In September of 1995, I took delivery of a brand new 1996 Impala SS. I almost bought the 95 model but wanted the floor shift and analog gauges. Here it is more than 22 years later and I still own that Impala. It's pretty much a garage queen now with 303,000 miles. I work from home now so the 100 mile a day commuting has stopped. Now, the Impala is mostly used for running grand-kids around locally. (My 2003 Corvette is not well suited for hauling kids). The transmission and rear end in the Impala are original and have received regular oil changes but they have never been repaired. I think it's safe to say I got my money's worth with the Impala.

@Moecean

5 жыл бұрын

I'm 19 and I have seen nothing but good story's about this car. I'm going to look at one in my area soon it has 81,000 miles and it's only 7gs

@vermili0138

5 жыл бұрын

Get one, you won't regret it. However, try and obtain a few skills to fix it whenever a problem occurs. Common problems have been solved and you can look them up in the Impala SS forum, they're nice guys and will always help.

@TheJustinmclaughlin

5 жыл бұрын

Greg Sullivan awesome sir. My grandma bought a 1995 in 1996 used but basically new. She still has it now in 2018. It kept blowing water pumps but stopped that. Other than that. A beast. Love it

@CityofPurps916

5 жыл бұрын

I just purchased a 1996 Caprice from the original owners, an old couple, it only has 67,000 miles.

@subielife4life

5 жыл бұрын

In two words put together you are....BadAss! I wish you were my father back in 1995!!

I just bought me a 1996 Chevy Impala SS on December 15 2018. My dream car 😎👍🏼

@bakerjoe6620

5 жыл бұрын

Right

@davehouston6528

4 жыл бұрын

Ok want a cookie ?

@reddifrom4z358

4 жыл бұрын

Let me get it

@janeanderson7122

3 жыл бұрын

I bought mine in September, 1995. It is the new floor mounted shifter configuration. Now she has 28,750 miles on her. Someday I will get all my money back.

RIP Caprice /Impala and Crown Vic.

@TeEdAbEaSt

4 жыл бұрын

And maurader

@generalpatton8468

4 жыл бұрын

American legends

@terrencesimpson9113

4 жыл бұрын

I currently own a 04 Crown Vic P71 with a professionally lowered suspension. I love these big cars. RIP, body on frame, V8, rear wheel drive cars.

@vermili0138

3 жыл бұрын

@@terrencesimpson9113 You guys got jacked in the United States. In the Middle East and Australia, GM kept the Caprice name alive with Holden's RWD, Big V8 (LS1!) large cabin Caprice since 2000 until they were discontinued in 2018. So, it's RIP for real this time.

@johnr4298

3 жыл бұрын

It's a shame that GM did not retool its Arlington plant to continue building large rear-wheel drive cars. If they had done so, I could picture the eighth-generation Chevy Impala, tenth-gen Pontiac Bonneville, and eighth-gen Cadillac DeVille being built on GM's V platform, which had been utilized for the Holden Commodore and Opel Omega. Instead, GM decided to prioritize assembling large pickups and SUVs while fuel was cheap and the economy was in good shape in the late '90s. Once gas prices rose between the mid-2000s and the Great Recession, fewer people decided to resort to those vehicles, and GM suffered major losses.

The sexiest impala ss ever produced between 94 to 96!! I love the old classics but 94 to 96 impala ss we're the sexiest models ever produced!!

@paulcheek5711

3 жыл бұрын

no try 1968

@fhernan3552

2 ай бұрын

69s 67s nice to

love tihs. Even though I own a 96 I can't stop watching videos on them, lol.

I got a Caprice Classic with the 5.7L V8. Love it

I am proud that i am onwer for one of those impala 96 .thanks for posting this vid

@JJ305JJ

5 жыл бұрын

@Rene P why are you hating? XD

Im a proud owner of my 1996 Impala SS. 86,461 miles. my dream car. Great video.👍

@kareemmccallum

6 жыл бұрын

Selling?

@SUPERSHANE95

4 жыл бұрын

I bought my 96 in June 0f 96. Still have it 206,000 miles.

