The base-model Chevrolet Impala will receive a $3,600 price increase for the 2020 model year, as revealed by the latest 2020 Chevrolet Impala online configurator. The latest Impala models will now start at $32,495 for LT trim levels equipped with the 3.6L LFX V6 engine, whereas the 2019 Chevrolet Impala started at $28,895 for LS trim levels equipped with the 2.5L LCV inline four-cylinder engine. Pricing does not include tax, title, license, dealer fees, or optional equipment.
As we reported previously, the Chevrolet Impala nameplate is dropping the base-level LS trim and 2.5L LCV engine for the 2020 model year, which makes the previous model year’s mid-range LT trim level the new base model of the lineup. The new trim level cadence includes the LT at the bottom, and the Premier at the top. The 3.6L LFX V6 engine is now the only powerplant on offer, with output rated at 305 horsepower and 264 pound-feet of torque, with a six-speed automatic transmission providing the cog swaps.
For reference, the range-topping 2020 Chevrolet Impala Premier starts at $37,595, which matches pricing for the 2019 model year. The 2020 Impala LT’s price tag of $32,495 is just $5 more than the price tag of a similarly equipped 2019 Impala LT.
It was originally believed that the Impala was facing down outright discontinuation as part of the closure of GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck plant as well as the automaker’s ongoing global restructuring efforts. The sedan was believed to be headed to the chopping block alongside the Chevrolet Volt, Chevrolet Cruze, Buick LaCrosse, Cadillac CT6 and Cadillac XTS.
However, it now appears as though the Impala, plus the CT6, will actually live on, at least for the time being. That said, the Detroit-Hamtramck plant is at the center of contract negotiations between the UAW and GM, which place the fate of the Impala and CT6 at the center of the maelstrom as well.
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Back to the future.. imagine if they built a new generation Chevrolet Impala on the same platform as the Cadillac CT4 and Chevrolet Camaro, meaning the possibility of ordering a Impala with a 650 hp LT4 supercharged 6.2L V8 and makes you wonder how many Impala with LT4 would Chevrolet sell compared with Cadillac’s CT4-V 2.7L Twin-Scroll Turbocharged L4 making about half as much power at 325 hp.
“imagine if they built a new generation Chevrolet Impala on the same platform as the Cadillac CT4 and Chevrolet Camaro, meaning the possibility of ordering a Impala with a 650 hp LT4 supercharged 6.2L V8 and makes you wonder how many Impala with LT4 would Chevrolet sell”
It would sell better as a CT5-V, as such a powerplant in a Cadillac can already command $85K and up. Nobody would ever pay that much for an Impala.
I’m thinking a CT4 based Chevy Nova with 1.6t for starters all to a 5.3 V8 SS model, a CT6 based Impala from 2.7t to 6.6 V8 and a Vette sedan from 6.2-6.2 s/c LT5…
I hope they keep the Impala….it’s a great car! I have one, and am very happy with it. However, I wish they had moved it to a RWD platform and offered a V8 version
Only GM could screw up such an iconic nameplate like the Impala, by making it FWD and not having a LS3 powered Impala SS. Very sad to see them go away :(.
Wow they sure took the usual GM knife to this once fine car. The only interior color is GM god forsaken black. You can no longer order the pano roof on the LT. The leather interior option is also nixed. You can have any exterior color you want as long as its rental white, silver or black. There is one shade of extra cost red and another white in pricey Pearl for the Premier only.
Meanwhile over at Ford the Fusion, which is also slated for death like the Impala, still offers 3 engine choices, more trim levels, 3 interior colors and triple the amount of exterior color choices. Oh and a hybrid and plug in model too. Shows you how much they care about cars and the message they are sending to consumers. Pathetic
I’m a huge fan of GM, and I’ve enjoyed the relatively nicely appointed interiors of the few newer Impalas I’ve been in, but god $32.5k for as a starting price? I thought $29k was high, when accords and other midsize-larger sedans start in the low 20s and top out in the 30s, but this is just price gouging on GM’s part.
In all fairness though few bought the rental grade Impala LS base model with the 2.5, plastic hub caps, no leather wheel and black exterior mirror caps. The price increase is because that model and the 2.5 are gone making the LT V6 the new base trim level. The price only went up 5 bucks from last year’s LT V6. I would expect big discounts on this trim in the not too distant future.
GM should have the 2020 Impala as an AWD SS option. With the 650hp LT4 Supercharged 6.2 v8 engine; Panoramic roof, sport tuned magnetic independent suspension, multi choice interior color options, 6 piston Brembo brakes, a 10″ infotainment system, with 360° cameras, Harmon Kardon sound, and a full screen gauge cluster. Step your game up GM!!!
GM… just pathetic
Gm is only helping the competition, once gm axes all of their full sized cars along with Ford MoCo, it’ll be Chrysler, the Japanese or koreans. I think the issue is not the sedans is how they are packaged and the fact the they have nothing differentiating them from each other example the lacrosse v Impala
and the fact that the line ups are congested with too many cross overs.