2017 Chevrolet Impala Lt W/1lt Sedan I-4 Cyl Review
The Car Connection Good Review
Editorial Manager
June 5, 2017
Likes
- A bully redesign
- Infotainment is on indicate
- No SS badge, but the V-6 feels like it
- Ride and handling are height-notch
Dislikes
- Transmission-shift style is at arm's length
- Too many cooks in the cockpit design kitchen
- Back-seat head room and back up need attention
- Gas mileage is middling
Buying tip
features & specs
four-Door Sedan LS westward/1LS
4-Door Sedan LS w/2FL
four-Door Sedan LT w/1LT
The 2017 Chevrolet Impala hits the large-car target with handsome lines, composed handling, and on-indicate connectivity.
The Chevy Impala of today is the inverse of the final automobile to wear the bluecoat. Earlier 2014, the Impala had been left off near every shopping list non connected to a line-item upkeep.
A massive redo brought the Impala upwards to a much higher standard. Today's Impala is sexy, engaging to drive, easy on gas, very comfy, and well-connected—everything its predecessor was not.
We give the 2017 Impala a 6.5 out of x. It's good-looking and has ample room for five people and their stuff, but safety gear and features aren't where they should exist, not at this toll. (Read more about how nosotros rate cars.)
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Chevy Impala styling and performance
The Impala bears a slight resemblance to the Buick LaCrosse and Cadillac XTS, mostly because the trio share some underpinnings—the proportions are similar. The crisp styling work on the Impala sets it autonomously in the Chevy lineup. There's a fleck of Mercedes CLS in its rear quarters, a sophisticated contour, and a less decorated forepart stop than that on other Chevys. Inside, ambition gets the better of things. The dash has a lovely sweep, merely it'due south covered in too many trim types and pieces. The chorus of lines and textures and materials needs a more muted approach.
A 2.5-liter inline-4 with 196 hp powers the base Impala. It's fine for commuter duty, but under difficult acceleration—on-ramps, highway passing—it lacks the ability reserve to brand things happen quickly. The optional V-vi cures those ills, with its 305 hp shuffling through a 6-speed automatic in sporty-sedan territory.
On the road, the Impala is a sleek, able-bodied performer. Handling and comfort balance at just the right point for a car of this size. The ride's damped extremely well, even on the biggest 20-inch wheels and tires, and the Impala's electric steering never feels overly heavy or tiresome to react.
The Impala isn't tops among its course for fuel economy, just it manages respectable numbers—up to 25 mpg combined with the 4-cylinder, a more middling 18 mpg for half-dozen-cylinder cars.
Chevy Impala comfort, rubber, and features
The Impala offers up more space than some rivals, Azera and Avalon included. Its front end seats requite better support than all comers, but the back seat has Passat syndrome—it'southward wide, only the cushion is low, apartment, and all the same, information technology could apply an inch or ii more than of head room. The torso most makes up for it, and virtually matches the Taurus cubic foot for cubic foot.
The Impala doesn't take all its crash-exam scores, and the good ones from the NHTSA are offset past missing standard features—you'll pay more for Bluetooth and a rearview camera. The Impala comes with 10 airbags and can be fitted with adaptive cruise control, bullheaded-spot monitors, and parking sensors.
The Impala comes in LS, LT and Premier trims. Prices range from near $28,000 for the base of operations model all the fashion to $41,000 if y'all're not careful—just a well-equipped V-6-powered Impala LT with a rearview camera and MyLink sound will run nigh $32,000.
All versions have power features, cruise control, and air conditioning. Chevy's MyLink system controls the secondary features via an 8.0-inch touchscreen LCD—features like space for 60 favorites (radio stations, destinations, whatever) and a chiliad personal contacts, connections for up to x Bluetooth devices, and a swipey interface that lets you choose where the icons rest, or which of four graphic skins you want it to wear. Apple CarPlay and wireless smartphone charging are bachelor.
