This is how the 2000 Chevrolet Impala ditched the V8 & RWD. Classic Cars | Chevrolet Cars | Impala 

Yep, and there’s also a video discussing the 2000 Monte Carlo.

I agree. The 3800 has proven reliability.

Thanks for sharing that.

omg congrats!!!

Damnnn ur lucky I got a 2000 with 178k still runs has its issues im gettin fixed nothing engine wise tho

I saw your comment on motorweek from like 2014 haha and you mentioned how the 2000 Impala resembled the 2014 model up front. I agree.

​@@MotorMaster_StunticonI guess that's because the 10th gen was also designen by John Cafaro, he just picked from where he left in the 8th gen.

@@victoria.beilstein996 ok well that certainly makes sense!

@@MotorMaster_Stunticon I guess rear design wasn't his specialty 🤣 I liked the rear on the 00 well enough but those 14s needed more! It's like he left it unfinished. Chevy wouldn't even refresh it and give it those slick LED tail lights like the Malibu 🤦🏾

Thanks for sharing your story!

Cool. Thanks for sharing that with us.

Glad to hear your 2002 Impala is near mint. I see plenty of well-kept ones on the road.

Yeah as far as the W-body, I really like the Grand Prix and Intrigues of this era the most.

Thanks for watching. You’re correct about the Caprice. Thanks for sharing that info with the other viewers.

Thanks for tuning in.

Haha thanks for the compliment. Yeah I try to make each car interesting as much as possible. They’d definitely toss the keys of a Base or if lucky, the LS. Enjoyed your recent Yugo video too. It’s a miserable car, but I like the info you delivered!

@antiquetags5167 Thanks! Sometimes how the car came to be is more interesting than the car itself.

Thanks for tuning in.

Cool bro. Yeah I like those Grand Marquis. I still see a ton of them on the road. They are super reliable cars, I wouldn’t mind owning one myself. As far as the Impala, yeah the 3800 was great.

@@MotorMaster_Stunticon would you prefer the Mercury Marquis over the impala?

Definitely. The Grand Marquis has always been one of my all time favs. From 1992 and beyond but I like the look of the 98-02 the most. And solid reliability too. There’s a reason why so many are on the road.

@@MotorMaster_Stunticon you had convince me on keeping my beat up 04 grand marquis. I had given my sister my 05 Impala whom had passed it along to my other sister and her husband. It save a little bit more gas was the reason I was considering swapping my sister and brother in law their impala for my marquis. Now I. Better not to

@@stickshiftdriver1832 awesome I’m glad I convinced you to keep the Grand Marquis.

Haha! Good point. I like it!

Cool. Glad to hear you’re loving the 2005 SS. The performance for that time was decent, even in stock form.

@@MotorMaster_Stunticon it definitely was can't beat that 3800 lol. Nice video too covered everything about the Impala very well so good job !

Agreed. That would’ve been interesting with a V8 (and not the 5.3L)

Thanks for sharing that. I’m sure you rented the V6 version, but the SS of that generation was quite peppy (just a bit of torque steer).

it was in the shop a lot i took it to the junk yard when the coolant started leaking from pin sized holes everywhere on the engine block..3.8l and failing transmission barely got 13mpg and 19 Less then my current 6.0L hybird which does 19city-26 hwy i would get another one but it will need a RWD mod to it and a 4.8L v8 with a 6 speed ...

@@MotorMaster_Stunticon they also had a LSX model with stage 1-3 and better rear trunk panel :D

Well, no wonder. The Chrysler 3.2 V6 put out over 225 hp. The GM engine only had 180. That's almost a 50hp difference. And the Intrepid was also front wheel drive and had a slightly more aggressive transmission. I think that's why the Impalas weren't very fun to some people.

Love my 2013 gen 9. Really performs even after 10 years.

Yeah the police used it as well.

The Caprice was definitely a legend. Guess they just wanted to make the 2000 Impala more ‘modern’.

Good that you didn't. Would have been a massive disappointment.

Good point.

Or in bad neighborhoods where you see beater cars. I rarely see this on the streets on the east side Ohio. South Euclid, Cleveland, University Hts, and Cleveland Hts area.

yikes 💀

That car and the Nissan Altima

@@kurtwetzel154I often see beat up Pontiac Grand Am Or some Lexus cars with wheels that are more expensive than my house.

Groovy!

Glad to hear you got the ‘07 SS!

The Regal is reliable. If you get the Impala, make sure it’s the 3800.

@@MotorMaster_Stunticon Yeah - the 3.4 had head gasket problems. Otherwise, it was pretty decent - it's a shame GM had to ruin an otherwise good engine with one major design flaw!

