satis Both would be good to redesign. I'd like to see your thoughts Edit: I have just realised it's the modern Austin maxi!!!!!

[@ross3377]

You need to do a Mercedes-Benz CLC Class. It's an interesting vehicle which would probably sell nowadays. The A class, just isn't exciting enough. Likewise a 3 series compact. What would these two be like today?

[@deleted_account3]

i tell you what your merch is so cool and if i had the money i would buy it

[@garedcamarena5065]

Something crazy you should do should be the Chevy Colorado Xtreme

[@klausharald1633]

Please modernize the bmw e24

[@Marrrrtin]

Nice redesign, but you should have lengthened the car instead of shortening the wheelbase. The car is shorter than the Dodge and Saab wagons. Could have also edited the front a bit, those big headlights need to go.

[@MikesStory1990]

I was expecting you to do a two doors version with hatchback and a different bumper behind.

[@ARISTOILET]

Nomad?

[@HJ_GHOST]

Pls make one of those from the FIAT Coupe Turbo would be nice to see how it would be

[@naynasheth358]

Replace Rolls Royce grill with inverted triangle grill like alfa romeo and make head light similar to range rover autobiography . I have tried this design looks well.

[@artelodeonart1124]

Dude please make the front view of porchea 959

[@teamlava6283]

I want to see your reaction to the new 812 competizione and 296 gtb please do these, I think ferrari have made two timeless designs

[@mr_torch]

Should've put the same enthusism to the Eclipse redesign 🙁

[@pontuswendt2486]

AMAZINGNES!!!

[@eshanjadhav265]

37 seconds that's quick for me...😉

[@mylezzpurhourr]

The magnum is still fresh

[@lukasnovikas2838]

The Maxx (before) didn't look right Classified as a Wagon, but looks like a Hatchback, the result is 10000x better

[@ARISTOILET]

It is a hatchback.

[@alonzolopez9649]

Congratulations you made a Saab 9-3 wagon!

[@ARISTOILET]

They were on the same platform.

[@MysterE1971a]

Ya, Chevy was really struggling during these years. This car made nooo sence. I had to catch up to one just to see who was driving. Well done

[@christopherjones512]

Gm is done period

[@Empire2517]

Looks like a sedan with the back chopped off (the OG car, that is)

[@cruzacious]

would you be able to do a current-gen chevrolet trax?

[@krabstickle]

Could you please modernize a VW Type-3 Squareback?

[@williambailey5405]

I've always "almost liked" this car. Always thought it had good bones crying for a tweek.

[@williamfarmer9896]

It looks nice but it looks like you didn't finish the redesign of the tag on the back with right vs left . also thought you were going move the front wheel closer so the front over hang was shorter. Ha ha anyways it looks 500 times better

[@RConmyMind]

Even weirder than his German cousin Opel Signum….

[@TheZProtocol]

Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme redesign!

[@chrishartley6411]

Should make it a two door hatch . Think it would look better 6:00 ya , do that lol

[@ivanlebo832]

We need you to modernize a white 80s or 90s suburban please

[@lordzson2700]

Can you do the HHR modern?

[@falsebroadcast]

It doesn’t really look like a wagon still more like a hatchback now. Lower roof line would make it more wagon like?

[@AhmadM25]

"FiRsT" - Some random youtube commenter

[@joe_lill]

What app dose he use

[@maxxedredlineproductions]

Day 17 of asking TheSketchMonkey to redesign the Lanica Stratos please.