Crash Avoidance Features

• Standard 4-wheel anti-lock brake system
• Predictable, responsive handling provided by body- on-frame construction and rear-wheel drive.
• Horn can be operated by pressing anywhere on the steering wheel hub pad covering the air bag.
• Standard child security rear-door locks, when activated, prevent rear-seat passengers from inadvertently opening the rear doors from the inside.
• Front disc brakes (four-wheel discs on Impala SS) improve brake cooling.
• A brake/transmission shift interlock.

Occupant Protection Features

• Standard driver and front-passenger air bags.
• A reinforced safety cage
• Front and rear crush zones
• Caprice Classic and Impala SS meet the 1997 Federal standards for side-impact protection by incorporating steel side-door beams and foam pads that absorb energy.
• An energy-absorbing steering column
• Safety belts, manual lap/shoulder at outboard-seat positions, center-seat position lap safety belts.