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#112 of 124 Re: 2009-20111 Impala [qbrozen] by ryster Jul 27, 2007 (10:51 am)
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. Replies to this message: qbrozen (Jul 27, 2007 7:38 pm)
#113 of 124 Re: 2009-20111 Impala [08malibumann] by batista Jul 27, 2007 (1:21 pm)
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.
#114 of 124 Re: 2009-20111 Impala [ryster] by qbrozen Jul 27, 2007 (7:38 pm)
Replying to: ryster (Jul 27, 2007 10:51 am) no worries. i'm not attacking in the least.
#115 of 124 Re: 2009-20111 Impala [08malibumann] by jimmy2x Aug 10, 2007 (8:32 am)
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.
#116 of 124 Re: 2009 - 2011 Impala [charts2] by tschade Sep 28, 2007 (10:30 pm)
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
#117 of 124 Re: 2009-20111 Impala [charts2] by tschade Sep 28, 2007 (10:37 pm)
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.
#118 of 124 Re: 2009-20111 Impala [bobber1] by tschade Oct 10, 2007 (5:25 pm)
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.
#119 of 124 Re: 2009-20111 Impala [gb540] by fsmmcsi Oct 11, 2007 (9:15 pm)
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.
#120 of 124 Next Impala? by etcarroll Feb 20, 2008 (4:18 pm)
For 2010, or 2009 as on Edmunds.   http://www.automotive.com/future-cars/90/112-0611-2010-chevrolet-impala/index.ht- ml
#121 of 124 Next Impala? (etcarroll) by hpmctorque Feb 20, 2008 (7:32 pm)
This information on the RWD Impala is either from an old issue of Motor Trend, or its old news. In response to the new 35 MPG fuel economy legislation, GM's plans to replace certain FWD platforms with RWD ones, including the Impala, is on hold and under review.   GM does have plans to introduce a RWD competitor to the BMW 3-Series for the 2011 model year, however. The platform is called Alpha, and the car will be a smaller-than-CTS Cadillac. It'll be produced at GM's Lordstown, Ohio assembly plan. There may also be a Pontiac version of the Alpha, but that hasn't been confirmed. I consider this exciting news because, if the accolades that the new CTS has gotten are an indication, GM now has the ability to design and produce a worthy competitor to the 3-Series and Infiniti G35. Too bad the Alpha(s) won't be '09 models.

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