2020 Chevrolet Impala: Here’s What’s New And Different
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Unfortunately, production of the 2020 Chevrolet Impala is coming to an end in the very near future. Assembly of Chevy’s full-size sedan has already ceased at the now-shuttered GM Oshawa plant in Ontario, while the GM Detroit-Hamtramck plant will soon be converted to produce GM electric pickups on the BT1 platform, including those for Chevrolet, GMC and even Hummer. Before the final Impala rolls off the line, Chevy has made a few minor changes and updates to the vehicle. Here’s what’s new for the 2020 Impala.
Model Line
Arguably the biggest change is the deletion of the LS model (model code 1GX69), which includes 1LS for retail customers and 1FL for fleet customers. This leaves the 2020 Impala with two trim levels: LT and Premier.
Meanwhile, the discontinuation of the LS trim has various repercussions for other elements of the vehicle, which we will discuss in a minute.
Exterior
On the outside, the 2020 Chevrolet Impala does away with four exterior colors:
- Blue Velvet Metallic
- Nightfall Gray Metallic
- Mosaic Black Metallic
- Pepperdust Metallic
Blue Velvet Metallic
Nightfall Gray Metallic
Mosaic Black Metallic
Pepperdust Metallic
No new colors were added to the lineup. In addition, there are three wheel-related changes, as follows:
- Deletion of 19-inch machined-face aluminum wheels (Q6M)
- Addition of 19-inch aluminum wheels (57M)
- 20-inch aluminum wheels (RQ9) are no longer a free flow option and are now only available through the Premier Confidence Package
Finally, the 2020 Impala deletes the single-outlet exhaust as a result of the LS model deletion.
Interior
Inside, two color combinations are deleted, including: Jet Black/Dark Titanium and Jet Black/Light Wheat.
Chevrolet Impala Midnight Appearance Package
Mechanical
Due to the aforementioned discontinuation of the LS trim, the 2020 Chevrolet Impala also discontinues powertrain elements specific to the trim, including:
- 2.5L I-4 LCV engine
- 6-speed automatic transmission
- 3.23 final drive axle ratio
- 800 cca battery
- Stop-start engine control system
That leaves the 3.6L V-6 LFX engine and six-speed auto as the only powertrain combination.
Chevrolet Impala Midnight Appearance Package
Packages
Finally, the 2020 Chevrolet Impala discontinues four packages, including:
- LT Entertainment Package, which was previously optional on LT models, required the 3.6L V6 engine and included:
- Chevrolet Infotainment System with Navigation
- Bose Centerpoint Surround Sound premium 11-speaker system
- Single-slot CD/MP3 player
- 120-volt power outlet
- Ambient door lighting
- Ambient instrument panel lighting
- LT Leather Package, which was previously optional on LT models, required the 3.6L V6 engine as well as the LT Convenience Package and included leather seating surfaces and front passenger 8-way power seat adjuster.
- Midnight Edition Appearance Package, which was previously available on LT and Premier models and included:
- 19-inch Special Midnight Edition Black-painted pocket wheels
- Front Black Bowtie
- Rear Black Bowtie
- Body-color surround grille
- Rear spoiler
- Pedal cover set
- Sunroof and Spoiler Package, which was previously optional on LT models, required the 3.6L V6 engine and included:
- Power, tilt-sliding sunroof with additional skylight fixed glass aft of the sliding glass, with power sunshade
- Rear spoiler
And that rounds out the changes to the 2020 Chevrolet Impala.
Beyond 2020
As we mentioned earlier, the model will be discontinued in the near future at the Detroit-Hamtramck plant. Hence, the 2020 model year will be the last of this generation Impala. As it stands, we know of no plans for GM to replace the vehicle with a like product, or reintroduce another model with the Impala nameplate. Of course, those plans can change – but it’s looking like the 2020 Chevrolet Impala could be the last Impala, ever.
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Shame this model Impala never got the SS treatment with the 3.6TT and AWD from the Cadillac XTS. Crime really.
Damn shame this has to die. I’ve owned several GM muscle cars and sedans over the years and my ’14 Impala was probably the best one yet. And you are 100% right, an AWD SS model would have been an outright ball!
That would have been cool, though that would have made it $50,000, which then would have made it too expensive and people would still have a reason to complain……
AWD and the 3.6 TT would have been pretty cool though…..
