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Old 12-07-2008, 05:50 AM   #7 (permalink)
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You scared me, but that's the old concept car he is talking about, not the production model which is much better in looks and aerodynamics (but nothing that knocks anyone's socks off).

Still, I think this is a perfect example of where GM has gone off the track and why they are facing bankruptcy. Apparently their professional automobile engineers didn't have a clue about how to add aerodynamic efficiencies to a car that requires them. Instead they made it look like a gangsta car. It was just more image over reality that has plagued Detroit for decades. It's almost like they didn't even think about the car as a system.

That Opel is a beautiful thing, and much more attractive than the new Volt. If the production Chevy Volt looked like that I'd be on the waiting list.
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