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REPORT: Lutz says next Chevy Impala to stay front-drive, gain hybrid variant

Remember those AWESOME rumors about the rear-wheel drive Pontiac G8 living on as a Chevy Caprice? Not going to happen, though used Chevy cop cars will still be the hot Christmas item come 2017 or so. Inside Line's Ed Hellwig reports that after a sit down meeting with General Motors' Maximum Bob Lutz, not only won't there be a true successor to the 1994-1996 Impala SS, but the next Impala will remain front-wheel drive. The new Impala will get bigger says IL, and add features – probably in an attempt to keep up with the hefty and ... Read more →

All four new Nationwide Series cars tested at Talladega John Neff

We've already shown you the new Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger cars that will soon be running in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, but Chevy also introduced a new Impala car and Toyota a new Camry. ...

GM recalling 1.4 million passenger cars over potential engine fires Chris Paukert

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has just announced a major recall covering nearly 1.5 million General Motors passenger cars from the late 90's and early 2000s. The recall affects ...

2009 Impala recalled over faulty airbags Chris Tutor

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says passenger airbags in some 2009 Chevrolet Impalas may have a potentially deadly flaw. Not only could the devices fail to inflate in a crash, but ...

GM and CAW reach deal over truck plant closure Jeremy Korzeniewski

In a deal designed to assuage the tensions between General Motors and the Canadian Auto Workers union, GM's new car plant in Oshawa, Ontario will gain two additional models to build. The old truck ...

Confirmed: FWD Impala around through 2012 1 year ago on Autoblog

It has been rumored for the last few months that Chevrolet would be soldiering on with a front-wheel-drive Impala for at least the next few years. The recent contract agreement between the Canadian Auto Workers union and General Motors appears to cement this rumor as fact. According to the signed ...

Dealer ad shows 2008/09 Chevy Impala 1 year ago on Autoblog

It seems that the Impala's replacement has found its way onto the auto pages of a newspaper in much the same way that the Cadillac CTS Coupe did a while back. You could argue that there's no way this is anything but a calculated effort on GMs part. There's really no way to be sure, but with our ...

2008 Chevy Impala 50th Anniversary Edition coming to Detroit 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for over 30 high-res pics. var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/50th_Anniversary_Chevy_Impala_is_automotive_Xanax'; The Chevy Impala is celebrating its 50th Anniversary, and to commemorate the occasion the Bowtie division is offering up a badge-and-trim special edition. ...

LA 2007: Lutz and Peper show off Chevy's high efficiency fleet 2 years ago on Autoblog

Promising the best possible fuel economy for whichever type of vehicle its customers choose, GM's Bob Lutz and Ed Peper trotted a full lineup of green vehicles from their arsenal. The Aveo5, Impala E85, Malibu Hybrid, Tahoe Hybrid, Silverado Hybrid, Volt, Equinox Fuel Cell, Beat and Groove were ...

FWD Chevy Impala still being considered 2 years ago on Autoblog

Say it ain't so, Bob! Automotive News is reporting that since General Motors' plans for a rear-wheel-drive Impala replacement that's based on the Australian-sourced Zeta platform are up in the air (you can thank the U.S. government and its never ending debate on a CAFE increase for that), a backup ...

Michigan cops switching to cheaper, more efficient V6 Impalas 2 years ago on Autoblog

click image above for high-res gallery In a sign of the impending apocalypse, Michigan police departments are steadily switching from the stalwart Ford Crown Victoria to less expensive FWD Chevy Impalas with more efficient V6 engines. Oakland county plans on saving $220,000 per year in lower fuel ...

Enter the Rumormill: Zeta-platform Impala delayed 12 months? 2 years ago on Autoblog

Brian from Cheers & Gears, the GM aficionado site, sent us a link to a forum thread that is definitely of interest. Keep in mind that there's no official confirmation of any of this yet, so we're taking it with a grain of salt until we hear it from someone at GM. With that established, let's ...

