Here's a crazy good (or stupid bad) idea

"KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time" (kngt) 01/15/2019 at 23:52 • Filed to: impala, Bad Ideas, 5.3 ecotec, gm, chevy, chevy impala

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Take the Impala. It’s spacious comfortable decent interior in the top trims. Add the 5.3 V8 355 horsepower (250 kW) and 383 lb.-ft. of torque (519 Nm). Add torque vetoring AWD that is used in Buicks. Darken out the chrome . Nice limited production sleeper for $40,000 that at most 16 people in the total US would buy and it will end up being an utter failure. The last hurrah for Chevy sedans; But I like the idea of a 2019 v8 Impala SS.

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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/15/2019 at 23:52

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16? Maybe 7.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 01/15/2019 at 23:55

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Let’s settle at 11. 7 of those would be GM employees.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/15/2019 at 23:55

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Probably can’t fit it into a FWD package with any existing transmission. Sorry for the partypoop

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 01/15/2019 at 23:58

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How about bring back the Chevy SS with the cheaper 5.3 + AWD then? One can dream...

DipodomysDeserti > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/16/2019 at 00:02

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Even better idea, drop the 6L in it.

Chariotoflove > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/16/2019 at 00:02

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Gimme a decent steering wheel and you’ve got a deal.

MarquetteLa > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/16/2019 at 00:16

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Ever seen Drive ? (start at 1:27 if it doesn’t automatically)

Textured Soy Protein > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 01/16/2019 at 00:20

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What about the last time GM did exactly this? (well, minus the awd)

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Textured Soy Protein 01/16/2019 at 01:57

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10/10 would rather have the Pontiac equivalent. 

pip bip - choose Corrour > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/16/2019 at 03:37

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as long as there’s a manual

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/16/2019 at 07:04

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spacious comfortable decent interior

Where?

It’s decent, haven’t rode in one to know about comfortable, but spacious they are not. A car this large should have a lot more interior space than this does, it’s more cramped than my Acclaim.

I follow the rest of your thinking though. ;)

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > MarquetteLa 01/16/2019 at 07:53

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Of course. That is what inspired this post somewhat.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 01/16/2019 at 08:49

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It’s been done, in the last I mpala. It did have a slightly skinnier pulley setup on it but that’s nothing that couldn’t be done again.

CobraJoe > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/16/2019 at 09:42

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Sounds like the Chevy version of this:

Which isn’t a bad car, just didn’t sell very well.

Sedans are a difficult market right now, especially full sized. T hey’re about as big on the road as a midsized crossover, but with a much smaller and more difficult to use cargo area.

Ford has proven a couple of times that you can’t just take an existing FWD sedan platform and add a bigger engine and AWD and expect the performance car enthusiasts to love it. Even if it has a name from a semi-legendary model.

But here’s something that is rarely done: Make two versions of the large performance sedan, the normal hot sedan, and the hardcore street racer.  The hard core model will get all the press, make some impressive comparisons in magazines, get people talking about how crazy it is, and the hot sedan will sell more because it’s more comfortable and more affordable and still fun to drive.  Just like the WRX and STI, or the CTS and CTS-V, or the Challenger and the Hellcat.  

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Textured Soy Protein 01/16/2019 at 10:58

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Dat FWD V8 statussss