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Tico · 06-22-2008, 09:56 PM

The impala is still a high volume car. Making it RWD after 2012 would make it a niche car only wouldn't it? AWD? Sigh! Look the the Dodge Charger / Chrysler 300. Where will they be after 2012? Who wants a RWD 4 door car with a V8 anymore? Will there be 100,00 buyers a year? I doubt it. Will someone want a car bigger than Camry or Accord that is FWD and gets OK Mileage? Maybe.

Why not keep it FWD and try to keep up the volumes. There is a bigger market for a big FWD Sedan than there is for a RWD "sport" sedan. We are talking about Chevrolet here not Mercedes or BMW. Look at Chrysler 300 (-59%) sales for May and compare to Ford Taurus numbers (+66%) (Yes Taurus!). I think Taurus is on the right track. Impala will only survive on a similar track.

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Tico 2.0 Liter Supercharged ECOTEC Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 197	Re: Impala: Past, Present, Future? The impala is still a high volume car. Making it RWD after 2012 would make it a niche car only wouldn't it? AWD? Sigh! Look the the Dodge Charger / Chrysler 300. Where will they be after 2012? Who wants a RWD 4 door car with a V8 anymore? Will there be 100,00 buyers a year? I doubt it. Will someone want a car bigger than Camry or Accord that is FWD and gets OK Mileage? Maybe. Why not keep it FWD and try to keep up the volumes. There is a bigger market for a big FWD Sedan than there is for a RWD "sport" sedan. We are talking about Chevrolet here not Mercedes or BMW. Look at Chrysler 300 (-59%) sales for May and compare to Ford Taurus numbers (+66%) (Yes Taurus!). I think Taurus is on the right track. Impala will only survive on a similar track.