This all started in the late 1950s with a new trim level for the Chevrolet Bel Air, the Impala. Eventually, this spun off into its own separate model simply called the Impala, and the rest is history.

This was the most popular 1971 Impala model, with 140,300 sold. The most popular ’71 Chevy of all? The V8 Bel Air pillared ...