Do any of them come with a hatchback?

Can't do it.

But do you really want a car named for weak girly alcoholic?

Are you seriously going to ditch your current car just because of what some $2 whore says?

The Malibu is redesigned for 2013. If you're buying new, get this. If you're buying used, avoid the Malibu. It was one of the worst mid-sized cars of the last decade.

Avoid the Regal.

The Camry is one of the top selling mid-sized cars year in and year out for a reason. It was redesigned for 2012, but most of it was minor.

I would say the Sonata/Optima and the Camry are your top choices for mid sized sedans.

Buick is trying to be some pseudo luxury brand, and the Regal is priced higher than its features should allow.

And the Malibu is reviewed well? In a vacuum maybe. It consistently lost comparos to other cars in its mid sized segment. The Camry, Accord, Fusion, Sonata, Optima, Altima, Jetta... All of those are (were?) better choices.

Buick is trying to be some pseudo luxury brand, and the Regal is priced higher than its features should allow.

Here are some reasons,about 25,000 of them. Why are there so many Camrys on the street? The cars are solid but bland. Not ugly but there are so many on the street,they are no big deal. BUT if you want to save the aggravation of repairs and breakdowns,steer your money towards Toyota. It's your money but Buick,Chevy don't have the rep of Toyota. There is a reason GM almost went belly up.

While there was a time that Toyotas were clearly superior the gap has been closed or is gone completely.

the gap is gone when I hear of Regals and Mailbus approaching 200,000 miles with few problems. I agree though the gap has narrowed from what I read.

Any car that makes 200,000 miles is much more to do with the owner than the manufacturer.

WRONG! you have a car that has issues constantly in for repairs,owners tend to give up way before 200,000 miles.

Or a pseudo luxury brand...because it is a rebadged vehicle with slightly more fluff.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/17/2010 ... #continued

One example of a reviewer saying it is 'decent', but doesn't stack up to its competitors.
Even in 2010, they were waiting for the 2013 Malibu.

The Malibu is redesigned for 2013. If you're buying new, get this. If you're buying used, avoid the Malibu. It was one of the worst mid-sized cars of the last decade.

I clearly did. I do not like when car companies rebadge a car in order to upsell it.

Luxury cars come with a pretty standard set of standard features...features that you have to pay a premium for on the Regal. Also, luxury cars don't come with 2.4L N/A engines.
It is Opel's Epsilon II platform - the Malibu. It shares everything with the Malibu except some external panels and the badge.

I understand platform sharing completely. Your argument isn't somehow saved from this. There is a difference between platform sharing (VW Golf and Audi TT) and rebadging. The only difference between a Malibu and a Regal is the exterior sheet metal and plastics.

"The redesigned three-door Astra originally was planned for the now-defunct Saturn brand, according to the source familiar with the project. With a few exceptions, Saturn essentially sold rebadged Opel vehicles. For example, the Saturn Aura sedan was a previous-generation Opel Insignia with minor cosmetic changes.

With Saturn's demise, Buick was selected to market a few rebadged Opel cars. For example, the current Insignia is marketed here as the Buick Regal, a key vehicle in the brand's turnaround."

http://www.autonews.com/article/2011051 ... /110519901

That source is Automotive News...the CNN for cars. Do you want to dispute that?

It is rebadge because all of the differences (many minor, look at photos) are solely cosmetic. Despite your outright lies, the Regal and Malibu share the same drivetrain.

What did you mean by dynamics, transmission and suspension calibrations? Different software? Can you source this? As far as I know, they use the same software for their standard CVT transmissions.