OK, am I the only person that notices in SOME pictures of The Volt where it seems the DOORS are mounted funny? Especially the FRONT door in some pics almost appears to me to be mounted in an overlapping like fashion. Now why is that?
The points about the rear window are well taken. I think this "big butt" design is going to become very popular, very fast. Why? Have you all seen all of the so called "cross-over" vehicles being produced now? To me they all seem to have a fat back-end to them. In the example of The Volt, it still reminds me a lot of the Prius I was behind at a drive thru last week. It also reminds me a little bit of the back of the Cobalt I have, but the angle on my rear window is nowhere near THAT steep, and I do have enough horizontal space for what can still be called a trunk.
For example, here is the rear of my 09 Cobalt XFE:
