Still not sure where the Aveo comparisons come from. Have you seen the Bolt in person? Actually they’re kind of cool looking but furthermore better looking than the Prius or Leaf too. There is a certain amount of guarantee that hybrids tend to have the same design for aerodynamic purposes and hence they sort of…

I think it looks great. GM should make a variation like this.

Sorry If I mis-characterized some of what you had said previously. Anyway... my reasons for buying the Volt are a kind of “Unicorn” reasons.

I suppose you could say the same thing when it comes to a whole slew of vehicles. BMW 7 series and frankly most upper level luxury vehicles lose their values like a drunken sailor. ( how that made sense I don’t know )

I’ve had to repeat this over and over here but I’m actually a lifelong Toyota owner with one still being with me, a 22 year old Tacoma that I will never-ever get rid of. The Chevy Volt is the first American car in my family for over 30 years.

Well you can put me on record for stating that as a middle schooler when these cars first came out I thought they were VERY cool. They were built not far from where I grew up actually and Saturn put them in local malls for us to look at too. They were cheap and they were amazing looking considering they were an…

I have the same feelings about this as other attempts Hyundai has made when it comes to luxury cars. The styling is simply not there. The design isn’t original, and that’s just it. It looks sort of plain and generic.

I would counter your assessment by suggesting you’re a little out of date. Yup- GM made the shittiest cars forever. I was dramatized by that as a kid because Dad’s 81' Delta 88 and later Buick Riviera were in the shop all the damned time. I spent many a Saturday morning at the dealer ( versus watching cartoons )

I should have mentioned that I actually owned a Prius before the Volt. A 2001 actually and the only reason I got it was because my FIL passed away and we inherited it. So it was free. My attitude was hell- it was free and who knows what will happen to the battery, so might as well drive it until something major…

Well.... I’m like 5 ft 7 and 145 pounds so I’m a pretty small dude and for me it was ok. But if you’re having an issue with sears and you’re more like the average American then yeah, that’s a problem, which is odd since the thing was actually designed in the US, where you’d think they would know better.

Sorry, but I cant help but feel that you don’t know a great deal about EVs or the people who buy them.

But that’s not really a compelling counter-argument. I mean if we’re talking about costs, why not just buy a 1987 Honda CRX and call it a day? People that are EV enthusiasts like things like range and the Bolt provides that. Something also just occured to me that the story failed to mention: The Bolt only came out in…

The eGolf is hardly competition. Its simply a modified Golf with a mediocre EV range. And given that VW has far worse reliability issues than almost everyone else there’s no way I would buy anything from them anyway.

So far I have 100,000 miles on the Volt. Its actually been stupidly cheap to own. The engine hardly runs and I change the oil every 1.5 years. The tires, brake pads, and everything else seem to wear very minimally.

Yup. People like my parents were burned by GM... in 1984. I’m actually a first time GM owner after some 25 years of owning literally nuttin’ but Toyotas. So far 100k on my Volt and nothing to report...

I suppose you didn’t read tha part of my response comparing the old ( not the word OLD ) Volt to the new prime? Reading comprehension is key, so to say...

But the Prius Prime is only goes 25 miles on a charge. The old Volt ( I have one ) is good for 40. I actually seldom use the gas even though its 38 miles each way for me. If I owned a Prius Prime I’d be using gas every single day both ways. The new Volt goes almost 55 miles on a charge, which is even better and…

The Leaf isn’t the same kind of car. It goes only about 1/3rd the distance and features a more basic air cooled battery design that over time loses charge capacity. Its a lot cheaper for a reason: Because it isn’t nearly the same car as a Bolt by a long shot.

I owned NOTHING but Toyotas for the first 25 years of driving. I too was really turned off by ANYTHING domestic- GM especially due to the crappy issues my parent’s had with theirs when I was a little kid in the early 80's.

Do me a favor: Go out and now test drive a Toyota Prius Prime. My parents own a new Prius V. I own a Chevy Volt. The difference is night and day: The interior of the Prius feels like the “bad old GM” with tons and tons of poorly fitting, squeaky plastic. Its a VERY noticeable difference.