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Chevy discontinued the Malibu back in November of 2024.

Yet 206 new examples still sold in the US this year.

The nameplate has also quietly surged up the used-car charts.

It’s been almost two years since Chevrolet killed off the ninth and last generation of the Malibu back in November of 2024, and yet people are still buying new leftover examples straight off dealership lots. For anyone who has no interest in owning an American-made SUV or pickup truck, the Malibu stands as one of the last sedans of its kind, which might partially explain why a handful of buyers are still hunting them down.

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Delivery figures released by General Motors show that through the first half of this year, it sold 206 Malibu units in the US, and 69 of those went out the door in the second quarter. Those numbers are down sharply from the 8,704 sold in the first half of 2025 and the 3,335 sold in Q2 2025, but they confirm there is still some stock lingering in the company’s inventory waiting for a home.

Read: GM Sat On 19,117 Malibu Camera Complaints For A Year Before Issuing A Recall

A look at Chevrolet’s online inventory tool turns up around two dozen 2025 Malibu models still parked at dealerships, and many of them appear to be sitting at Champion Chevrolet in Johnson City, Tennessee.

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As we reported earlier this year, the Chevrolet Malibu is also proving popular on the used market. As of January, it had shot up from 29th place on the list of most popular used cars in America to an impressive 8th, likely because rental fleets offloaded thousands of them shortly after the sedan was discontinued. Demand did not die with the nameplate, it just moved secondhand.

GM And Cadillac Falter

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GM as a whole has had a rough go of it this year. Through the first six months, it sold 1,341,325 vehicles in the US, down 6.8 percent from the 1,439,951 it sold over the same period last year. Second-quarter sales slipped as well, falling 4.2 percent from 746,588 to 714,896 vehicles, so the pressure was not confined to any single stretch of the calendar.

Things were particularly bad for Cadillac. In the second quarter, Cadillac sales plummeted 19.2 percent, falling from 44,347 to 35,825 vehicles. This was primarily due to the axing of the XT4 in January last year, with its sales falling from 4,010 to just 83. Sales declines were also reported for the Escalade (-5.9 percent), Lyriq (-16.1 percent), XT5 (-9.6 percent), and XT6 (-81.7 percent).

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Chevrolet US Sales 2026

Model Q2-26 Q2-25 Diff. % YTD-26 YTD-25 Diff. %

Blazer 12,010 13,118 -8.4 22,710 27,628 -17.8

Blazer EV 2,089 6,549 -68.1 3,166 12,736 -75.1

Bolt 3,433 110 3020.9 4,224 123 3334.1

BrightDrop 400 / 600 EV* 460 1,318 -65.1 956 1,592 -39.9

Colorado 26,097 26,959 -3.2 47,693 52,815 -9.7

Corvette 7,182 5,801 23.8 13,417 12,595 6.5

Equinox 62,977 58,887 6.9 124,375 129,889 -4.2

Equinox EV 6,660 17,420 -61.8 16,249 27,749 -41.4

Express 12,930 15,122 -14.5 25,418 27,493 -7.5

LCF 1,476 1,231 19.9 2,333 2,222 5.0

Malibu 69 3,335 -97.9 206 8,704 -97.6

Silverado HD 47,753 57,420 -16.8 89,491 104,519 -14.4

Silverado LD 94,992 95,881 -0.9 179,393 174,080 3.1

Silverado MD 2,245 3,180 -29.4 3,518 5,213 -32.5

Silverado EV 2,266 3,056 -25.9 3,672 5,439 -32.5

TOTAL Silverado 147,256 159,537 -7.7 276,074 289,251 -4.6

Suburban 13,014 16,343 -20.4 24,710 29,937 -17.5

Tahoe 27,816 30,268 -8.1 54,652 60,095 -9.1

Trailblazer 32,341 25,193 28.4 59,816 54,516 9.7

Traverse 43,568 36,448 19.5 81,417 64,779 25.7

Trax 60,287 60,572 -0.5 109,993 119,593 -8.0

Chevrolet Total * 459,678 478,322 -3.9 867,425 921,886 -5.9

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Buick US Sales 2026

Model Q2-26 Q2-25 Diff. % YTD-26 YTD-25 Diff. %

Enclave 11,504 9,318 23.5 22,203 20,385 8.9

Encore GX 13,101 15,570 -15.9 26,153 35,978 -27.3

Envision 8,935 13,252 -32.6 13,420 28,737 -53.3

Envista 16,627 16,093 3.3 30,045 30,955 -2.9

Buick Total * 50,167 54,233 -7.5 91,821 116,055 -20.9

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Cadillac US Sales 2026

Model Q2-26 Q2 2025 Diff. % YTD-26 YTD 2025 Diff. %

CT4 1,564 1,430 9.4 3,111 2,644 17.7

CT5 4,311 4,187 3.0 7,762 8,168 -5.0

Escalade 10,999 11,692 -5.9 20,062 24,375 -17.7

ESCALADE IQ / IQL EV 1,771 1,810 -2.2 3,203 3,766 -14.9

LYRIQ 4,208 5,017 -16.1 7,578 9,317 -18.7

OPTIQ 4,236 3,224 31.4 7,083 4,940 43.4

VISTIQ 2,001 1,744 14.7 3,903 1,745 123.7

XT4 83 4,010 -97.9 210 8,785 -97.6

XT5 5,764 6,374 -9.6 11,107 12,727 -12.7

XT6 888 4,859 -81.7 2,904 9,637 -69.9

Cadillac Total * 35,825 44,347 -19.2 66,923 86,104 -22.3

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GMC US Sales 2026

Model Q2-26 Q2-25 Diff. % YTD-26 YTD-25 Diff. %

Acadia 13,224 16,114 -17.9 26,481 29,371 -9.8

Canyon 11,272 9,243 22.0 22,299 18,339 21.6

HUMMER EV (Pickup and SUV) 1,948 4,508 -56.8 3,601 7,987 -54.9

Savana 3,518 7,901 -55.5 5,751 10,476 -45.1

Sierra HD 27,180 29,629 -8.3 49,642 54,030 -8.1

Sierra LD 66,211 59,488 11.3 118,068 112,379 5.1

Sierra EV 1,756 1,524 15.2 3,044 2,773 9.8

TOTAL Sierra 95,147 90,641 5.0 170,754 169,182 0.9

Terrain 20,221 16,413 23.2 41,788 32,361 29.1

Yukon 23,896 24,866 -3.9 44,482 48,190 -7.7

GMC Total 169,226 169,686 -0.3 315,156 315,906 -0.2

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GM US Sales 2026

Brand Q2-26 Q2-25 Diff. % YTD-26 YTD-25 Diff. %

GM Vehicle Total * 714,896 746,588 -4.2 1,341,325 1,439,951 -6.8

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