Lutz sounds the alarm: GM puts RWD drive vehicles on hold 2 years ago on Autoblog

Bob Lutz is determined to rattle all the cages he can in order to be heard above roar of the CAFE and CO2 standards debate. First, he said that forcing automakers to raise CAFE standards 4-percent per year would raise the price of a new car by $5,000. That was in response to Bush administration ...

Sharing is saving: GM to save up to $750 million on Zeta RWD platform 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for a gallery of the Camaro Convertible concept The new buzzword in Detroit is "common" -- as in common components or common architectures. That's the foundation for everything GM is doing right now, and the Zeta RWD platform is the newest poster child.Engineered in Australia for ...

Pontiac G8 may be built in the U.S. 2 years ago on Autoblog

The Pontiac G8 seems to be exactly what the American public is yearning for - a rear-drive sedan with great looks, a V8 option, and an affordable price tag. One Autoblog staff member, who shall not be named, may even border on obsessed with the total package that is the G8. The potential demand of ...

The Autoblog Project Garage: Big-brake install, Part III 2 years ago on Autoblog

After dedicating the last several years to the pursuit of power and handling, we're finally putting forth an effort to slow down our car. Consider this to be an indicaton of hard-earned maturity (as opposed to our receding hairlines, which are just signs of getting old). Our new parts showed up in ...

Autoblog Maintenance/Project Garage: 2006 wrap-up 2 years ago on Autoblog

In 2006, we spent a lot of time spinning wrenches here in the Autoblog Garage in the process of taking on common maintenance tasks and a few performance upgrades. For your convenience, we've compiled links to each of the posts after the jump. We already have some things in the works for 2007, but ...

Autoblog Maintenance 301: Transmission R&R, Part IV 3 years ago on Autoblog

A plan is finally in place for rebuilding the broken Tremec T56 transmission from our 1996 Impala SS; now it's time to carefully assemble some components in such a way that it'll survive the sort of abuse that we dish out every time the car hits the racetrack. Follow along as we walk through the ...

Autoblog Maintenance 301: Transmission R&R, Part III 3 years ago on Autoblog

When we last visited this project*, we'd torn down a couple of Tremec T56 transmissions - the F-body/Viper hybrid that was making nasty rock-crushing noises from under the floorpan of our Impala SS, and one from a Chevy SSR that was presumably still in good working order, and perhaps could serve as ...

RWD Impala coming in 2009 3 years ago on Autoblog

The General has been in desperate need of a rear-wheel drive sedan to compete with similarly equipped competitors. Thankfully, the great-granddaddy of them all, the Impala, will fill such a niche and finally return to its RWD roots in 2009. The new model will be based off the upcoming Camaro's ...

Autoblog Project Garage: Axle swap, Part IV 3 years ago on Autoblog

One of the goals of the Autoblog Project Garage posts is to give our readers some insight into the scope of various projects, including a sense of the amount of time it might take to complete a job given our usual variety of distractions. As a case in point, the first post concerning a rear-disc ...

RR of the Day: '67 Impala SS 3 years ago on Autoblog

Autoblog Flickr Pool member BLKWIDO1 submitted his father's 1967 Chevy Impala SS 396 to be featured as a RR of the Day on account of the excellent job his pops has done restoring the car almost entirely by himself over the past seven years since it was purchased, and also likely because the ...

SEMA: Hot Wheels brings hot rods 3 years ago on Autoblog

John Neff checked in from SEMA all excited about Mattel's Hot Wheels booth and we totally understand. We'd be willing to bet that many regular Autoblog readers have 1:64 scale hot rods doing 360s on their desks. Mattel knows their market, and sent not only hundreds of their beloved miniature cars, ...

Vote for TTAC's Ten Worst Autos Today 3 years ago on Autoblog

Voting is open for The Truth About Cars' first ever Ten Worst Automobiles Today (or TWAT) award that we told you about earlier in the month. The initial list of more than 120 reader nominations contained predictable TWAT-eligible autos like GM's ancient minivans, uh, sorry, Crossover Sport Van, a ...

