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Vehicle 2017 Chevrolet Malibu 4dr Sdn L w/1VL 2016 Tesla Model S 2016.5 4dr Sdn RWD 60
1 12V DC Power Outlet No Yes
1 LCD Monitor In The Front No Yes
1-Speed A/T No Yes
200w Regular Amplifier No Yes
33-Amp/Hr Maintenance-Free Battery No Yes
3 Skid Plates No Yes
4 Cylinder Engine Yes No
4-Wheel Disc Brakes Yes Yes
60-40 Folding Bench Front Facing Fold Forward Seatback Rear Seat No Yes
6-Speed A/T Yes No
7 Speakers No Yes
9.73 Axle Ratio No Yes
ABS Yes Yes
ABS And Driveline Traction Control No Yes
A/C Yes Yes
Adjustable Steering Wheel Yes Yes
Airbag Occupancy Sensor No Yes
Air bags, 10 total, frontal and knee for driver and front passenger, side-impact seat-mounted and roof rail for front and rear outboard seating positions includes Passenger Sensing System (Always use safety belts and child restraints. Children are safer when properly secured in a rear seat in the appropriate child restraint. See the Owner's Manual for more information.) Yes No
Air conditioning, single-zone manual Yes No
Air filter, cabin Yes No
Air Filtration No Yes
Aluminum Panels No Yes
Aluminum Wheels Yes Yes
AM/FM Stereo Yes Yes
Antenna, Black Yes No
Armrest, rear center with cupholders Yes No
Assist handle, front passenger Yes No
A/T Yes Yes
Audio system, AM/FM stereo Yes No
Audio system feature, 6-speaker system Yes No
Automatic Headlights Yes Yes
Auxiliary Audio Input No Yes
Axle, 3.23 final drive ratio Yes No
Back-Up Camera No Yes
Black Grille w/Chrome Surround No Yes
Blind Spot Monitor No Yes
Blind Spot Sensor No Yes
Bluetooth Connection No Yes
Body-Colored Front Bumper No Yes
Body-Colored Power w/Tilt Down Heated Auto Dimming Side Mirrors w/Power Folding No Yes
Body-Colored Rear Bumper w/Chrome Rub Strip/Fascia Accent No Yes
Brake Assist Yes Yes
Brake lining, high-performance, noise and dust performance Yes No
Brake, parking, manual Yes No
Brake rotors, Duralife Yes No
Brakes, 4-wheel antilock, 4-wheel disc Yes No
Bucket Seats Yes Yes
Cargo Area Concealed Storage No Yes
Cargo Net No Yes
Carpet Floor Trim, Carpet Trunk Lid/Rear Cargo Door Trim and Carpet Mat No Yes
Cassette Yes No
CD Player Yes No
Child Safety Locks Yes Yes
Chrome Bodyside Insert No Yes
Chrome Door Handles No Yes
Chrome Side Windows Trim No Yes
Chrome Wheels Yes No
Climate Control No Yes
Cloth Seats No Yes
Compass No Yes
Conventional Spare Tire Yes No
Cross-Traffic Alert No Yes
Cruise Control Yes Yes
Cruise control, electronic with set and resume speed Yes No
Cruise Control w/Steering Wheel Controls No Yes
Curtain 1st And 2nd Row Airbags No Yes
Day-Night Rearview Mirror No Yes
Daytime Running Lamps Yes No
Daytime Running Lights Yes Yes
Defogger, rear-window, electric Yes No
Digital/Analog Display No Yes
Door locks, power programmable Yes No
Door locks, rear child security Yes No
Door Mirrors and Steering Wheel No Yes
Double Wishbone Front Suspension w/Coil Springs No Yes
Driver Adjustable Lumbar No Yes
Driver Air Bag Yes Yes
Driver And Passenger Knee Airbag No Yes
Driver And Passenger Visor Vanity Mirrors w/Driver And Passenger Illumination No Yes
Driver Foot Rest No Yes
Driver Illuminated Vanity Mirror No Yes
Driver Information Center, monochromatic display Yes No
Driver Vanity Mirror No Yes
Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Front Airbags No Yes
Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Seat-Mounted Side Airbags No Yes
Dual Zone Front Automatic Air Conditioning w/Steering Wheel Controls No Yes
Electric Motor No Yes
Electric Power-Assist Speed-Sensing Steering No Yes
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) No Yes
Engine, 1.5L turbo DOHC 4-cylinder DI with Variable Valve Timing (VVT) (160 hp [119.3 kW] @ 5700 rpm, 184 lb-ft torque [248.4 N-m] @ 2500-3000 rpm) Yes No
Engine control, stop-start system Yes No
Engine Immobilizer No Yes
Fade-To-Off Interior Lighting No Yes
