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2008 Chevrolet Impala SS 5.3 V8 300 HP Leather 119k - $5995 (North Dighton)
08 chevy impala ss 118k miles. Runs and drives perfect. Clean in and out. Rear bumper has paint chips. Car hauls ass. LS4 5.3 V8 over 300hp. Ultimate sleeper. Comes with 3 month powertrain warranty. Selling for only $5,995

Everybody said this car is what was so wrong with GM in the past.

Inexpensive materials, two hands on the wheel handling, huge torque and good horsepower for the weight of the car.

It reminds me of a time when cars and American life was cheap, fun and fast.

I've owned Audis, BMW's, a Mitsu EVO, SVT Mustangs, but this car is more real fun than all of them combined.

It's almost free. Used. . . I paid less for a perfect conditioned 2008 than I did on the down payment of the Audi. With magnaflows, a tune, new intake and headers, it draws heads ever time you pull into a parking space.

It's trunk has the utility of any new SUV and if I was in the body disposal business, I could throw 4 fat guys in the trunk without lowering the pass through seats. I would imagine they sold a lot of these in New Jersey.

When I rumble up to a stop, someone usually walks up and says "wow, that car is sick" and that's living on the westside of L.A. where NOBODY drives anything made in North America, except SUVs.

The best part is it's stealth to the ticket happy California police. Twice I've passed cops on the 10 going about 90 and both times they passed me back lights flashing to chase down a BWM or Audi with flat paint and black wheels.

I've been waved at by so many cops I believe they think it must be some kind of undercover police vehicle, or maybe because it's black.

This machine takes me back to my past where cars didn't have to be computerized Danish modern, leather contoured works of computer controlled art. It's just a car, with a few knobs, buttons, a steering wheel and the ability to smoke the tires like John Force.

Granted it smokes the fronts, but I like that as I can see the results come through the air conditioning vents.

Living in the new Normal where everyone is so P.C. and the 25 year old Trophy generation I employ think their being punished by only being able to afford a 328 3 series instead of an M5, this car makes me smile every time I remote start it.

And don't kid yourself. Every time the 25 year olds drive it, they say, wow this thing is really fun.

If General Motors has a distinctive engineering tradition it's a weird commitment to V8 front-drivers. Since the introduction of the 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado, GM has always had at least one V8-powered front-driver in its product line. Usually two

The strategy is–listen up, old-timers–remarkably similar to what Chevy did in the 1960s. There’ll be no SS for every model, unlike what Mercedes-Benz AMG seems to be doing. “So you won’t have an Uplander SS,” Campbell says to the auto world’s relief. But it has eight SS models in the pipeline, plus two more variations of the Cobalt SS on the way, all designed to bring power, handling, and pizzaz to the people. SSR and Silverado SS are on the market (the new rear-drive Silverado SS is tested elsewhere in these pages), with the Cobalt SS Supercharged making its way to customers now, and the SS TrailBlazer, Impala, Monte Carlo, Malibu, and Malibu Maxx in the pipeline in time for the 2006-model-year launch. And Chevy is prepping a 170-horsepower, 2.4-liter, naturally aspirated Cobalt SS sedan and coupe for autumn. It’ll offer young buyers a lower entry point and potentially better insurance rates as an easy way into the SS line. Chevy won’t talk about it yet, but expect an HHR SS with the 2007 Pontiac Solstice’s 240-horsepower turbo four next year.

You might expect Chevy to load up these cars and trucks with enough standard equipment that just a few options are available, but they’re relatively low on content. “You’ve got to be able to reach out to a lot of people,” Wallace says. He recalls his 1967 Camaro R/S with heavy-duty brakes and delete options for the heater and radio to keep weight down. You can’t do that with a modern SS, but the leather seats, including an inviting leather-and-alcantara combo in the TrailBlazer, are optional. The SSR is the only Super Sport you can’t get with cloth seats. For the 2005 Silverado SS, Chevy removed standard leather, all-wheel drive, and other equipment to lower the base price by $4315.

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The strategy is–listen up, old-timers–remarkably similar to what Chevy did in the 1960s. There’ll be no SS for every model, unlike what Mercedes-Benz AMG seems to be doing. “So you won’t have an Uplander SS,” Campbell says to the auto world’s relief. But it has eight SS models in the pipeline, plus two more variations of the Cobalt SS on the way, all designed to bring power, handling, and pizzaz to the people. SSR and Silverado SS are on the market (the new rear-drive Silverado SS is tested elsewhere in these pages), with the Cobalt SS Supercharged making its way to customers now, and the SS TrailBlazer, Impala, Monte Carlo, Malibu, and Malibu Maxx in the pipeline in time for the 2006-model-year launch. And Chevy is prepping a 170-horsepower, 2.4-liter, naturally aspirated Cobalt SS sedan and coupe for autumn. It’ll offer young buyers a lower entry point and potentially better insurance rates as an easy way into the SS line. Chevy won’t talk about it yet, but expect an HHR SS with the 2007 Pontiac Solstice’s 240-horsepower turbo four next year.

Well Bill, there's your performance Chevy line. Pre-recession of course.