Chevy unveils NASCAR Impala SS 3 years ago on Autoblog

With NASCAR deciding to phase-in the Car of Tomorrow throughout the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chevrolet has already announced that the Impala SS will be the vehicle of choice to eventually replace the current Monte Carlo SS as its entry in the series. And today we learned exactly what the ...

Impala chosen for NASCAR Cup races, Monte Carlo snubbed 3 years ago on Autoblog

NASCAR may be saying goodbye to the Monte Carlo. Although it has been the most successful car in Nextel Cup racing history, GM has apparently gotten approval from NASCAR to replace it. According to a report in the Charlotte Observer, NASCAR has given General Motors permission to drop the Monte ...

Looking good on paper: the next Chevy Impala? 3 years ago on Autoblog

We've featured Chris Pauwels' outstanding work on Autoblog before, and he's at it again, having sketched out what he believes the upcoming Impala will look like when all is said and done. Based on rumors and inside information he and the good folks at TheGMSource.com were able to dig up, Pauwels' ...

Autoblog Project Garage: Axle swap, Part II 3 years ago on Autoblog

With the axle disassembled in the previous installment of this project, it is now time to start putting things back together with fresh parts as needed. One surprise that we encountered during the tear-down of the axle was a significant amount of debris; namely, there was a lot of dirt inside the ...

Autoblog Project Garage: Axle swap, Part I 3 years ago on Autoblog

Here's a great example of a project that has undergone a bit of "feature creep". Oh, it started innocently enough, with my wife asking if anything could be done to improve the brake feel of our 1996 Buick Roadmaster. Sure, I said - we can ditch the rear drum brakes, and install a set of discs from ...

Spy Shots: New Impala sighting? 3 years ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: It's been confirmed from about a half dozen sources that this is not the next Impala, which won't be on its way until the end of the decade and will likely be riding on a rear-wheel drive Zeta platform(!), but rather the next Malibu. Our friends at Winding Road have new spy photos of what ...

The Autoblog Project Garage: Big-brake install, Part II 3 years ago on Autoblog

With our transmission project on hold while we await the arrival of some parts, it was finally time to open up the large and heavy (81 pounds!) box of Kore3 brake parts that showed up on our doorstep about a month ago. We covered the selection process in Part I, and now it's time to dive in and see ...

Autoblog Maintenance 301: Transmission R&R, Part II 3 years ago on Autoblog

With the defective transmission finally removed from our Impala SS, it's time to tear it down to inspect for damage and replace any components that are deemed defective. Although we usually shy away from messing with automatic transmissions, manuals are usually simple enough to be serviced with a ...

Autoblog Maintenance 301: Transmission R&R, Part I 3 years ago on Autoblog

Several of our readers have been requesting tech topics of a higher level of complexity, and so we went and broke a transmission just so we could show you how to fix it. OK, that's not quite how things went; the Tremec/BWA T56 six-speed manual in our '96 Impala SS started making some seriously bad ...

Autoblog hits the dragstrip, Part II: We actually take a few passes 3 years ago on Autoblog

Having offered up some tips on running the quarter-mile in a previous post, it's now time to line up and take a few passes ourselves. We did so courtesy of a close friend who was nice enough to hand over the keys of his '96 Impala SS; presumably, the favor will need to be returned once our own land ...

Autoblog hits the dragstrip, Part I: A first-timer's guide to drag racing 3 years ago on Autoblog

For gearheads, there's little better place to be than the local dragstrip on a cool summer evening. Indeed, for anyone with blood running through their veins, the words "Test-n-Tune Night" should indeed raise one's pulse and get Metallica's "Fuel" cued up in the ol' mental jukebox. Our ...

IIHS issues large sedan side-impact testing scores 3 years ago on Autoblog

In the world of large sedans* equipped with side airbags, some do a better job than others at protecting occupants according to the latest results from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Achieving the top score of "good" are the Chevrolet Impala and Toyota Camry (this serious ...

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Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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