@tayyc6074

4 жыл бұрын

@@SUPERSHANE95 my baby is gone I got rear ended June 2019... It's totalled and now is gone.. I have a settlement going with a lawyer.. Injured my back very bad..😞 I miss my IMPALA SS so much.. I'm going to treat myself with a Charger hellcat to make myself feel better lol...

@vermili0138

3 жыл бұрын

@@tayyc6074 aw, man. Get well soon and sorry for your loss. Newer Chargers are really nice tho haha.

@tayyc6074

3 жыл бұрын

@@vermili0138 hey Thanks buddy😃

For their "last gasp", I'm surprised GM went to the trouble of producing a dealer promo about these. Oh, if only big comfortable cars like these could stage a comeback...

@moonbeamskies3346

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Do you think 2018 Impala or Dodge Charger or Ford Taurus or Buick LaCrosse come close to this?

@sew04ss

5 жыл бұрын

moonbeamskies nope

@rubberwoody

5 жыл бұрын

well tbh, the impala SS's were being ordered beyond production capacity in the 96 model year

@Jeff-uq7iu

4 жыл бұрын

@@rubberwoody and they still killed it to usher in the worst front wheel drive cars they could design. Reminds me of 1987-88

@Nolimit305

4 жыл бұрын

uxwbill - Just get an SUV.

Thanks for finding and posting this rare promo video of the best and last year of Chevy b-bodies. I've happily owed 3 b-body caprices. 1993 9c1 (5.7 tbi),1994 LS (grey leather&5.7L) 1994 LS ( blue leather&4.3L). Currently own a low mileage 96 DCM SS. My 4th b-body. So for me this made my day to see this 1 and I'm sure for other ppl too.

Proud owner of a 1996 DCM Impala SS !!!!!!

SS was big for chevy in 96. We had a 96 Chevy S10 SS pickup. Just a regular cab pickup, that little truck hauled ass. Only the Cyclone was faster. I sold it last Spring with 213,000 for 2 grand. SS models held some value. If it wasnt an SS it would have been a $500 truck at most. That car had the same radio my 2001 S10 has now. These big cars were popular among law enforcement because they were big and powerful. Built like tanks too, so if they had to do pit maneuvers or block roads, they were a tough car to try and out power. You don't see too many anymore. Although there's an older couple that are up the road that have a station wagon version and it is a huge car. Otherwise I barely see them anymore.

OMG it has "outstanding trailer and towing capability".... Now I want one!

Dig the video!! I've owned a 95CapriceLT1, 9C1, Texas Highway Patrol, 4L60E with dessert gears, man oh man, do I love it!! It's been with me since 2000. Never to part!!

@scottkrafft6830

3 жыл бұрын

I just got a 9C1 in March from a police department; it was in service for 25 years! Completely unmolested, and with only 87k miles, it's gotta be one of the nicest ones left in the country. It was a squad car from '96 to about 2001 (before I was even born! XD), then was relegated to hauling around public works supervisors, but it really was only used for parades and such.

happened across this. I have always loved the B body platform and the Impala SS is a fantastic looking vehicle, even 20 years later.

I'm a proud owner of a 95 DCM with 215.000 miles. Still looks good and I get a lot of complements.

@moonbeamskies3346

5 жыл бұрын

DCM?

@rodrickwhitel9536

4 жыл бұрын

Nice keep it they are very nice car

Too bad they stopped making these in 96..... :/

I just bought a 96 dark cherry with 38,000 miles one owner it looks brand new with a upgraded suspension

@MrGreenelight

5 жыл бұрын

Jesse, That Dark Cherry was the absolute. When you mentioned it it brought back memories. I liked it better than the classic black

I have a 94 Caprice with the LT1 and it has 210,000 miles on it, still plenty of performance to it :) it's on KZread 👍

Good stuff... doesn't get much better than this!

Love Caprice .Love lmpala ❤❤

Chevrolet Caprice/Impala- The Uncompromised American Classics.

I am proud to be a owner of the great impala 96 from ksa

More of these please sir ! ❤

It’s too bad they had to discontinue these cars, as well as the Zeta platform. Unfortunately it looks like GM will soon discontinue the FWD Impala as well from what I have heard. Large passenger cars are a dying breed which is unfortunate.