For 2017, Chevy makes its V-six available in the base Impala, and adds Android Auto to the existing infotainment offerings.
The cockpit looks busy, but the Chevy Impala sports muscular, chiseled sheet metal.
When information technology redesigned the Impala in 2014, GM sent the old, tedious body to the scrap heap. The Impala you see before y'all today is ane of GM'due south all-time big-car efforts. It'southward muscular where it needs to be, chiseled without looking too busy, a cut higher up its class.
It gets an vii out of 10 for its sharp sheet metal. (Read more near how we rate cars.)
Inside, the Impala gets a fleck hyperactive. The ebb and flow of the dash move the eye around constantly. Chevy uses two or three more trim types and cuts it upwards more oftentimes than it needs to. The bones shapes look great, simply the execution is merely as well busy, peculiarly when compared to the spare, elegant look of the latest Avalon. There'south a way to pull off a look as dramatic every bit this i, with less drama.
The Impala's sheet metal makes up for those excesses. Information technology's a gorgeous collection of panels. The lines are crisp and bonny, getting correct what vehicles before it had gotten wrong. The grille evokes a Honda'south front end end; the headlights should article of clothing Saab trademarks. Despite all the ribs and lines stamped into the hood, it looks exciting and even clean.
The shape catapults into overdrive at the rear door, where a complex, Mercedes CLS-like intersection of surfaces echoes the rear quarters on the Buick LaCrosse, until information technology darts off at the shoulder line into a new and smartly pressed crease. It's one of GM'due south best efforts at mingling looks while keeping the brands distinct.
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If you want a responsive big iv-door, look no further: the Impala has quick steering, a well-controlled ride, and bright V-6 acceleration.
The Chevy Impala has some of the best big-car road manners in its premium niche. In the greater universe of all cars, its ride earns a point to a higher place average, but its Avalon-besting steering and acceleration are just average. (Read more about how we rate cars.)
Chevy installs 4- and half-dozen-cylinder engines in the Impala, and guess which one feels better? Base cars go a two.5-liter inline-four with 196 hp, coupled to a 6-speed automatic, both pushing ability to the front wheels. This is the plebeian Impala, with meliorate mid-pace pull than off-the-line acceleration. Active dissonance cancellation quells its four-cylinder bangs. Information technology'south the kind of drivetrain that wants for more gears, more torque, more than of everything when pulling from 30 mph to lx mph—it revs sweetly up to 6,500 rpm, simply doesn't gather speed equally swiftly equally its bluecoat implies.
The 3.6-liter 5-6 y'all'll find in most Impalas has the strong, smooth ability we'd want in a pricey mass-market four-door. With a expert exhaust rap and a 0-lx mph time of near 6.8 seconds, the half-dozen-cylinder Impala sports 305 hp, a big flat torque band and throttle response without the hair-trigger responses of some of the other large sedans in its class.
All Impalas become a vi-speed automatic transmission with a manual-shift mode activated by a click switch on the shift lever—where no one volition use it, since the tall panel makes information technology an awkward motion. It's also not a "sport" fashion, in that the timing of the shift doesn't alter. The manual isn't as seamless as the GM benchmarks of the past. Because the torque converter's ready upwards to lock upwards more often in the name of fuel economic system, a jumpy foot tin can trigger what feels like half-shifts as the converter unlocks. It'due south still ready to react chop-chop to the right corporeality of pedal.
It wasn't too long ago that total-size sedans touted plush over perky, with a focus in floating their passengers down the road in soft, smothering, velour-wrapped condolement. Not the latest Impala. Its premium setup lays out front struts and a multi-link rear end with digressive damping that's stiffer against small bumps, more relaxed against larger ones, with body lean put on a leash through rebound springs.
What that ways is an Impala completely dissimilar the ane just before it. The control over ride motions is subtle and exceptional given where it'due south come from, whether you're on the stock 18-inch wheels and tires or the optional, more noisy xx-inchers shod with Bridgestone Potenzas. Belt-driven electric steering complements the ride with accurate tracking and without gratuitous, bogus weight. The Impala has balance and all-around sophistication that the Taurus, Avalon and Azera miss by a factor here and there. Information technology's comfortable, without lapsing into lazy.
