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Future Vehicles 2009 Chevy Impala RWD
124 messages, Last post on Feb 28, 2008 at 4:33 PM
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...back in the day an Impala was many things: a two-door hardtop, four-door sedan, four-door hardtop, convertible, upscale wagon, and briefly a pickup truck (1959-60 El Camino). I, personally, would love to see a two-door hardtop Impala SS, but GM doesn't have the guts to do it.
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Replying to: lemko (Nov 22, 2006 9:47 am) |
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It better remain available as a 6-passenger sedan. Bench seats front and rear. Column shift automatic. I'd like to see an 8-passenger station wagon version. Or 9 if the third seat area is wide enough. Now that the Taurus/Sable is gone they would have the only 8-passenger wagon anywhere. I would like it to keep its good fuel economy numbers. 20-22 in town and 30-32 on the highway. I would like to see blue and maroon offered as INTERIOR colors again. Gray and tan are too common and show dirt too easily. I shouldn't have to buy a used cop car to get a blue interior. I would like to see them offer a cassette AND CD radio with either CD-R MP3 playback or an input jack for an MP3 player. I bought a Delco cassette radio off eBay for my Lumina which had an input jack added to the face, and it's SWEET. They also need to put the lock cylinder back in the decklid. As it is now with the 2006-2007 Impala, there is no key lock in the trunk. If your battery dies, you can't get in the trunk unless you ordered at least the LT model with the fold-down rear seatback. BAD decontenting move. I can understand taking away the passenger door lock cylinder, although it makes opening the door for your loved one more difficult if your remote entry fob is not working. Basic LS models don't need things like power windows, cruise control, or a CD player. Offer a basic $16-$17K model with 6-passenger seating and crank windows and it WILL sell to people who don't care about those kind of options. Sure, we could all go out and buy Malibus, but then someone is going to have to ride in the trunk. And since I'm the daddy, that'd be me, because the wife and kids MUST ride in seatbelts. |
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Replying to: lemko (Nov 22, 2006 9:47 am)  I guess it doesn't matter because GM, will have the Camaro and they aren't going put up the risk in this turn-around. Rocky |
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Replying to: occupant1 (Nov 23, 2006 8:50 pm)
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Replying to: occupant1 (Nov 23, 2006 8:50 pm) Is the remote trunk release electric or cable operated, though? My Intrepid has a remote trunk release, but I think it's cable operated. I've had older cars though, like an '89 Gran Fury, '85 LeSabre, and '79 New Yorker that had a button in the glovebox and it was electric. Now that I think about it, I had lost the trunk key to the Gran Fury, so the remote release was the only way I could get into it! |
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Replying to: bumpy (Nov 24, 2006 6:11 am) Now if only Chevy had offered the 1985 Impala wagon with the 4.3 TBI V6 and 4-speed 700R4 automatic with overdrive and lockup...instead of requiring the wagons to have the 4-barrel 305 V8...geez...that would have been great...
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Replying to: occupant1 (Nov 24, 2006 7:20 pm) |
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I may have posted this elsewhere before, but MotorTrend published a couple of photos(renderings) and an article about the upcoming RWD Impala. Here's a link to the article on-line: http://www.motortrend.com/features/auto_news/2006/112_news061024_future_chevy_im- pala The story said these photos represented "one of two design proposals" for the RWD Impala. IMHO this version isn't retro enough. Maybe it looks better in person, but while this car definitely says "Chevy" (especially from the front) it doesn't say "Impala" to me anywhere at all. Also seems like I read somewhere that there would definitely NOT be a wagon offered (which I also lament; had there been a '00-'05 wagon I'd be driving one today!), but I can't find a reference to where I read that info.
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Replying to: nosirrahg (Nov 25, 2006 5:09 pm) Rocky
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