Video: 2014 Chevrolet Impala

Thankfully, Chevrolet has finally updated it for 2014. It's a complete redesign. Let's take a look. The Impala styling was influenced a bit by the popular Camaro sports car. You can see it in the somewhat dome to very sculpted hood. It was really more of a new corporate look coming to the front ends of the Chevys. This is a new approach to the grill. You can also see it on the recently redesigned traverse crossover. You'll have your choice of different wheel sizes starting at 18, going up as high as 20. You'll notice again, more sculpting, some muscularity to the rear launches here. So again, it seems like it was a little bit influenced by the Camaro. The Impala has a nice clean rear end styling. The Camaro influenced the rear end of the Malibu midsize sedan. And I think it did it in a very awkward fashion. This seems to be a much better approach. The Impala is the final Chevy car to be brought into the 21st century. You can tell by the interior quality to compare it with the older one is just pointless because it was so old. Great materials in this one. It is an LTZ trim level, which is the top trim. Soft fab, soft materials, where you want 'em. Like upper, you might put your arms, et cetera. The controls are actually pretty simple, which is good 'cause Chevy has not been great in that regard recently with cars like the Cruise. Lots of nice little touches like a storage compartment behind the optional eight inch touchscreen. There's one thing that stands out that I'm not crazy about, and that is the way the buttons are implemented on the steering wheel. There are these kind of rubbery pads, something Infinity messed with for awhile and then switched to real buttons, which just feel classier. This is a full-sized sedan. So you would expect a large backseat. Found it a little bit tighter than I thought. Headroom, a little bit limited. Though I'm six feet tall, not too much of a problem. The leg room is pretty good. Don't get me wrong. The front seat is all the way back, which gave me a lot of leg room in the front. But I do feel that my knees are raised a lot 'cause the floor is high relative to the seat. And also the center floor hump is pretty high. This car is on a front wheel drive platform. Originally we thought it might be on rear wheel drive, which tends to bring the big hump like this. Turns out, you're going to get this no matter what version you buy. The trunk, I would describe as huge. Frankly, the interior, the cabin has only increased by one cubic foot over the previous generation to 105. I think they could have given more to the passengers and maybe a little bit less to this trunk. It's really enormous. It's early, so we don't know what the mileage will be on this car, but we know the engines will include a four cylinder of V6 and the e-Assist. Kind of mild hybrid for high mileage. You get front wheel drive, only six speed automatic. It's kind of a bummer to not have an all wheel drive option, when you've got that big hump in the center of the floor like that. There's no doubt though. This is a much, much, much better car than the previous one. It is competitive with the rest of the market. We look forward to driving it. <v Voiceover>For more car related news, go to Cars.com. For our blog, KickingTires.net.