Fixed Front Head Restraints and Fixed Rear Head Restraints No Yes
Fixed Rear Window w/Defroster No Yes
Floor Mats Yes Yes
Floor mats, carpeted front Yes No
Floor mats, carpeted rear Yes No
FOB Controls -inc: Trunk/Hatch/Tailgate, Windows and Remote Engine Start No Yes
Forward Collision and Rear Collision No Yes
Front And Rear Anti-Roll Bars No Yes
Front And Rear Map Lights No Yes
Front And Rear Parking Sensors No Yes
Front Camera No Yes
Front Center Armrest No Yes
Front Cupholder No Yes
Front Head Air Bag Yes Yes
Front Side Air Bag Yes Yes
Front wheel drive Yes No
Front Wheel Drive Yes No
Fueling system, capless Yes No
Full Alcantara Simulated Suede Headliner No Yes
Full Carpet Floor Covering -inc: Carpet Front Floor Mats No Yes
Full Floor Console w/Covered Storage and 1 12V DC Power Outlet No Yes
Fully Automatic Projector Beam Led Low/High Beam Daytime Running Auto-Leveling Headlamps w/Delay-Off No Yes
Gas-Pressurized Shock Absorbers No Yes
Gauges -inc: Speedometer, Odometer, Traction Battery Level, Power/Regen, Trip Odometer and Trip Computer No Yes
Glove Box No Yes
Hand-Wrapped Microfiber & Synthetic Leather No Yes
Hard Disk Drive Media Storage No Yes
HD Radio No Yes
Headlamp control, automatic on and off Yes No
Headlamps, halogen Yes No
Headlights-Auto-Leveling No Yes
Heated Front Seat(s) No Yes
Heated Front Seats w/Memory -inc: 12-way power adjustable No Yes
Heated Mirrors No Yes
Hill Start Assist Yes No
Homelink Garage Door Transmitter No Yes
HVAC -inc: Console Ducts No Yes
Instrument Panel Bin No Yes
Integrated Navigation System w/Voice Activation No Yes
Interior Trim -inc: Deluxe Sound Insulation, Genuine Wood/Metal-Look Instrument Panel Insert, Metal-Look Door Panel Insert, Genuine Wood Console Insert and Metal-Look Interior Accents No Yes
Intermittent Wipers No Yes
Keyless Entry Yes Yes
Keyless start Yes No
Keyless Start Yes Yes
Knee Air Bag Yes Yes
Lane Departure Warning No Yes
LATCH system (Lower Anchors and Top tethers for CHildren), for child safety seats Yes No
Leather Steering Wheel No Yes
LED Brakelights No Yes
Liftgate Rear Cargo Access No Yes
Lighting, interior overhead courtesy lamp, dual reading lamps and illuminated truck area Yes No
Light Tinted Glass No Yes
Lip Spoiler No Yes
Lithium Ion Traction Battery w/12 kW Onboard Charger, 64.5 Hrs Charge Time @ 110/120V and 7.13 Hrs Charge Time @ 220/240V No Yes
Map pockets, driver and front passenger seatbacks Yes No
Mirror, inside rearview manual day/night Yes No
Mirror Memory No Yes
Mirrors, outside power-adjustable, manual-folding Yes No
Mobile Hotspot Internet Access No Yes
Monotone Paint No Yes
Motor: 3-Phase/4-Pole Electric -inc: 60 kWh battery No Yes
MP3 Player Yes Yes
M/T Yes No
Multi-Link Rear Suspension w/Coil Springs No Yes
Multi-Zone A/C No Yes
Navigation from Telematics Yes No
Navigation System No Yes
OnStar Basic Plan for 5 years includes limited vehicle mobile app features, Monthly Diagnostics Report and Dealer Maintenance Notification (Basic Plan available for 5 years from the date of vehicle delivery and is transferable. Does not include Emergency, Security or Navigation services.) Yes No
OnStar Guidance Plan for 3 months, including Automatic Crash Response, Stolen Vehicle Assistance, Roadside Assistance, Turn-by-Turn Navigation, Advanced Diagnostics and more (trial excludes Hands-Free Calling) for 6 months, including Automatic Crash Response, Stolen Vehicle Assistance, Roadside Assistance, Turn-by-Turn Navigation, Advanced Diagnostics and more (trial excludes Hands-Free Calling) (Visit www.onstar.com for coverage map, details and system limitations. Services vary by model. OnStar acts as a link to existing emergency service providers. Not all vehicles may transmit all crash data.) Yes No
Outboard Front Lap And Shoulder Safety Belts -inc: Rear Center 3 Point and Pretensioners No Yes
Outside Temp Gauge No Yes
Passenger Adjustable Lumbar No Yes
