They are spot on about the Malibu, except for one thing...it wasnt renamed "Classic" until 2004.

My fiance drives our 1999. I hate the thing. Its made for old people and fatties. It handles like a loaded barge, the interior is pushed way away from the passengers, you practically have to streach to change the radio station. However, ours has 138,000 miles on it, other than an alternator and some brake work it hasnt had any problems. Pretty good since her uncle dried to drive it into the ground for several months and her mom neglected it pretty bad for quite a few years before we got it.