Obviously. all this is my opinion. And that opinion being that upscale and gold haven't gone together in trim in a decade or two. The Malibu is worthy of being considered upscale in my opinion and in my opinion the gold badges CHEAPEN that look. A GOLD bowtie IMO on a beautiful car like the Malibu is about as subtle and fitting as a GOLD front tooth on ANY person let alone a runway model!
Sorry, I know some love the gold bowtie but Chevy needs to go to finishing school and get rid of that one last piece of "hillbilly" to it. Of course IMO. Hell, I'm sure some people will be upset with what I say, but chances are those folk are the ones that think huge gold change and monster rings on all fingers are the coolest thing since sliced bread.
How about this, for those that want or must have their GOLD overlays, GM simply needs to ship the cars without it stuck on to the dealer. Upon delivery of the vehicle, simply asked the customer if they want the gold overlay afixed in the chrome. This is a brainless 5 second job that a porter could do without any chance of screwing it up!
How much are you willing to bet that the majority of the buying public would tell the dealer not to affix the cheap fading gold plastic over the VERY NICE CHROME BOWTIE???
As far as chrome bowtie being washed out on silver car. LOLs I've had several silver now and all chrome looks killer! Of course IMO. In fact I think it looks INCREDIBLE!
I'll post post pictures hopefully this weekend of my Imperial Blue Bu all Chrome. I'll even post a Silver Chevy vehicle and an 08 Red Bu chrome.
So... I'll see if I can post a little howto for the rest of you guys in the next week or so.
"The vast majority of Chevy owners like them." - BTW, obviously this is your opinion also.