Passenger Air Bag Yes Yes
Passenger Air Bag Sensor Yes Yes
Passenger Illuminated Visor Mirror No Yes
Passenger Vanity Mirror No Yes
Passive Entry System includes Remote Keyless Entry, extended range Yes No
Pass-Through Rear Seat Yes Yes
Perimeter Alarm No Yes
Perimeter/Approach Lights No Yes
Power 1st Row Windows w/Front And Rear 1-Touch Up/Down No Yes
Power Door Locks Yes Yes
Power Door Locks w/Autolock Feature No Yes
Power Driver Seat No Yes
Power Folding Mirrors No Yes
Power Mirror(s) Yes Yes
Power Outlet Yes No
Power outlet, auxiliary, 12-volt Yes No
Power Passenger Seat No Yes
Power Rear Child Safety Locks No Yes
Power Rear Windows No Yes
Power Steering No Yes
Power Tilt/Telescoping Steering Column No Yes
Power Windows Yes Yes
Premium Synthetic Seats No Yes
Proximity Key For Doors And Push Button Start No Yes
Radio: AM/FM/HD/USB w/17" Capacitive Touch Screen -inc: Bluetooth, media, communication, cabin and vehicle controls No Yes
Radio w/Seek-Scan, Clock, Aux Audio Input Jack, Steering Wheel Controls, Voice Activation, Radio Data System and Internal Memory No Yes
Rain Sensing Wipers No Yes
Real-Time Traffic Display No Yes
Rear A/C No Yes
Rear Bench Seat Yes Yes
Rear Defrost Yes Yes
Rear Head Air Bag Yes Yes
Rear HVAC w/Separate Controls No Yes
Rear Parking Aid No Yes
Rear seat reminder Yes No
Rear Side Air Bag Yes No
Rear Wheel Drive No Yes
Rear-Wheel Drive No Yes
Regenerative 4-Wheel Disc Brakes w/4-Wheel ABS, Front And Rear Vented Discs, Brake Assist, Hill Hold Control and Electric Parking Brake No Yes
Remote Engine Start No Yes
Remote Keyless Entry w/Integrated Key Transmitter, 4 Door Curb/Courtesy and Illuminated Entry No Yes
Remote panic alarm Yes No
Remote Releases -Inc: Power Cargo Access and Power Charge Port Door No Yes
Remote Trunk Release No Yes
Restricted Driving Mode No Yes
Seat adjuster, driver 6-way manual Yes No
Seat adjuster, front passenger 6-way manual Yes No
Seat Memory No Yes
Seat, rear 60/40 split-folding Yes No
Seats, front bucket Yes No
Security System Yes Yes
Side Impact Beams No Yes
Smart Device Integration No Yes
Speed Sensitive Rain Detecting Variable Intermittent Wipers No Yes
StabiliTrak, stability control system with brake assist includes Traction Control Yes No
Stability Control Yes Yes
Steel Wheels Yes No
Steering column, tilt and telescopic Yes No
Steering wheel, 3-spoke Yes No
Steering Wheel Audio Controls Yes Yes
Steering wheel controls, mounted controls for audio, phone and cruise Yes No
Suspension, front MacPherson strut Yes No
Suspension, rear 4-link, independent Yes No
Systems Monitor No Yes
Tailgate/Rear Door Lock Included w/Power Door Locks No Yes
Telematics Yes No
Temporary Spare Tire Yes No
Theft-deterrent system, content theft alarm Yes No
Tire, compact spare, T125/80R16 Yes No
Tire Pressure Monitor Yes Yes
Tire Pressure Monitor System Yes No
Tires - Front All-Season Yes No
Tires - Front Performance No Yes
Tires, P205/65R16 all-season, blackwall Yes No
Tires: P245/45R19 AS Michelin Primacy MXM-4 No Yes
Tire Specific Low Tire Pressure Warning No Yes
Tires - Rear All-Season Yes No
Tires - Rear Performance No Yes
Tool kit, road emergency Yes No
Traction Control Yes Yes
Transmission: 1-Speed Direct Drive No Yes
Transmission, 6-speed automatic Yes No
Trip Computer No Yes
Trunk latch, safety, manual release Yes No
Turbocharged Yes No
Universal Garage Door Opener No Yes
Valet Function No Yes
Variable Speed Intermittent Wipers No Yes
Warning indicator, front passenger safety belt Yes No
Wheel Covers Yes No
Wheels, 16" (40.6 cm) steel with cover Yes No
Wheels: 19" Silver Slipstream Aluminum Alloy No Yes
Wheel, spare, 16" (40.6 cm) steel Yes No
WiFi Hotspot No Yes
Window Grid Antenna No Yes
Windows, power with Express-Down on all Yes No
Wireless Streaming No Yes
Woodgrain Interior Trim No Yes






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