If you're worried about thieves when buying a car, you don't live in the right place.Occasionally ppl travel in their cars away from their place of residence.
I grew up with vehicles that gave ppl the option of having a locked trunk. If I had to valet my car I like the option that the parking dudes don't have the option of rifling thru my possessions. To me it's a pretty basic part of the car.
The fact of the matter is that the Malibu still suffers from some pretty cheap applications:
When engaging the security system the horn sounds. How annoying is that at 2:00 a.m.
Another thing is the continued use of the 1 bulb tail light/brake system. How utterly cheap is that and not particularly safe.
Some of the car seems really well done and then some of the car seems like it is stuck in the 90s. You get what you pay for. Currently, the US and Canadian taxpayer are subsidizing every GM sold. That will end in about 18 months and even though the product is much improved it's not first tier despite all the taxpayer sponsored TV spots claiming otherwise.