@antoniostewart9302

6 жыл бұрын

Harrison S they still make impala

@tyronewilliams6855

5 жыл бұрын

@@antoniostewart9302 If that's what you wanna call it... I never thought that I would see the day where I would be looking at a "LITTLE" impala, cadillac, ect…Shameful!!!

@junali94

5 жыл бұрын

Wow you were right! They'll be ending production of the Impala at the end of 2019. :(

Yup and now all General motors offers is FWD unibody junk, well to be fair everybody does and nobody is smart enough to build a body on frame car any more.

@nyctaxi_budapest

6 жыл бұрын

Hey Marty, how are you? Coomin soon a new SS video for you bro.

@UsefulEntertainment

6 жыл бұрын

R Omar what's up Omar, I'm doin ok for now. What's new with the heavy Chevy?

@nyctaxi_budapest

6 жыл бұрын

Useful Entertainment okay bro,thats Göd. The SW project breaking now. I recognize whit the SS. Great fun bro:)

@Jeff-uq7iu

4 жыл бұрын

@RS1 it took ford and gm years to figure out nobody really wanted a fwd. Just really bad drivers were convinced they were so much better in the snow

Great video thank you GM 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👍🏿.

I'm Glad I have a 1996 Impala SS!! I enjoy it! Fun Cars to Drive! I have the DGGM Color... Still Running Strong!!

My '95 9C1 Caprice (black/ruby interior) was built Fri., June 16th, 1995. I WAS THERE & helped in its final assembly. I was in Janesville, Wi. to witness it being off-loaded the train. I was @ the dealer when it was driven off the transport. It now has 299,000+ miles on the clock. It's had 5 sets of tires & 4 sets of brakes. It will still shift into 3rd @ 123. After I switched to full synthetic oil, I've attained 24.9 mpg. Trans. was rebuilt @ 180,000 miles, & the factory-installed Bilstein shocks lasted 210,000 miles. Ya'....you could say I got my money's worth....& then some. It's not goin' ANYWHERE! A personally-ordered cop car (have all the paperwork)....never law enforcement-owned.....quite the feat in itself if you're familiar w/GM's COPO program!

@extremedrivr

5 жыл бұрын

Full Synthetic Oil is a broad and misunderstood term. So what brand did you switch to??

Thanks, Sheryl

that car look fake on the sales floor

@M0DFATH3R

6 жыл бұрын

I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me lol I thought the same

@moonbeamskies3346

5 жыл бұрын

@@M0DFATH3R Same here. Somehow it looked like slightly smaller scale to my eyes, or maybe the guy was super tall. I thought it was just my eyes playing tricks.

@terryonleflore6710

5 жыл бұрын

I knew I wasn't trippin. Car is a bit too small to be a real life 96 SS. They made the illusion real by putting his reflection in the graphic also.

@76calidude

5 жыл бұрын

I think the car is real with the dude...but it looks like they used that "Green Screen" effect that was big then. The other background stuff is illusion.

@user-oi5js9rc4z

5 жыл бұрын

Yes

"the trunk on sedan models have over 20 cubic feet of cargo space, that is enough to carry 4 corpses"

I want to go back in time to 1996. I would get an LT1 equipped wagon and turn it into a sleeper. I would also enjoy less political BS, be 24 years younger, and know what stocks to buy and what to bet on. Yeah, that sounds pretty awesome.

I have a 2003 Impala, I would like a 96

@davehouston6528

4 жыл бұрын

Sell that shit brah.

God I want a blacked out 96 caprice wagon with maroon interior

RIP Buick Roadmaster wagon with Corvette engine , mine did great power-slides in my neighborhood. 330foot-pounds at only 2400RPM , no wonder it would drift so well.

Damn what a great car I miss mines it was a ‘95 I really hope to get it again one day But this time it will be a ‘96

Anybody else think they missed something by not having red as an option for the Impala SS? I saw a red Caprice and thought that red would have looked good on these years.

