A thousand of these Impalas quietly shipped with an experimental airbag system in 1973, decades before airbags were mandated — one survivor even played Kramer's car on Seinfeld.
Median 94 hp across 245 similar cars
Lead trim: Turbo-Jet 454 V8 (365 hp, 1971)
Chevrolet Impala fifth generation1971–1976
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FactA thousand of these Impalas quietly shipped with an experimental airbag system in 1973, decades before airbags were mandated — one survivor even played Kramer's car on Seinfeld.
The redesigned 1971 B-body was the largest car Chevrolet had ever offered, and the Impala remained its top seller. A hardtop Sport Coupe returned as a smoothly sloped semi-fastback reminiscent of the 1961 "bubbletop", with a Custom Coupe, four-door sedan, sport sedan and wagon, on a 121.5-inch wheelbase. The Turbo-Jet 454 big-block made 365 hp in 1971 but power fell as the years went along.
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Trims & Figures
One published trim in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turbo-Jet 454 V8 (365 hp, 1971) | 1971–1971 | 7.4 L V8 | 365 hp | 550 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
An estimate, for the Turbo-Jet 454 V8 (365 hp, 1971) trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
Owners’ builds
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Photographs
The last Impala wasn't just an American icon — this 10th generation also found its way onto dealer lots in the Middle East and South Korea.
The SS version of this Impala packed a 5.3L V8, the first (and still only) V8 ever offered in a front-wheel-drive Chevrolet, and the first in any Chevy sedan since the 1996 Caprice.
After four decades as a rear-drive icon, the Impala came back in 2000 as a totally different animal — a mainstream front-wheel-drive sedan.
The Impala SS was essentially a cop car in plainclothes — built on the Caprice's 9C1 police package, with suspension and cooling gear once reserved for law enforcement.
The downsized '77 Impala wasn't a step down — Motor Trend named the redesigned Impala/Caprice its Car of the Year, and production jumped enough to reclaim the #1 sales spot in the US.
A thousand of these Impalas quietly shipped with an experimental airbag system in 1973, decades before airbags were mandated — one survivor even played Kramer's car on Seinfeld.
The redesigned 1965 Impala set an all-time industry sales record — over a million units in the US in a single year.
Hidden inside the 1963 lineup was the Z11: an all-aluminum 427 drag-racing special rated at 430 horsepower. Chevy built exactly fifty of them.
Exported to Australia, this Impala carried a distinction no American import before it had: the first postwar US car sold there with a V8 as standard equipment.
The brand-new 1958 Impala sold so well in its first year that it made up 15 percent of all Chevrolets built — and helped Chevrolet reclaim the number-one production spot in a recession year.
Rivals
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