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Re: 2009-20111 Impala [qbrozen]
by 08malibumann
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Jul 26, 2007 (10:35 pm)
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jul 26, 2007 9:56 am)
Ok, if you go on the Chevy website and read on the 2008 Malibu... Side Curtain Airbags are STANDARD so when the Impala is released Chevy is putting Side Curtain Airbags in that standard also; which neither the Dodge nor Ford corporations offer. GM will be the first American auto company to offer Side Curtain Airbags standard on all vehicles by 2010... cool huh
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Re: 2009-20111 Impala [gb540]
by 08malibumann
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Jul 26, 2007 (11:02 pm)
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Replying to: gb540 (Jul 21, 2007 1:40 pm)
you're full of it.... One of the reasons Chevy will be turning out a RWD Impala is remember the 92-95 Caprice that car was the # 1 selling car for 2 years, thanks to Taxi companies and The Highway Patrol... Also Ford lost their contract with the Highway Patrol when they stopped making Crown Vic's. Which now Dodge has picked up the contract for the nex 3 years with the RWD Charger... Chevy lost that contract when they made a FWD Impala... Ford wont get that contract back cause their RWD 08 Taurus is only offered as a V-6... Think about the sales Chevy can make with the RWD Impala esp. since its got a better rap then Dodge remember all the transmission troubles of Dodges that has never changed... I agree with the other RWD fans its all about the tires and the person behind the wheel... If the RWD Impala isnt for you try the 08 FWD V-6 Malibu
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Re: 2009-20111 Impala [qbrozen]
by ryster
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Jul 27, 2007 (10:51 am)
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jul 26, 2007 9:56 am)
as rear wheel drive vehicles tend to cost a little less to manufacture
Not true. Look up the history of FWD. The entire reason for its existence is lower cost.
Sorry. I was getting my assembly vs. service costs mixed up. RWD is easier, and typically less expensive, to maintain.
Especially when I could go down the street and get a Dodge Charger SXT, with the 3.5L V6 and the side airbag option, for $25K (provided Chrysler is still around in 3 years).
Ok. No problem. We can compare to a Charger. But an SXT is $26,360. With side airbags, its $26,950.
Street prices are a completely different ballgame and not what we are talking about here. I have NO idea (and neither do you) what a RWD Impala would sell for after negotiating.
By the way, I'm anticipating the base Impala will have the high-feature 3.6, so it should outpower Chrysler's 3.5.
No one should pay sticker price for a car, and no one is paying sticker price for Chargers or Impalas for that matter. I am not insinuating that I know what a RWD Impala will list for sticker OR sell for after negotiating. I am merely commenting that the price I would be willing to pay may need to include some negotiating/discounting. No need to attack people.
Incidentally, when the Charger first came out as an '06 model, Dodge was selling the base SE model with the 3.5L engine with a base price of $23K. With power seat and airbags, the price barely hit $25K. Dealers were offering to sell a $25K Charger SE for $23K even at initial release. Unfortunately it looks like you need to go with an SXT to get the 3.5L now.
FWIW, all of our comments about a RWD Impala at this point are speculation.
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Re: 2009-20111 Impala [08malibumann]
by batista
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Jul 27, 2007 (1:21 pm)
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Replying to: 08malibumann (Jul 26, 2007 11:02 pm)
Ford wont get that contract back cause their RWD 08 Taurus is only offered as a V-6...
What? There is no RWD 08 Taurus. Just FWD or AWD.
remember all the transmission troubles of Dodges that has never changed.
Not true at all. Dodge/Chrysler now use the Mercedes Benz sourced W5A580 transmission with the 3.5L and 5.7L engines.
MB also supplies transmissions for Porsche and Jaguar.
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Re: 2009-20111 Impala [ryster]
by qbrozen
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Jul 27, 2007 (7:38 pm)
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Replying to: ryster (Jul 27, 2007 10:51 am)
no worries. i'm not attacking in the least.
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Re: 2009-20111 Impala [08malibumann]
by jimmy2x
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Aug 10, 2007 (8:32 am)
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Replying to: 08malibumann (Jul 26, 2007 11:02 pm)
I could be wrong, but it is my understand that the Crown Vic is still made as a fleet car - obviously for the police market. Am aware that some have gone to the Charger, but not the majority.
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Re: 2009 - 2011 Impala [charts2]
by tschade
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Sep 28, 2007 (10:30 pm)
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Replying to: charts2 (Jun 04, 2007 5:05 am)
I agree with this to a point but you also must remember that if GM refreshens a car to quickly it won't last long enough and they won't see profits come from it as they could. Every five to six years is good for one style seven at the max with minor refreshening in between. Look at the chevy lumina 1995-2001 chevy impala 2000-2005 and now 2006-2009 or 10 for the current style impala. I think GM is on the right track by redesigning the malibu for 2008 by making it almost the size of the current impala and then redesigning the impala for 2010 to rear drive
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Re: 2009-20111 Impala [charts2]
by tschade
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Sep 28, 2007 (10:37 pm)
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Replying to: charts2 (Jun 04, 2007 12:20 pm)
Yeah you do have a point here, but only thing is that the 2008 malibu has grown in size to that of almost the current impala. For GM to have three sedans such as the malibu, impala and caprice would not be smart. GM was in serious financial difficulty and still is to some extend because it had too many models that did the same job as the next for example, Buick in 2005 had the century, regal, la sabre, and park avenue. They've cut that down for 2007 to the La Cross and Lucerne. I think chevy only needs a camry/accord fighter which would be the malibu and a full size rear drive impala or caprice.
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Re: 2009-20111 Impala [bobber1]
by tschade
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Oct 10, 2007 (5:25 pm)
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Replying to: bobber1 (Jul 20, 2007 7:00 am)
The dealer probably was talking about the new 2008 malibu which is all new from the ground up, this might be why your dealer thought this was the new impala. That car is on sale sometime in the fall but as for the impala it won't get a refreshener for at least two or three years. If you're looking for a full size sedan i'd wait till the 2010 impala comes out. Rear drive is the way GM is going and it's already starting with pontiac's new G8 which is going on sale this winter. 
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Re: 2009-20111 Impala [gb540]
by fsmmcsi
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Oct 11, 2007 (9:15 pm)
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Replying to: gb540 (Jul 21, 2007 1:40 pm)
RWD does just fine in winter weather if you have good tires adn a limited slip differential. I grew up in St. Louis, then lived in DC for three years before moving to California. My 1970 AMX and 1979 Trans AM, for example, were no problem in the winter. I always got a good laugh out of the RWD cars without limited slip differentials - one tire spinning and the car going nowhere. I even saw a driver blow up his one spinning tire on 40/61 in St. Louis.
I moved away from DC in 1989, so know that tires and cars have improved greatly since then, meaning that the siuuation should be even better now than when I was driving in the winter weather.
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