@@MotorMaster_Stunticon My dad has been a Toyota/Honda fan for a while, and I like Toyotas and Hondas too, but I have been getting a knack for these older GM cars lately, and I find that they are less expensive to buy, but still fairly reliable. Besides, the Impala and Regal both look cool in my opinion - no they are not Ferraris, but still... One thing's for sure - I wouldn't buy a newer GM product - they are overpriced junk! It's a shame that a company that used to build excellent cars has now fallen so far!

Hey I appreciate it. What do you think GM could’ve done to improve this generation Impala?

@antiquetags5167 Great question. I am very biased, just so you know. I owned a 92 caprice and I currently have 2 town cars, one of which is a light sleeper build. Had Chevy built a full sized rwd platform with a performance v8 like an LS to do battle with the panther, it would have been magical. If Ford had Chevy putting on the pressure they would have been forced to refine the Marauder, performance Marquis and Victorias. I have gotten more respect for these 3800 impala more as time passes. I think it was a misstep to not have set this engine up for rwd. My friend used to have a late 90's or early 2000's Grand Prix with a 3800 which was pretty quick. Throwing that power to the rear would be like an American VQ

Interesting. What in particular did you find distinct about the 2006 Impala?

The GMT900s are still ‘too new’ for this channel. The Impala in this video only made it because it was actually designed in the 90s and went on sale in the 90s (1999).

Ok

Yeah going from the LT1 car of the 90s to this car wasn’t an easy transition for many.

On top of that the taillight design was hideous imo. And interior plastics and fit and finishes were inexcusable

Thanks for sharing your experience. I like the design of the 8th gen over the 9th.

Seems as though you guys have mixed opinions regarding this generation Impala.

@@MotorMaster_Stunticon I think I'm in the age group that has fond memories of Impalas and lukewarm feelings about the Lumina. The Lumina (and Celebrity before that) were milquetoast sedans that excelled at nothing. The 2000 Impala was exactly that. GM eventually made it more intriguing with a stronger engine and later gave it some style in the last generation, but the 2000 and 2006 designs were very underwhelming.

If they brought it back, they’d probably make it another suv. Not a good thing.

@@MotorMaster_Stunticon Screw the SUV, Bring back a full size body on frame 8 cylinder car....

@@ralphabreu5022They can’t. CAFE standards and emissions controls.

@@adamesd3699 I'm tired of plastic fantastic car's. Yes if they can build a 5.3 engine for a suburban they can bring back B body car's.

@ralphabreu5022 it’s all up to the market, not the manufacturer. If the market only wants bloated SUVs, then it isn’t profitable for the manufacturer to produce a full-size sedan-which are aren’t really in demand.

Yeah I like the Corsica.

The Corsica was garbage. I had one, and the Malibu that replaced it was better. I had both.

That’s too bad.

@@NickGilesMusic99 we've seen and experienced what we've seen and you've seen and experienced what you've seen. I don't doubt your experiences, Cid and I were that much bigger, at over 6'-4 1/2". I have the same inseam(32") as an average height man of 5'-10", but I'm taller sitting down than my 6'-10" buddy Porter, with my 40" sleeve length. We both contacted the Impala in several areas of it's cockpit and it was Cid who pointed that out. A lot of cops(who emergency services chose to remove the roof to extract from Impalas) are also that tall. The reasons I saw it on TV, a lot, was only the GTA used some Impalas up here. Crown Vics were "the" choice of 95% of police departments here until the RWD Charger returned to dominate the police market here. Now it's Ford Exploders(as the junkyard guys call em') in the cities and Chargers for the hwy units. A neighbour is a cop and says the only things that get away from Chargers are other higher performance Charger models, the top four engined Challengers and a few similarly engined 300s. As far as the 24 valve engined Intrepid, I'd never seen, much less knew there were police versions. Like I said it served Cid well the rest of his days, until he stopped driving and very reliably. In it's day there wasn't much would touch it for performance and two stealerships fought over taking it in when he sold it. I remember a motorcycle buddy telling me about a sedan he'd just ridden in, around 1990, that "passed like a bike". Turned out it was the 24 valve engined Eagle Vision TSI(basically the Intrepid's sister car at the waning AMC franchise before they wound it down. Cheeseler really only bought AMC to get their hands on the much covetted Jeep brand back then, which alone has paid for itself many times over for them. Although several of my M-bodied RWD Fifth Avenues were manufactured in the old AMC plant in the mid to late 80s. So they made that pay too. The last three years of production benefitted from AMCs galvanized floor pan stamping process. Couple still have ZERO rust underneath or when you lift the carpets. That's a feat up here with our spray, liquid road salt. As far as "son", I built my first motor in 1974.