Nissan's latest Nismo project ditches the purist's playbook: a gas engine powers electric motors that drive the rear wheels, leaving the combustion engine as pure generator. It's a technical flex that says more about regulation than engineering romance—and it works on paper, if not in spirit.

This is the Impala SS that actually matters—the one with the LT1, not the 1994-95 pretenders. Black paint, 90k original miles, modified exhaust, and it's been in California since new. The 4L60E is the weak link everyone knows about, but the fundamentals are solid.