I just bought a 2002 MALIBU which is prety big and comfortable (fully equipped, fully). However, When you see the price of gas these days, do you still want to buy a car as big as mine?
If you mainly use the car on highway, Malibu is a very good deal, it is very enconomic on gas . I spent 6900$ bought a 1998 Malibu last year. It consume less than 7L/100km, beside , it is spacious , powerful and very stable on high speed.