37 Facts About Chevrolet Impala

The Impala was Chevrolet's popular flagship passenger car and was among the better-selling American-made automobiles in the United States.

The Chevrolet Caprice was introduced as a top-line Impala Sport Sedan for model year 1965, later becoming a separate series positioned above the Impala in 1966, which, in turn, remained above the Chevrolet Bel Air and the Chevrolet Biscayne.

The Impala continued as Chevrolet's most popular full-sized model through the mid-1980s.

In 2000, the Chevrolet Impala was reintroduced again as a mainstream front-wheel drive car.

Chevrolet Impala name was first used for the full-sized 1956 General Motors Motorama show car that bore Corvette-like design cues, especially the grille.

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Chevrolet Impala was introduced for the 1958 model year as top-of-the-line Bel Air 2-door hardtops and convertibles.

The wheelbase of the Chevrolet Impala was longer than the lower-priced models, although the overall length was identical.

Chevrolet Impala claimed that the new frame offered increased torsional rigidity and allowed for a lower placement of the passenger compartment.

Chevrolet Impala became a separate series, adding a four-door hardtop and four-door sedan to the two-door Sport Coupe and convertible and a five-door station wagon.

The Australian Chevrolet Impala was the first American post-war import to come standard with a V8 engine.

Chevrolet Impala was restyled on the GM B platform for the first time for 1961.

In 1965, Chevrolet introduced a new luxury package for the Impala four-door hardtop, called "Caprice" and coded as RPO Z18.

Chevrolet Impala had a rudimentary "power vent" system featuring vents in the instrument panel.

The similar 1970 Chevrolet Impala got a minor facelift featuring a more conventional under the grille bumper replacing the wrap-around unit used in 1969 along with new triple vertical taillights in the rear bumper.

Chevrolet Impala did not offer ACRS in 1974; however it was offered in Oldsmobile, Buick, and Cadillac models that year as an option and did save lives.

One ACRS-equipped Chevrolet Impala was preserved and remains a witness to the ability of an American automaker to design life saving safety systems into cars without a government mandate.

Chevrolet Impala offered Nova and Vega Spirit of America versions as well.

The Chevrolet Impala had round headlamps while the Caprice used the new quad rectangular ones.

For fleet buyers, Chevrolet offered a lower priced Impala "S" model that deleted some of the standard model's luxury features, such as radial tires, sound insulation and trunk light.

The new Chevrolet Impala's frame was a shortened version of the one introduced in 1970 and would be utilized until 1996 when the B-body production line was shut down.

Chevrolet Impala SS received body-colored trim, a unique single-bar grille with no hood ornament, and a rear deck spoiler.

The 1996 Chevrolet Impala SS was exported to the Middle East, as the Caprice SS, with the car being identical to its American counterpart except for the side fonts on the rear quarter panel and the badge on the dashboard saying Caprice SS.

Chevrolet Impala was available in two trim levels from 2000 to 2003.

The new Chevrolet Impala featured new taillights, different from the four-circle style of the previous generation.

The ninth generation Chevrolet Impala featured a wood trim center console with chrome accents on all major control buttons.

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The dashboard featured a chrome Chevrolet Impala logo embedded in the wood grain trim that runs across the dashboard and onto the doors.

The Chevrolet Impala received new packages, including the LS Uplevel package, LS OnStar and Bluetooth package, LT Sunroof package, LT OnStar package and the LT OnStar and Bluetooth package.

Chevrolet Impala again was offered as a police vehicle in the ninth generation form.

The tenth generation Chevrolet Impala was the first North American sedan in 20 years to earn Consumer Reports top score, with a score of 95 of a possible 100 points.

In 2014, the Chevrolet Impala saw its share of the full-size sedan market increase to 14.

The new Chevrolet Impala will join the Honda Civic as a rare factory made CNG car to come straight from a major automaker and available for retail sales.

The Chevrolet Impala Bi-Fuel was one of the five finalists for the 2015 Green Car of the Year Award during the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show, but lost to the BMW i3.

Impala went on sale in South Korea as an export vehicle for the 2016 model year, marking the first time that Chevrolet had offered an American-built full-size sedan in the Korean market.

The 2006 to present Chevrolet Impala is given a lesser overall "Acceptable" score for front impact collisions.

GM made some minor structural enhancements to the Chevrolet Impala, beginning in December 2009; models produced after that received a "Good" in the IIHS frontal offset crash test.

In 2007, the Chevrolet Impala began to replace the Monte Carlo on the NASCAR stock car racing circuit; more specifically, on all the scheduled racing events where NASCAR has mandated the use of a car with different specifications, better known as the Car of Tomorrow.

In 2013, the Chevrolet Impala was replaced by the Camaro in the Nationwide Series.