If this Chevy Impala is “too expensive” then how do you justify the millions of imports that cost way more than $50,000 yet have less than $10,000 in parts value? I had only domestic brands since 1969 (Rambler, Chevy, Ford, Oldsmobile, and Buick), and I never had to pay more than any equivalent import. so your price appreciation is wrong. I feel ashamed of those who still believe that “imports are better” yet pay more than a home mortgage for a cheaply made import instead of buying domestics and keeping our money here.
What did they add for 2020? A headstone?
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA……..
*SLOW CLAP*
Your own headstone in the trunk. I dove an Impala and that headstone will fit.
Has this site done one of those “oldest new car in inventory” things on the Impala? It would be curious to see whats the oldset new Impala in inventory out there.
It’s a shame. Especially when Toyota just reengineered the Camry and Avalon mid-cycle and added AWD to both. Both are also bulid in the US for US market only!
Greg
2019 U.S. sales
44,978. Impala
27,767 Avalon
Even in death the Impala still kicks the Avalon’s @$$. Let Toyota blow it’s money on Hybrid, AWD & TuRD model variants. Car sales are falling, and there’s a Midsized Truck war coming. GM is launching a $1 Billion dollar expansion at its Colorado/Canyon plant in Wenzville Missouri. Meanwhile Toyota is ending Tacoma production in San Antonio Texas, and retreating to Mexico.
The problem is that the Camry outsells both the Impala and Malibu and the Tacoma outsells the Colorado and Canyon. I’m no Toyota fan by a long shot but it’s obvious they are run by a more competent CEO than GM ever will and have wisely chose to expand on their sedan models instead of just giving up and killing everything off! 336,978 Camry’s were sold for 2019 in fact which is still a very healthy figure and good enough to keep it as the best selling sedan on the top 10 list!
Joe Yoman
But 5 years ago Toyota was selling 425,000 Camrys a year, and only 8% of those were going to rental fleets
“Car sales are falling”
Part of that is due to the ever growing popularity of SUV’S. At least Toyota and others still give you a come to purchase a Sedan. Not so much with GM. The choices are slim and according to some rumors sedans could become non existence at GM in the not too distant future.
GM is big enough to take on anything competition throws at them. The problem is that an iconic brand such as Chevrolet has been neutered to 2 sedans: Sonic & Malibu offering three 4-cyl. engines. By the end of this year the American customer won’t even be able to buy a Chevy sedan with a 6 cyl. engine!
Meantime foreign competition has the will and guts to do it. Unbelievable.
My guess is that the Japanese/Asian consumer buys many more cars than the American consumer.
I; am 100% with Greg.
One can imagine of an article about some dealer finding a 2020 Chevrolet Impala in the back of his warehouse that was never sold and one can imagine that there might be good interest in the vehicle especially if Chevrolet has no new model to replace the Impala with possibly a new CUV.
And they couldn’t even be bothered sending one of their most beloved long lasting nameplates off in style with at the very least a special edition or a final 500 with a special color like Oldsmobile did. Nope all we get are a drastically neutered and watered down model with one engine choice, one boring black interior choice and mostly rental car exterior color choices. The typical cold hard “we don’t care about you anymore” attitude because the witch at the helm doesn’t care about cars or understand heritage!
How is it Canada was building Chevrolet in 1915 and the ownership of GM took place in 1918 after Canada owned shares that allowed GM in the USA to incorporate after it had in Canada. Buick were being built in Canada in 1907 and yet the Canadian Corporation was shuttered by a Corporation that never owned it. The Information is in the Archives of the Pennsylvania State University from 1918 to 1974 on all share holders. The Escrow Company started by Durant and R S McLaughlin with 500,000 shares of McLaughlin Stock for Buick Stock was called General Motors Holding Company. 1907.
The topper is after 100 years of G.M. in Canada as a leader and founding member of the GM organization and a 10 billion dollar loan to keep them afloat in 2008-9 they shuttled our Impala ,and light truck Oshawa Assembly 8 million sq.ft. plant ,as one of the only 3 U.S. Plants and 1 Canadian plant to be shut down .Some thanks to the Staff and Workers dedication and loyalty that creating an award winning money maker for the G.M. Corporation over so many years ,a hell of a sad ending for one of the founders companies almost abandoned for Mexico ,China ,and Korea factories !
