CHEVROLET IMPALA

CHEVROLET IMPALA

CHEVROLET IMPALA

CHEVROLET IMPALA

CHEVROLET IMPALA

When Chevrolet sent the first Impala off the assembly line in 1958, it was meant to be "a prestige car within the reach of the average American citizen." It would seem that the company was successful; nearly 50 years on, the Chevrolet Impala has gone on to become one of America's most well-known nameplates.Throughout the 1960s, the Chevy Impala dominated the sales charts, culminating in 1965 when more than 1 million were sold. Though the popularity of smaller, midsize muscle cars slowly ate away at sales of the Impala, it continued to sell in big numbers, registering as the best-selling car in America in 1973.The Impala nameplate languished in the early 1980s, eventually getting dropped in 1986 in favor of the Caprice designation.

CHEVROLET IMPALA

CHEVROLET IMPALA.To the delight of enthusiasts, however, a Caprice-based Impala SS briefly returned in the mid-1990s with a Corvette-derived V8 and a monochromatic color scheme that made the car a bad-to-the-bone, rear-wheel-drive family sport sedan.Since the new millennium, the modern Impala has served as Chevrolet's main full-size sedan, capable of transporting up to six people. With front-wheel drive and V6Impala power on most trim levels, the current isn't exactly a tribute to the past, but it does continue the tradition of large, affordableChevrolet family sedans.