CHEVY IMPALA - Everything You Need to Know | Up to Speed

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The 7th generation Impala SS was a highly sought-after performance car in the 1990s. That's not amazing, but you got to understand that anything with a little more than average horsepower and torque was a welcomed sight for enthusiasts. In 1996, American aftermarket tuner Callaway, who's famous for turbo and everything from Corvettes to Volkswagen Rabbits, offered a package for the SS that satisfied enthusiasts' lust for more.

Our jumped to just over 400 horses and it shot to 60 miles per hour in 5.9 seconds around a second faster than the stop it also received bigger brakes that were originally developed for the Ferrari F40 bringing it to a shocking $45,000 at the door. Now that's 90s money - like the Impalas of the 1950s and 60s.

The new mid-90s SS was well-loved by all corners of American tuning culture and still is what happened to the 7th gen after 1996? You ask nothing nada GM killed off the Impala SS and its B-body sisters, the Caprice and Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser. Poor went out for the GM platform that was loved by cops, rednecks, rappers, and suburban middle management alike.

After a four-year hiatus, the Impala named returned yet again in the year 2000 as Chevy's version of the GM W-body shared by the Pontiac Grand Prix, Oldsmobile Intrigue, and Buick Regal. It replaced the bland-as-hell Chevy Lumina, sure the Lumina was lame but Cool Trick drove one in Days of Thunder, so it's got that going for it.

The SS badge returned in 2004 and 2005 this time the Impala SS was front-wheel drive and power came from a supercharged 3.8-liter V6 with 240 horsepower on tap. It also looked very cool as a cop car.

In 2006, marking the beginning of the ninth-generation Impala, which lasted all the way to 2014 - it continued on for fleet sales through 2016 two years after commercial production ended. Chevy did offer an SS version again, they returned to the small-block V8 this time with a 5.3-liter LS engine though it was still front-wheel drive.

But if we're honest, a front-wheel-drive LS is pretty sick. Oh, and it's the car that Ryan Gosling drove in the opening scene of Drive - so that's it. Bryan Cranston's also in that movie if you like Bryan Cranston, check out this episode of Up to Speed on the Pontiac Aztek - a car opens its doors and gets shot, and you think it's this car no, this is the car that knocks finally.

The current 10th-generation Impala has been with us since 2014. It's actually a good-looking sedan in my opinion, with the Chevy SS being discontinued after a short run in 2000 - will there ever be another badass rear-wheel drive exhilarating four-door Chevy sedan? It doesn't look like we'll be seeing anything anytime soon.

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