OK, I get it. My 2018 Impala, which is a joy, will be abandoned. My son,Michael Perkins, a standout car tester for CarGurus advised me and it’s been a real winner and I’ve always shopped at Farnsworth Chevrolet in Canandaigua. NY. because they are loyal, honest and true blue. So, GM and Chevy have abandoned me? Take the Impala away? GM management are idiots!
Agree — The Impala was one of the very few GM products that got consistently high marks from people like Consumer Reports — and they hate almost all of the American cars!!!
I have been a GM guy for over 40 years and am now seriously considering a foreign car…. Because I want a CAR!!!
I will keep my 2003 Tahoe which has over 400K miles and is still a great car, even if it is a bit slower than when it was new – LOL… I may still look at the Impala – since it has the naturally aspirated V6 — I just don’t think the little turbo engines will last like the great one in my Tahoe..
C’om because the Impala goes don’t mean it’s not coming back. Where’s the tears when the Impala disappeared as a cop car in 86′ and again as the SS in 96′?.
Have no fear. If the current or next generation of SUV/CUV don’t sell well enough, GM will slap the Impala name on one of those and toute the famous history behind the name. A re-emergence of a legend they will say. GM is never one to let a good name go unused when they need it to carry a product, even when that product doesn’t match the name.
Mary Barra is shooting GM in the foot…..Again.
management idiots to say the least here are the models they ruined an discontinued : bel air , Impala, SS , tempest, lemans, GTO, firebird , Catalina .Bonneville , Parisienne, grand prix , G6 , F-85, cutlass, supreme , 88,98, Starfire, Toronado , Aurora , intrigue, Alero, 442 , custom cruiser , vista cruiser, special , LeSabre , Electra , roadmaster, wildcat, regal, grand sport, century, coupe deville , sedan deville dts ,Seville and all the others in-between . thanks for nothing there are more pissed off customers than you think and never to return
Well I have a 2019 Buick regal Sport back GS ya i did not like the fact that it is assembled in Germany but I wanted a car not a F truck or SUV. This car is great better than the 2 Caddies I had had! Sadly Generous Motors is abandoning us loyal customer’s . Even if they keep the Malibu it’s an ugly unreliable thing! Well if Fiat-Chrysler still has car’s in 3 or 4 years !?
Perfectly happy with our 2017 Malibu, it has been trouble free.
If you didn’t want to buy a German made Buick, maybe you should have bought a Camry or Accord.
Wow, a lot of people don’t like that the Camry and Accord are more American than your typical GM product.
Buick only builds a single vehicle in the US, and it’s not a sedan.
Are we singing a song?
Can I chime in?
Celica, CRX, Del Sol, Prelude, Legend, Cressida, Previa, MR2, Integra, 200SX, Stanza, Rabbit, Beetle, Vanagon, Fox, RX7, 323, Tribute, B2000, 3000GT, Galant, Diamante, S2000, Thunderbird, Cougar, Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis, Sable, Mountaineer, New Yorker, Aries, Spirit, LeBaron, Caravan, Town and Country, TC, EXP, LN7, Capri, Reliant, Omni, Dakota, Viper, LS, 4000, 5000, Focus, Cube, Dart, 928, XK, EOS, Xterra, Fiesta, FJ Cruiser, TT, 500, Five Hundred, Azera, Patriot, Scoupe, PT Cruiser, TL, TLX, CT200 and the entire Scion Line……..
yep, may they rest in peace.
I would have loved a two door Impala Premier…
A Monte Carlo may have helped, though if there is a segment dying faster than traditional sedans……its coupes.
I am gonna miss the Chevrolet impala, good or bad, the impala has been a car in people’s lives for decades and I will never forget it.
An all Electric Impala to compete with Tesla would have been nice
@Jim Moran
I totally agree with you. That makes so much sense.
Have been saying it for over a year or so.
It would totally rock that .00000000002% of that segment…….
Who’s ready for a $100,000 Impala with a 180 mile range? Whoo hoo.
@MrR
Yeah right now. Step outside of your bubble and see what is going on around the World.
Why would you think the Impala would be 100K?
A Tesla Model 3 starts at $39,990. The Impala will definitely not have the same amount of Tech so why can’t the Impala start at lets say 30/35K?
EV’s are coming and they are coming extremely fast. Legacy Auto Makers will not be able to survive if they have to Spend R&D on both ICE and EV Propulsion systems while startups get to be 100% investing ONLY in EV’s.
