Chevy Impala 2004 Redesign - READ ONLY

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#31 of 233 by johnclineii Oct 17, 2002 (6:13 pm)
The Impala platform is NOT old and cushy. It was designed for police service, and dates WAAAAY back, all the way to CY 1999, model year 2000. The Impalas of the 90's and before have no relationship to the current model. That is FACT. Not opinion.
#32 of 233 Either way... by dgonzalez13 Oct 18, 2002 (4:02 am)
I am hoping for a better engine. really good v6 or v8. I'd love to see the column shifting stay as an option and though i have heard of a leather bench seat for the front being available i havent seen it yet. I know, this probably sounds like any standard Buick, but I love the styling of the impala. The rear lights are different from most other cars on the road, and the car does look like a Lumina in an Elvis Jumpsuit. but there is nothing wrong with Elvis in my book and i hope the redesign doesnt drastically change the "creased" metal on the hood and fenders. Sharp lines give it a look I really like.
#33 of 233 by magnetophone Oct 18, 2002 (7:17 am)
Well, opinions are opinions. I think it's one of the ugliest cars on the road, bar none
#34 of 233 by magnetophone Oct 18, 2002 (7:18 am)
Also, if I'm correct, the platform the Impala is on dates back to the mid 1990's...
#35 of 233 Magneto... by dgonzalez13 Oct 18, 2002 (8:14 am)
So what would you like changed to make it not so ugly in your opinion? Add something to the discussion.
#36 of 233 by magnetophone Oct 18, 2002 (10:33 am)
The front, the rear, the interior, and the rear quarter. I guess that's almost the entire car! The car is a strange mix of uncontinuous lines...the front looks like an angry cartoon and the rear looks like a bad acid trip (at least that's what Edmunds said, and I agree.)
#37 of 233 by ehaase Oct 18, 2002 (6:43 pm)
The Impala platform dates back to 1988, when the FWD W body Regal, Grand Prix, and Cutlass Supreme debuted.
#38 of 233 by johnclineii Oct 19, 2002 (1:36 am)
And has been both freshened and completely redone several times. That's about like saying the Ford Taurus platform dates back to 1986.
#39 of 233 by magnetophone Oct 19, 2002 (6:18 pm)
Not really. The Taurus dates back to 1996.
#40 of 233 by csandste Oct 23, 2002 (10:03 pm)
"The car is a strange mix of uncontinuous lines...the front looks like an angry cartoon and the rear looks like a bad acid trip (at least that's what Edmunds said, and I agree.)" And so do I. The second generation Lumina was actually not bad looking. Same with the 95 Cavalier. Chevy replaced them with the Impala/Monte that is extremely uncoordinated, especially the Monte. The Cav. was crude but rather pretty. The 02 freshening brings out the same hideous styling cliches that the Monte Carlo had. The post Bob Lutz Chevy looks like it has a lot more going for it, but they need to bring new product on line fast. If the money spent on the Cavalier re-do could have produced the new platform three months earlier, they made a real bad deal.