Oh good. Another big sedan with no rear seat headroom or the rear seat cushion at floor height. I can't see one without thinking that whoever bought it is an idiot that doesn't understand the simplest aspects of the physical world they live in.

This would probably be all over the news if it wasn't an NHTSA approved car company.

Nothing like this would happen in the US. [dailycaller.com]

I don't think Volts fail after 180 miles like Fiskers, but I suppose there are a fair number of problems with them. Why are you saying that the Volt should only be compared to other $40K cars when it is pointed out that you'd need to be dense to waste the money in the hope of saving money and then comparing it to a…

You can't save money by buying a car that is far more expensive than cars of similar capabilities and quality no matter what. The Volt isn't as capacious or as luxurious as any other $33K to $45K family sedan. Not even close. It is today's Cosworth Vega. Buy one Cruze for the price of two!

If you were to use the Volt's 30 mile range every day of the year and your electricity were 'free,' you would save about $1,400 a year on gasoline. By buying a car with a 10 to 20 thousand dollar premium. It is hard to save a thimble load of money making decisions that well.

A dealer representative told Ronnie at CarsInDepth that the hood was up to show the car to a friend of the driver. An invisible friend. Why show off an old Cobalt engine when everything else about the car is more exotic anyway? I had dinner plans so I didn't wait to take flatbed truck extraction photos, but the man in…

If they bring this the the US market, it could prove to be Mercedes-Benz's Cimarron.

Probably the same reason a Sonic weighs as much as a 4 door Civic. Meeting crash test standards with inferior engineering.

Car and Driver has it at 2,600 lbs.

The problem with that is that midsized cars and trucks have also gained weight at the same rate. IIHS crashed small cars into midsized cars from the same manufacturers and the crash test dummies in the little cars still bought it. Meanwhile, I rolled a Festiva and a 1st generation CRX Si, and walked away with no more…

The Mazda 2 weighs 2,306 lbs, also lighter than the Fiat. The Miata is lighter too, currently starting at 2,447 lbs. Car and Driver actually puts the Abarth at 2,600 lbs, so there are others that come in under it too.

The Corsa is smaller. It is based on the Gamma platform, like an Aveo.

Delta II - developed by Daewoo for the 2008 Lacetti Premier.

It's called sharing a platform with a cheap-ass Daewoo.

The Ampera looks like a Honda from the front and a Toyota from the back, leaving only the sides absolutely hideous.

Well, the black tape under the side windows is supposed to mimic the ridiculously distorted side windows of the concept Volt. Putting the concept on a Solstice platform when the production car was just going to be a badly reverse engineered Prius was...typical GM.

I'm thinking it is closer to a Kubota in performance.

Yes. I'd be concerned about what will happen if all that bare metal is ever exposed to moisture.

Not having an electric starter seems like a large omission for a car that's claimed to have standardized today's control configuration. My car doesn't have any controls that require me to exit the vehicle to operate.