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The Chevrolet Impala (/ ɪ m ˈ p æ l ə,-ˈ p ɑː l ə /) is a full-size car that was built by Chevrolet for model years 1958 to 1985, 1994 to 1996, and 2000 to 2020. The Impala was Chevrolet's popular flagship passenger car and was among the better-selling American-made automobiles in the United States.
The first automobile produced by Chevrolet Light Six: 1914 1915 1 Full-sized car produced by Chevrolet Series H: 1914 1916 1 One of the first automobiles made by Chevrolet under W.C. Durant, GM's founder to compete against Ford Model T: Series 490: 1915 1922 1 Chevrolet's successful mid-sized car Series F: 1917 1917 1 Replaced the Series H ...
Super Sport, or SS, is the signature performance option package offered by the Chevrolet division of General Motors on a limited number of its vehicles. All SS models come with distinctive "SS" markings on their exterior. The SS package was first made available for the 1961 Impala. [1]
GM's Automatic Safety Transmission (AST) was a semi-automatic transmission released in 1937. The first mass-produced fully-automatic transmission developed for passenger automobile use was the GM Hydramatic introduced in 1940. [1]
By the end of its production, the fifth-generation Impala had transitioned from a higher-trim version of the full-size Chevrolet sedan line to its base vehicle, as Chevrolet had ended sales of the Biscayne and Bel Air in the United States. For 1977, the Impala became the first primary sedan line of the Big Three automakers to undergo downsizing.
Chevrolet Camaro Chevrolet in March 2023 announced plans to retire the sixth generation Camaro at the end of model year 2024, with the final vehicles coming off the assembly line in January 2024.
Like the 1968s, the Z24 could be ordered on the Impala convertible, Sport Coupe, or Custom Coupe. 1969 was the last year that the Impala SS was offered with the Z24 package, but the only year in which front disc brakes and 15-inch (380 mm) wheels were standard; that made the 1969 SS427 mechanically better than the previous versions in standard ...
All Chevrolet V8s, from the big-blocks to today's LS7 and LS9, evolved from the 265 / 283 cu in (4.3 / 4.6 L) small-block family. Of the three engines in this family, two of them, the 265 and the 283, made automotive history. The first of this family was the 265, introduced in 1954. The 265 had a 3.750 in (95.25 mm) bore.