New Full Production VOLT Studio Pictures Leaked!

[Betelgeuse]

Yeah. Chevy really has very little margin for failure here. If the car is all that they've said and reliable, they could be a major player in the next gen hybrid market. If not, Toyota or Honda will clean their clocks.

[usbseawolf2000]

You can get a Prius III and a Insight II (or a iQ PHEV?) for the price of a Volt.

[zenMachine]

Originally Posted by SomervillePrius

I like it! I think it's a well proportioned, stream lined sedan. A step forwards for Chevy design. Too bad it's not a hatch back!

/Robert

How much would you be willing to pay for it?

[JamesWyatt]

Is that a Malibu? Impala? Where are the Volt photos?

[Rybold]

Maybe they should outsource their artistic design aspect of the cars to independent art studios. Or have a contest throughout the world and award the winning firm by purchasing the designs.

Why can't it at least look HALF as good as this: ???????????


If you own stock in GM, now would be a good time to SELL!
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[JimN]

Lutz kinda looks like Leslie Nielsen standing behind the car. From the description does this mean that this design has been approved and that they started tooling up to produce it?

[rfruth]

I'd be smiling too if there was a golden parachute waiting for me ...

[Rybold]

This is going to sound absolutely crazy after the comment that I posted above ...

Look at the all of the pics again and imagine a Honda or Acura emblem instead of a Chevy emblem. It doesn't look so bad. I can't explain it! Upon first impression, it looked like a Chrysler Sebring to me ("nothing special"). Upon taking a closer look and thinking "okay, what if Honda released this design?" I realized, that the actual design might actually look good. We will only know when we get a chance to see the car in person at the next auto show.

(do you guys see what I'm seeing?)

[Jiipa]

To me it looks like a small Malibu. Not bad looking, but I would not pay $40K for it.

[efusco]

I don't care much what it looks like. And the looks certainly wouldn't guide my decision for whether to pay $40k for the vehicle...nor would the emblem on the grill.

IF the Volt was going to be a 5 seater and IF it meets the other goals (40+ real world all EV range, etc.) I'd gladly pay $40k whether it was a Kia, a Chevy, a BMW or whatever.

That said, it really looks very little like the concept to my eye...yea, side by side you can see the similarities, but as others have pointed out there's nothing really unique looking about it... Has GM totally forgotten all the lessons Toyota gave them w/ the Prius? People who spend $40k on a state of the art vehicle WANT it to stand out in some way....maybe not a shove it down your throat way, but enough that it's instantly recognizable as different, unique and a hybrid.

I don't drive my car to make a statement, but I do like people noticing and giving me the chance to talk about my choice and to spread the gospel.