He removes it and the jack is never seen again. The car is later returned to Dean in Season 4, who isn't impressed that Sam added an iPod jack to the car. Sam inherits the car following Dean's death in the third season finale. ĭean convincing his father to buy the Impala in 1973. Dean later restored the Impala himself shortly before attacking the car's rear with a crowbar due to the pressure from his dying father's secret about Sam. Sam and Bobby Singer later have the Impala towed back to Bobby's where Sam refuses to scrap it, despite Bobby insisting it can't be salvaged. In the season 1 finale, a truck driven by a possessed trucker smashes into the Impala causing serious damage to her and her occupants. Sam drives the Impala through the front wall of her home and comes to a stop in the living room, where she is confronted by the ghosts of her drowned children and destroyed. Later, as Sam is driving the Impala, the ghost takes control of the car again to make him drive her home. In Pilot, a ghost possesses the Impala and tries to run Sam and Dean over. The car is Dean's most prized possession, and he protects it with nearly the same ferocity with which he protects his family. The trunk is revealed to hold various weaponry to fight the supernatural. The car has been prominently featured on the series, beginning with the teaser of the pilot which shows John Winchester holding his two sons as he sits on the car and watches his house burn.