<< Go Back to HomeAmerican cars are ugly……honestly, past 10 years, they have been horrible.
But when I first saw the 2014 Chevrolet Impala…..at least it does not look too bad.
Current Impala is the last of GM W-platform and after that, they are completely shifting to GM Epsilon platform which was originally developed by poorly named Opel.
But….look at the style! Recently, I was really fed up with crazy new Toyota design or other GMs. But at least, this is quite normal.
From the shape of leaning rear windshield, the head clearance won’t be very big….but it is not too bad.
Being normal is a good thing.Current model did not have anything we could call “design”. Compare to it , the new one is quite well-done.
This was designed after the bankrupcy. It means they had no more Pontiac !! Such a great news!!
Pontiac and Chevrolet were always in the similar kind of market and it also meant to be Chevrolet had to be more basic or boring look compare to Pontiac.
But now, they don’t have to worry about it. Chevrolet is the only brand in that class in GM. I am sure that changed design of Chevrolet.
A few years ago, when they announced the withdrawal of Pontiac, I thought it was going to be a good idea and was going to be a good chance for Chevrolet.
Maybe it was right.
Now, Cadillac XTS, Buick LaCloss and this Impala are using GM-Epsilon platform….or so as smaller Buick Regal or Chevrolet Malibu.
Now, those are the biggest American Sedan and also Impala is the only Chevy comes with V6 engine!!
Time has changed and Chevy used to be cars for young people….but now, most of Impalas are for Yellow cabs or even smaller Malibus are for senior people.
Old days, Cadillac came out with coolest design and later on, Chevy came out with similar design with previous Caddy….that was the market strategy.
But now, nobody respects Caddy and now….even Impala is looking better than Caddy XTS.
More expensive Cadillac XTS looks worse…… Continue reading