[nsap]

This came from this week's issue of Automotive News

Attachment removed at copyright owners request. GMI does not support a policy of posting copyrighted information and will not do so in the future.

 

[paul8488]

hmmm... can anyone see a driveshaft underneath the car?!? :lol:

the front looks like a taurus under that masking, though these mules are meant to be deceiving. can't wait for more shots!

 

[killerrd2]

This looks like a mild re-skin on the W-body platform! <_<

I hope this doesn't mean we have to wait for a few more years before the RWD version hits the streets. What would that make it? 2008 or 2009???

 

[slvrlkdude]

Gee, looks like a current-generation Camry -- inventive.

 

[Bmw_Kid8888]

Could this be what the new Impala will look like?

http://chat.autoweek.com/showthread.php?th...33&pagenumber=1

 

[Rex Raider]

No.

That picture:

Is of the current middle east (Saudi Arabia) Impala/Caprice.

 

[Bmw_Kid8888]

Yeah, i didnt read before posting. :blink:

It's not a bad looking car though. Chevy should bring it here, its ultra conservative a la Chevy style.

 

[Ming]

2006 for a reskin/re-do on the interior?

I've yelled for it more loudly than most, but 2006?

I thought we were getting an all-new Impala for 2007...?

Let's hope this model is mid-year or early spring of next year --- I think the Grand Prix redo was early, the Vibe as well.

That lends some credence to the rumors of the Monte Carlo getting a "significant facelift".

Think they'll actually put a new engine or two under the hoods?

 

[nsap]

The article says that it is going to be just a reskin, not a redesign.

 

[New_Mexico_Sunset_on_Rt66]

I would like to see an Impala with "all new" lines, and based off GM's new RWD platform. I just think the Impala should be RWD.

It would be cool to have a "retro" Impala, that looks like Ronnie Howard's '58 Impala from 'American Grafitti". You know, the 3 tail lights, etc.

 

[Chris_Doane]

NSAP,

That is copyrighted material that shouldn't be posted online. The photos will show up online in a day or two anyways.

 

[nsap]

Originally posted by mountain_23@Jun 16 2004, 12:57 PM
NSAP,

That is copyrighted material that shouldn't be posted online. The photos will show up online in a day or two anyways.

This will not show up online. I have seen tons of spy shots that show up in Automotive News print, and never show up on the internet. That is why Auto News is $158 a year.

As for the copyright, that is exactly why I left all the names and sources on the pic.

This is not the first time I have posted a spy shot from Auto News anyway

 

[sheithappens]

That spyshot looks like the same dinosaur that we see on the road today.. What's to hide, it's hardly noticeable when not under camo. h34r:

 

[gmwsag]

Eehh, it should not look like the Taurus if it is a 'reskin', like what NSAP is saying. We need more information to make better analysis.

 

[GM_Guy81]

It can only get better, and with how well the Current Impala sells (REALLY WELL, its #3 behind Accord and Camry) this can really only help it, especially the interior.

 

[silverado_13]

Will it have a V8?

 

[BigAls87Z28]

Wow...So I guess that all the votes are in. The car sucks already, yet we have seen a low-quality, camo'ed Impalla. But somehow everyone has seemed to see through all that and saw what it really looks like.

As of right now, there is no news of a RWD Impy. The Impy has sold well on its FWD chassis, and who knows what GM will do.
The Mid Eastern Impy is already here....In 2dr and with a Pontiac badge. Take a guess?

Im sure that the Impy will continue to do well, and now it will be even better with a better quality interor(thanks Lutz), and probably a smoother looking car over all. I personaly really like the present Impy. This reskined Impy will be the last of teh 10 new cars from Chevy.
Glad GM is keeping up with the Impala. I hope that it keeps the momentum going.

 

[MN12Fan]

From what I've heard, GM is currently leading toward using their 4.8L OHV V8 in the next-gen RWD Impala. The question is whether GM will do that for the 2006 model year or sit on the current FWD configuration a little longer.

 

[akumaknight]

The Mid Eastern Impy is already here....In 2dr and with a Pontiac badge. Take a guess?

Do you mean the GTO? cause thats the Aussies car. Holden Manaro. IIRC the mideast impy/caprice is not the same as the monaro.. (but I could be wrong)

 

[BigAls87Z28]

Originally posted by akumaknight@Jun 16 2004, 07:51 PM
The Mid Eastern Impy is already here....In 2dr and with a Pontiac badge. Take a guess?

Do you mean the GTO? cause thats the Aussies car. Holden Manaro. IIRC the mideast impy/caprice is not the same as the monaro.. (but I could be wrong)

The Mid East cars are made by Holden. Same car, different badges. I dont belive that the Chevy Caprice in the Mid East is off the GTO/Monaro/Commadore chassis. I belive that its the Lumina, but you get my point.


Last I heard, the 4.8 is on its way out the door. The 5.3 has been approved for car use. News is that the GP will get it for a GXP model. Engine is called the LS4.