Running it into the ground will possibly mean before the car reaches the 100k mark given their reliability track record.

Anyone else noticed that the little tagline : “ das auto” Has disappeared from VW ads and their site?

I would only have “sour grapes” if I thought the i3 was the better product. I strictly look at this from a practical perspective. The i3 has a tiny 1.9 gallon gas tank meaning you ain’t exactly gunna’ be able to take off on the great Merican’ road trip. My Volt has a real engine- not a scooter engine- as its backup…

I think we’re talking about two entirely different lines of thought. First of all I don’t totally buy that the Volt has a bad interior. Now- granted I came from a Prius but to me the interior is rather nice in the Volt. I have to spend 3 hours in the car daily for my miserable commute and of the cars I’ve owned this…

Could’a fooled me. It looks pretty much like it did 5 years ago if the pic above is the “new” one.

Take a look at the new volt. 53 miles on the battery, 15k less, and can actually be taken on road trips since it has a real engine with a 9 gallon tank in addition

I would bet $100 if the i3 had a badge on it of anything other than BMW people would univerally hate the design. To me there is such a thing as daring and original design. But IMHO its not just that the i3 is pretty fugly but that the proportions are also way off. BMW is a company that tends to play it a bit more…

As of now the Volt has an acceleration of 0-60 in 7 seconds flat. In regards to your comments about the “Low rent” interior, I actually test drove an i3. Its not like the interior in the i3 is really anything to write home about. I’m not a very large guy but the i3 is a SMALL car. As in it is not at all on the same…

GM had to make the design more mainstream. Even so its not a bad looking car. The old Volt didn’t sell as well as it should have mainly because the advertising was horrible for it and nobody understood how it worked. But the more mainstream designs means more sales which is a good thing. Its still about 200% better…

Oh but I do. The same can be said for the i3, which doesn’t sell well here either. The new Volt will probably help ensure those numbers will fall further which is good for the sake of preventing bad design tastes from polluting the freeway system.

Too bad for you guys then. My 11’ volt has been great and I’m very tempted to buy a 16’ volt

Pssst... Get the new volt. 53 miles on EV, 15k cheaper and it doesn't look like a drunk version of the Aztec

Am I missing something here or was this supposed to be a tongue-in-cheek thing? It looks like a CGI model of an already produced car. Or something along those generic lines...

Explain. I have a 20 year old Tacoma, a 60 year old Mercury and a 4 year old Chevy Volt. All dried using old cotton bathroom towels. All look practically new. Not sure what cars you’re driving but if their paint gets ruined when dried with towels please declare their names so I won’t buy them.

Explain. I have a 20 year old Tacoma, a 60 year old Mercury and a 4 year old Chevy Volt. All dried using old cotton…

Know what will also dry an entire car? Old bathroom towels.

Know what will also dry an entire car? Old bathroom towels.

I’m sure I’ll see them around here in the Bay Area. People here enjoy inexplicablly buying nonsensical cars like the BMW i3, VW E-golf and I am sure this thing too.

Agree 100%. I own a 4 year old Volt that goes around 40 miles on average. The new Volt goes 53 miles. 14 miles is almost laughable. I think Audi is simply counting on their name to sell this thing because the tech is pretty oudated. The story above sort of compared the Volt and the E-tron. The two are not even in the…

At this point the only “work” trucks are fleet sale trucks. As in those with plain cloth bench seats, crappy plastic interiors, and steelies. That’s fine with me as far as I’m concerned. Trucks stopped being “trucks” a long time ago and instead became more like the playthings of the typical suburbanite weekend warrior.

Shaaaaadap.

Plugin hybrids are very much EVs for a portion of their usage: the Volt only uses the battery and nothing more until it runs out. How is its range misleading? My 2011 Volt tends to go 43 miles on average and thus the 38 mile range is rounded down for the “average” user. As mentioned the new Volt will go 53 miles which…