2014 Impala to Attract Customers by Helping Them Avoid Crashes

In addition to a full complement of passive safety features—such as a segment-leading 10 standard air bags—the new 2014 Chevy Impala will showcase a wide range of active safety measures as well, including some that will be offered for the very first time on a Chevrolet vehicle.
Among them:

• The Impala will be the first entry from the Bowtie brand to offer full-speed-range adaptive cruise control, which relies on radar sensors to help the car maintain a safe following distance when its cruise control is engaged.
• Collision-mitigation braking also will leverage advanced radar technologies and make its debut with the brand, with the ability to recognize a potential crash scenario and, if the driver doesn’t react in time, automatically apply the brakes to minimize the risk of a collision.
• Camera-enabled forward-collision alert can provide visual and audible warnings to the driver if it detects a possible crash situation in front of the Impala.
• A lane-departure warning will be available as well to alert drivers if they’re drifting out of their own traffic lanes.
• The Impala can be equipped with a side blind-zone alert system, too, and use LED warning lights, incorporated into the Impala’s side mirrors, to make drivers aware of vehicles they might not otherwise notice.
• Drivers can benefit from the Impala’s rear cross-traffic alert to provide warnings about unseen obstacles when reversing out of parking spots.
• A rear-vision camera with dynamic guidelines also will be available to help with parking and similar maneuvers.
• Rear park assist will provide an added level of protection when backing up by using radar sensors to detect potential obstacles behind the Impala and alert the driver.
• Representing another new technology for Chevy will be a brake pre-fill system that increases hydraulic pressure in the brake lines for quicker deceleration if the setup detects a possible crash threat.
• For hilly environments, the Impala will offer a hill-hold/start-assist feature that keeps the car from rolling when the driver’s foot is shifted from the brake to the gas pedal.

The brand-new 2014 Chevrolet Impala is expected to launch earlier in 2013, with further details about the vehicle to come as it approaches its on-sale date.