Most First World countries and especially China have passed Regulations to switch and switch really fast into EV’s from ICE.
Even many Delivery Companies like Amazon, AT&T, DHL, and others have signed on to go full Electric as soon as possible.
So yeah, GM will be doing the Same. Sorry to break the News to you.
Calm down. Electric vehicles are a thing for sure, but they’ll remain a minority of vehicle purchases for quite some time.
@Nate
I am Calm. I responded to someone that responded to my comment.
EV’s will be a smaller percentage in the States due to our Government being Paid by Big Oil Lobbyists (both sides) but in first World Countries around the World they will explode in sales in like five years or so. Some Countries in Europe have already started selling them in Droves.
If our Big Three do not make the switch, they will not be competitive. For the reasons I stated above. Oh and that doesn’t even include the influx of all the Chinese EV Companies that are a couple of years away. This has the making of Toyota, Nissan, and Honda all over again. And once again it will be our Governments fault.
They Allowed Imports to flood mostly the Southern States with NON Unionized Workforce which placed our Big Three in a Huge Disadvantage on their own Turf that we still have not really recovered from. I mean two of them went bankrupt.
If we do not Pass legislation like All Other Car Manufacturing Countries (except Japan) we will allow Startups and Foreign Auto Makers to once again come into our Market and once again Dominate our Big Three.
Ford, FCA, and GM cannot keep spending on R&D for both ICE and EV’s.
VW has already announced that the upcoming ICE engines are the last ones they will Develop.
We shall see what the Future holds. I pray for the Best.
I want GM to be the best no matter which Propulsion System is being used.
The Model 3 is a compact, while the Impala is a full sized sedan. People space and comfort is more valuable than technology. An electric Impala doesn’t need a 300 mile range to be very good. Too much battery is worse than a 40 gallon tank in a sedan. Who has to carry that much weight?
Impal-E
What do ya think?………{crickets}…….Tough crowd tonight.
I still think GM needs to release an All New Impala next year or so.
Make it just like the Tesla Model S. Meaning a Five Door and offer all the latest Tech that Chevy has on offer.
I think this will bring in NEW Customers to the Nameplate and the Chevy Brand.
It will be a win/win for GM. They won’t have to cancel the Impala Nameplate and it will make money on it as it will b e the priciest Sedan/Hatch in Chevys lineup.
Wouldn’t you love to see Chevrolet design and build a Impala 2021 built off the chassis of the Camaro which means that the new car would be rear-wheel drive and capable of using the LT4 650 hp supercharged 6.2L V8.
Would love it. Should have been that way from the start but it’s never going to happen. Heck I would be happy with an upgraded version of the existing car. Even though it had a shorter wheelbase than the Lacrosse it was packaged much better and way more trunk space.
I already have a version of it in my garage. A 2017 Chevy SS. Would love to see next Impala take that space and become a RWD proper sedan. Unfortunately, I have no faith in GM they would do it the way ’60s or ’70s GM would.
It’s dead, that’s what’s different, and it’s a very sad day for GM and Chevy along with GM fans. 🙁
GM and they’re nagging, cry-baby, and complaining critics. You would think General Motors is the only manufacturer dropping sedans to focus on crossovers. Marry just have us two brand new beautifully designed RWD sedans in the midst of the SUV craze but she’s still trashed for slashing an “American icon” that y’all are allowing to collect dust on dealership lots because you’re in search of a Equinox instead. Not only does GM have the most annoying cry-babies for supporters, but a lot of the criticism they get is illogical. Also anyone that’s still mentioning their bailout from over a decade ago needs a life. This company has successfully bounced back into the game since 2008 and paid that money back. Let it go. Move on! Y’all are so annoying.
My wife just bought a new 2019 Impala and finds it just perfect for her, although I find that back fender treatment just awful and looks so out of place as compared to the same car but under the Buick La Cross format or even the older Cadillac XTS format. What a disappointing or even an ugly way to bow out of existence for a grand old name IMPALA.
Just as a sideline, Chevrolet made a V 8 engine, in Canada, some ware around 1914 to 1917. An example of this engine can be found at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum at Wetaskiwin Alberta. So I suspect that the old 265 CI of the mid 1950’s was not what is generally considered to be the first Chevrolet V 8 engine.