Yeah the OE brakes really aren't half bad. It's usually the rotor/pads that get put on there I think. My brakes used to blow until I got some good raybestos pads (and cheap ass drilled/slotted rotors, dunno how much they impacted).
With the 5 or so cars that I've driven regularly I'd confidently put the Malibu under top 2 right now... although to be fair one of the cars is a Chrysler Sebinrg
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