@eyeshocars9978

2 жыл бұрын

And white and silver

Still want a police package model. They are getting hard to find now.

@doiknowyou6794

5 жыл бұрын

eldo59 Not really I see tons of them all the time

@t436

2 жыл бұрын

@@doiknowyou6794 In good condition and not donked?

I have 1 And I Love it.

Lewis Cole , great role model.

Can you do one on a buick roadmaster

If saying "em-Paula" is wrong, I don't want to be right!

super clean the black one hes on 😍😍😍

I'm more of a 04 mercury marauder fan but, this SS is sexy af

@fleetwoodryder9786

6 жыл бұрын

I'm a owner of both,Marauder & Impala ss

@budweiserbundy1525

5 жыл бұрын

eccentric aquarius 85 Impala SS would whoop Marauder cheeks.

Great car

92.7 cubic feet Holy Cow bring these back ! 4x8 plywood I carried in mine. The tailgate has never been equaled to this day.

I want station wagons back.

I want one so bad 😩

This is the best car in America. Proof of that is the fact that it sells so well that we're not gonna make it anymore.

I’m a proud to say I own a 96 Impala SS and it’s the best year of the 3 years it was made!!!

بالعافيه تستاهلون

I love this video.I own a Buick roadmaster there cuzn same car just the Buick model.about to do a LS swap on my Roadmaster it's going to be a sleeper when u see it u say that slow Buick til u see the back of it when I take off.

@johnbeer5242

6 жыл бұрын

y don't u just fix that lt1 and make it lt4 or 5

@johnbeer5242

6 жыл бұрын

what kind of ls I smoked ls engine equipped cars on my ss 95 but I rebuilt it and put some internal performance parts on maybe that's y they get smoked I don't know and is silent

Greatest cars ever made

It's funny looking back and seeing how out of touch the manufacturers were with buyers! GM continues to shit the bed to this day!

كل شئ كان زمان جميل جدا جدا جدا حتى الموسيقى في بداية الفيديو

This is sweet

Favorite car of the police force.

Another car that I wish had never ceased production.

@operator91210

Жыл бұрын

GM has this thing of perfecting a platform after many years of tweaks and stumbling then completely drops it almost immediately afterwards. They never seem to commit to anything now.

@301Pont

Жыл бұрын

@@operator91210 There have been some great cars that should just be made forever for being so durable and dependable. I think a lot of times unfortunately things come down to dollars and cents. I wish this was not the case.

Can I have that 96 I love it

❤️

Who ever thought this would be the LAST real impala.

@digitalfutur

5 жыл бұрын

Nah the last real Impala was the recently discontinued 10th gen model. It out accelerates and out corners that SS.

@Uncle05Sam

5 жыл бұрын

@digitalfutur It may be a little faster, but it's not a true-to-form Impala. Body on frame, RWD, huge trunk. '94-'96 is the last generation of real Impalas, before the Wimpalas.

@extremedrivr

5 жыл бұрын

@@Uncle05Sam I agree somewhat. As much as I like this one. Its kinda hard to not fall for the 2006-2008 SS with the 5.3 (325 C.I.) I know that was FWD. But at least it had a high powered OHV V8.

@thevally6127

4 жыл бұрын

@@extremedrivr it had the engine but that transmission was alot weaker than the 96 because it wasn't designed for it GM took it out of the V6 and FWD made it worse not to mention DOD failure....Too bad tho it had opportunity to be great .

Last decade of real Cars of GM Chevrolet etc . !!!!!

Wish i never sold my 96.

I wish they made 2 door and 3 door convertible versions of these cars.

Nothing like driving the last of the land yachts! I captain a 93 caprice Classic😎 Why Chevy stopped making them is mind boggling!

@insulman100

4 жыл бұрын

In my opinion GM stopped building the B bodies because they were good sellers and the public loved them apparently GM hates selling what people want if you don't believe me look back at their history Ford manufactured the crown vic for 16 more years after Chevy discontinued the B bodies GM can't say there was no market for these vehicles Could you imagine what the next generation Caprice would've been like with a updated suspension,transmission and a 400 hp LS V8 but thanks to GM we will never know

@antoinetaylor8516

4 жыл бұрын

They stopped building for the suv

I own one!!!!!!!

