2013? 2014? Chevy Caprice/G8
11-22-2011, 03:59 PM
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Re: 2013? 2014? Chevy Caprice/G8
5.3 Impala's are some of the best sleepers out there especially from a slight roll they get going pretty well! It's just the tranny holding up is the problem.
11-22-2011, 08:29 PM
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GM was clearly reaching.
11-22-2011, 08:58 PM
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11-23-2011, 08:52 AM
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Well I did not have to write it. The funny thing is the SS moniker fit the Impala SS at the end than any other time late in its life. Take a vanilla car that was just a placeholder for a name and make it a real performance car. Yea it did not have RWD but sure as hell fit the traditional idea of what making a muscle car follows..or am I missing something..they stuffed the biggest possible engine into that car..not unlike what they traditionally did back in the heyday..
11-23-2011, 09:01 AM
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Well I did not have to write it. The funny thing is the SS moniker fit the Impala SS at the end than any other time late in its life. Take a vanilla car that was just a placeholder for a name and make it a real performance car. Yea it did not have RWD but sure as hell fit the traditional idea of what making a muscle car follows..or am I missing something..they stuffed the biggest possible engine into that car..not unlike what they traditionally did back in the heyday..
11-23-2011, 11:19 AM
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No I wasn't talking about badge engineering. There was a statement above about how people with extra money could get Holden parts and put them on a Chevy Caprice. Some people did conversions of their GTO's to turn them into "Monaros"...
I was just making a comparison between that sort of thing and something that is slightly more prevalent with the import crowd, which is switching out badges and such to make the car like they appear in their "home" market. Another example is Jetta with Bora badges. Have seen an "Integra", "Skyline", and "Bora" all relatively recently which is why it was on my mind.
I was just making a comparison between that sort of thing and something that is slightly more prevalent with the import crowd, which is switching out badges and such to make the car like they appear in their "home" market. Another example is Jetta with Bora badges. Have seen an "Integra", "Skyline", and "Bora" all relatively recently which is why it was on my mind.
Sorry my original post wasn't clear.
12-09-2011, 12:51 PM
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The pic. on top (which is a photoshopped Cadillac XTS) the green house looks close to the car Ed Welburn partly unveiled on the Chevy:100 show. The new Impala is suppose to be on the extended Epsilon II platform same as the XTS?
12-09-2011, 10:12 PM
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I highly doubt it will look better than the Camaro. I really wish GM would hit one out of the park with the new Impala. Now with Pontiac gone and no sedans like the Grand Prix around, I am hoping the Impala will rise to the level of a nice sports sedan like the Nissan Maxima.
12-11-2011, 07:24 PM
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The car Welburn partial unveiled in Chevy 100 was much better looking. However it was more Malibu sized than Impala sized. With Malibu getting slightly bigger, Impala is supposed to move upscale and possibly slight larger. The second photo (posted by Scotty... looks like a photoshopped VW) just doesn't "upscale" to me.
12-12-2011, 05:10 PM
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The car Welburn partial unveiled in Chevy 100 was much better looking. However it was more Malibu sized than Impala sized. With Malibu getting slightly bigger, Impala is supposed to move upscale and possibly slight larger. The second photo (posted by Scotty... looks like a photoshopped VW) just doesn't "upscale" to me.