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The Impala has peachy front end seats and adept room, just back-seat head room can seem tight.
The Impala is a large auto past the numbers, just it certainly doesn't drive big. It doesn't suffer the claustrophobic feel of another premium four-doors.
We requite it an viii for comfort and utility. It can seat five passengers, and has good storage infinite, though dorsum-seaters might want for more head room. (Read more virtually how we rate cars.)
Co-ordinate to the spec canvass, the Impala rides on a 111.7-inch wheelbase, and checks in at 201.3 inches long. That's much bigger than some three-row SUVs like the Kia Sorento, but non much bigger than, say, a VW Passat or Toyota Avalon.
Inside, the Impala cues upwardly enough of room for four adults, and five volition fit. Leg room is very adept all around, only in the back seat at that place's a flake of skimping.
Open the wide, tall doors, and the Impala V-half-dozen's nicely shaped seats aren't besides deep a knee-curve away. At to the lowest degree 5 different seats are specified across the lineup, but that'south more often than not because of optional seat heating and ventilation—only the base versions are material, while mid-grade seats mix synthetic leather and material. Leather Premier seats feel meliorate than the fabric/vinyl seats, and have lumbar adjustment.
Up forepart, head room and leg room are more than than plenty for even 99th-percentile types; the Impala's i of the rare new cars where you tin can ability the driver seat too low and too high.
The rear seats aren't quite as close to premium, but leg room is only an inch or ii brusk of limousine status. The bottom cushion lays almost apartment, and it'due south a bit short for the motorcar'south size—and still, head room isn't extraordinary. Two adults volition have enough infinite for a pre-teen between, and the seats can exist fitted with bite-sized caput rests shaped like quondam-school auto bumpers.
Fifty-fifty with five passengers, filling the Impala'south cargo bins will have some work. The trunk's 18.eight cubic anxiety, second only to the Taurus' 20-cubic-foot whopper. It'southward a footling shallow, but the trunk floor is apartment and extends deeply below the rear drinking glass. The doors all have long bins with bottle holders; the center panel can swallow a shoe box, a smartphone in either a rubberized tray or a bin hidden nether a lid, and two drinks.
If you're in an LT or a Premier, the MyLink LCD touchscreen covers a subconscious storage bin; tap a push and the screen rises so y'all can stow goodies, then lock it out in a valet mode with a code you can enter and modify.
In terms of fit and finish, the Impala will do good from a mid-life update in a yr or so. The busy-looking cockpit has a lot going on, visually. The twin-cowl nuance is a Waffle Business firm guild waiting to happen: it's covered, studded, paneled, and draped in and then many different materials and textures, it's almost a parlor game to observe and proper name them all. The seat-heater surround is a glitzy, flecked black plastic; the door caps are soft to the touch but openly grained.
Chevy has tuned the Impala'south interior for quieter rolling ambiance. Four-cylinder models sport active noise cancellation, similar Chevy's Equinox, and the plusher versions get thicker drinking glass and more than sound deadening. The impression of racket command is a skilful one.
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Crash-test scores are offset by the Chevy Impala's incomplete ready of standard condom gear.
The Chevrolet Impala has but partially complete crash test scores. We give it a 5 for safety; its results are practiced and so far, only information technology lacks some equipment we recall should be standard. (Read more about how we rate cars.)
The NHTSA gives the Impala a v-star overall rating. Its just slight blemish in federal tests is a 4-star functioning in rollover resistance.
The IIHS has only released results for a couple of tests with the Impala. In those, information technology earns "Skillful" scores for front- and side-impact tests, simply lacks critical results for tests such every bit small-overlap impacts.