والله بطل قديمك نديمك

Hahaha...he said hide wallets and cassettes..., where'd the time go??

2020?

Introducing the new Caprice. Let’s start with the check engine light since you’ll be seeing it often🤦‍♂️

The sliping gearbox, the sliping gearbox

Did they make a mistake on a GM promo video???? 4300 v6 is all I've heard of. Gm never made a 4.3 liter v8.

@reillyouwerling2067

4 жыл бұрын

Yes they did make a 4.3 v8

@Texas_Cruiser

4 жыл бұрын

@@reillyouwerling2067 yep

@TeeroyHammermill

4 жыл бұрын

>galiffrey: Along with the L99 from 94-96, there was a 260 Oldsmobile from 1975-82, and a super odd and rare Pontiac 265 cid from 1979-81. All were 4.3 V8.

@galiffrey1

4 жыл бұрын

@@TeeroyHammermill Thanks for the info. I didn't know.

4300 V8? I think he meant V6

@iuyozx

5 жыл бұрын

Nope. The L99(4.3) is a de-bored LT1(5.7). I owned one for 5 years. It’s one of GMs oddities.

@dougc190

5 жыл бұрын

You're right I forgot about that one

@Texas_Cruiser

4 жыл бұрын

@@iuyozx Olds Aurora?

I love my 96 Impala SS, but to be honest: Every todays mid-size car beats the impala/caprice in comfort, economics, reliability, power and driving comfort. The impala/caprice was a luxury car back then, but times have changed and the car industry improved

@bmh8674

5 жыл бұрын

Stephan S It’s hard to admit it but even my buddy’s 4cyl 2016 malibu is a better ride in several ways...but my 96 impala gets compliments weekly, looks unique, sounds like a beast and is a great highway cruiser even in stock form. Hoping these cars will become pretty valuable some day!

@NorceCodine

5 жыл бұрын

Everybody sold their Impala SS years ago before the transmission went bad. The 4L60 trans was not designed for the requirements of the engine. Mine went bad at 85K miles, the dealer overhauled it but they said they will not give a warranty on it because its too complex to be fixed correctly. After that I couldn't keep up with a Honda Civic.

@MrGreenelight

5 жыл бұрын

Stephan, that is the natural progression on most things. My mobile phone beats Alexander Graham bell version of a phone. But, modern cars do not beat the 96 Impala in comfort. I can and and able to quantify that. Measurement are verifiable and measurable. using , seismic observation, we can measure the difference on the same road of ride quality.

@extremedrivr

5 жыл бұрын

@@NorceCodine Please tell me your joking?? The 4L60 was one of the best automatic transmissions made by GM. It has no problem handling the V8 power.

@MohamedAbdallahCherif

4 жыл бұрын

@@extremedrivr So used car reviews who say that this particular transmission couldn't cope with LT1 V8 torque and power were not true ?

GM went downhill after this.

@neal6473

Жыл бұрын

Yep just like the Titanic 🚢

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😢😢

4 years later, we'll sell you a 6 cylinder version, front wheel drive and call it the impala. 🖕

honestly i like the look of the 91-94 better

it's a poor mans Cadillac.

@bunnymanmoe8819

2 жыл бұрын

Naw that title is reserved for Buick. Step your knowledge game up Rook.

I want to punch GM in the face for their piss-poor quality. Not bad engineering, bad quality.

@extremedrivr

5 жыл бұрын

Bad quality?? Please explain without losing your temper.

@davehouston6528

4 жыл бұрын

Bro calm down

downsized car but big by 2020 standards, sad. for a real impala see 1968

Junk

@TrakSpock1

4 жыл бұрын

360Magnum - You are obviously a moron. I own three of these cars. My daily driver has 400,000 miles on it with the original engine and transmission. I also own two low-mileage Caprice B4U models which you wouldn't have a clue. The frame on these cars is the same one as used on the 1970 Chevelle SS but you drive a Dodge so you like being broken down and buying your parts from Gunter.