I thought this deserved its own thread!

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/16/o...11-chevy-volt/

 

looks great! the only thing that seems a little odd is the "fake" grill. Im sure not putting mesh with a hole to nowhere helped with areo, but it makes it look like a nascar with a stickered on grill

 

+1

Looks MUCH better than last week's pictures.

 

Reminds me of an IPOD

 

Wow, that's a HUGE difference from the pictures last week. These are much more flattering and the car looks a lot better.

 

i like it. although it looks more like a car you see from Honda or Nissan or Toyota then gm. maybe its just me. i just think the cost is to high at least for me. 40k i wont buy 30k id probably pick one up

 

Very high-tech and almost PC-like. Very nice!

 

While it is truly nothing like the concept they originally wow'ed the public with, this is *not* to be mistaken for a prius. While it may have a similar overall shape - there are some subtle differences that make it a hedge more aggressive. Honestly looking between this car and the concept, I cant easily tell you which I'd rather have. Both are very neat looking cars (though the concept is more aggressive), and the production version has a really eclectic passive-agressive style that works for it.

On to the pictures though -

The front marker lamp assembly is "L" shaped, but the cutout in the bumper for it is "D" shaped. Either it is a styling thing, or there is possibly another option they are considering for the front bumper.

I notice on the center stack there is a button "ECON - HOLD" Economy or Hold? I wonder what those are for.

Night mode? What makes it different in Night mode aside from headlights? And why does the night mode have a leaf?

There is a picture from the live reveal that shows a time/date charge menu. If you set a start *and* stop time, does it charge appropriately? If it could charge at 15A in 3 hours but you tell it to finish charging in 9 hours will it draw a constant 5A?

Oh and the shot from the backseat makes the windshield seem really far ahead behind a pair of massive A-pillars. It might have a similar feel in that regard to the HHR, where front visibility isnt all that awesome because of it.

Lastly, I'd assume the headlights are HIDs. They are more efficient than standard lighting (and on a vehicle with this pricetag, some lux features like that and sat nav better come standard!)

 

"GM did not announce pricing for the car, which will have the equivalent of about 150 horsepower and a top speed of 100 mph, the automaker said."

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/...x.html?cnn=yes

Sweet. Im glad it wont be a to much of a pig. Top speed of 1000 is a big plus.

I like the american Interior better than the Chinese interior



http://cn.autoblog.com/photos/2011-chevy-volt-shanghai/

 

Ludricous speed . . . GO!!!!!!!!

 

Not bad ... much better than last week's pics. If the price comes in under 35k, I may pick one up.

 

You can see a bit of Camaro influences in there. Very nice.

Between this and the Cruize, Chevy might become the industry leader for interior design