The Impala comes with 10 airbags and GM'south OnStar system, only Bluetooth and a rearview camera aren't offered at all on the base, fleet-duty Impala LS. A rearview camera is an selection on the Impala LT, and only standard once you've moved up to the Premier. It's well by fourth dimension when a $30,000 sedan buyer should have to pay extra for either of those features.
Outward vision in the Impala is good, but the surround- and side-view cameras offered on rivals are a worthwhile step upwardly.
The Impala can be ordered with a suite of advanced safety features including blind-spot monitors; a lane-divergence warning system; adaptive cruise control; and a forward-collision warning organisation with automated emergency braking.
It'southward the all-time-equipped Chevy Impala e'er, but this big sedan lacks some features in base trim.
The Chevy Impala comes in LS, LT, and Premier trims. All of them can be fitted with the bachelor 5-6; all are front-wheel drive.
For 2017 the Impala adds Android Auto to LT and Premier models, and makes leather seats bachelor on the LT.
We requite the big Chevy a seven out of 10 in the features category. It offers a good array of options and has an easily understood infotainment interface. Its standard equipment listing in base of operations trim is missing some major items, and even its options lack anything out of the ordinary. (Read more than well-nigh how we rate cars.)
All Impala sedans have ability features; air-conditioning; cruise control; and 18-inch wheels. Chevy doesn't offer many options on the Impala LS, which helps keep the price under $30,000. Buyers can add a cargo net, rear parking sensors, and rear headrests—but not Bluetooth or a rearview camera.
With the LS trimmed out with fleet duty in mind, most shoppers volition get-go at the Impala LT. Information technology adds an AM/FM/XM/CD player with hidden storage backside the LCD audio screen. Its seats are a combination of cloth and vinyl upholstery; the driver seat has full power aligning, only the passenger seat but has power height (but transmission fore-aft) adjustment.
Major options include microfiber/vinyl seats; 19-inch wheels; a power passenger seat; keyless ignition; rear parking sensors and a rearview camera; Bose sound with 11 speakers; a sunroof; remote get-go; and navigation.
At the meridian of the Impala range, the Premier brings with it standard leather seats; a power passenger seat; 19-inch wheels; ambient lighting; parking sensors and a rearview camera; a sunroof; keyless ignition; and a bundle of safety features optional on the LT, including forwards-collision alarm, blind-spot monitors, and a lane-departure alarm organization.
With all the options—power tilt/telescoping steering; navigation; twenty-inch wheels; Bose audio; adaptive cruise control; and ventilated seats—an Impala Premier tin toll more than $forty,000.
The LT and Premier come standard with MyLink, Chevy's infotainment controller, essentially a version of the Cadillac CUE system without the haptic feedback. The touchscreen'due south brightly colored icons are gateways to a range of connectivity and streaming features that might be out of the Impala's demographic ballpark. The touchscreen slides to betrayal a covered storage bin with USB power.
MyLink offers Apple CarPlay and Android Automobile functionality—it tin mirror some smartphone functions on the auto'south touchscreen—and wireless charging for cell phones, as an option.
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The Impala earns average fuel economy ratings, with the 4-cylinder leading the way.
The Chevy Impala is almost a large sedan according to the EPA, but its fuel economic system doesn't suffer the usual big-car fate. It doesn't lead its class—non with the Avalon Hybrid'due south amazing 40-mpg combined numbers—but the Impala is at least competitive.
We give it a vi for fuel economy, based on the EPA ratings for both its 4- and 6-cylinder models. (Read more most how we rate cars.)
The bureau puts the 4-cylinder Impala at 22 mpg city, thirty highway, 25 combined. A flex-fuel version of its V-6 is pegged at xix/28/22 mpg, and the standard Five-6 is rated at 18/28/22 mpg.
The V-vi'due south combined ratings have been lower than its direct rivals, such as the Toyota Avalon, Hyundai Azera, and 6-cylinder Dodge Charger.
In our drives, the Impala has hit up to xx mpg in 5-6 trim, and 25 mpg in 4-cylinder models.
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