Impala Hits the Gym

First produced in 1958, the Impala is one of the most popular — and unpopular — brands from Chevrolet. Once one of the great-selling cars in the 1960s and ’80s its design in the ’90s and early ’00s has left much to be desired for, having gone from elegant and muscular to a flat, long, and depressed look to a generic, rental-looking car. Popular with police departments though. At the New York auto show this week, Chevrolet introduced the much nicer 2014 Impala and revised its badge, which has shown a stylized impala (an African antelope) since the ’60s. The newest version was designed by Joann Kallio, who, as master car writer Phil Patton reports, “has been a graphic designer at G.M. for more than 25 years and is the lead creative designer on Chevro