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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
Yeah, it's been the "base" Cruze engine since NA-introduction in 2011, and was the original VOLT power-plant.
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Originally Posted by ME_Andy
Bet you it's not. That 1.8 has been around for awhile and its performance isn't amazing.
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According to Car & Driver, Autoblog, Wikipedia, and a few other sources, it looks like the 2016 Malibu will use an engine from GM's new Small Engine series, developed over the last couple of years. The new Volt uses this engine as well. The Cruze uses an iteration of the GM Series I, designed in the 1980s and revised in the early 2000s with a lighter block, higher compression, new cam design, etc. The Cruze's engine is an iron block; the new Malibu's/Volt's is aluminum. The Series I is port injection only, while the Small Engine can be direct injection, but I can't find anything on whether this is the case in the Malibu.