Chevrolet Returns to Taillight Gas Filler

Photo taken by Fubar Toots shows gas cap behind hinged taillight assembly of a 2017 Chevrolet Impala

During the mid 1950’s, thousands of inexperienced gas pump jockeys were frustrated by the inability to locate the gas filler cap on certain cars, including the ’56 and ’57 Chevrolets.  

They could be forgiven for not knowing that GM had hidden the gas cap behind the taillight of the ’56 Chevy, or, in the case of the ’57, behind the vertical chrome trim strip above the taillight.

Now, a photograph taken by Parksplug’s ace spy shutterbug Fubar Toots just before he was partially eaten by a pair of angry Nottweiler* security dogs guarding the GM compound appears to confirm a rumor that, beginning next month, all 2017 Chevrolet Impalas will feature a gas cap concealed behind a hinged taillight assembly.

*Editor’s note:  The Nottweiler is a less expensive and less belligerent version of the Rottweiler.  It is sometimes referred to by its owners as a “Tribute Rottweiler.”