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Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by rootusrootus on Monday August 12, 2019 @01:19PM (#20677567)
I would rather they upsized it slightly. The Volt is essentially a Cruze body with a different drivetrain, and it is pretty small. I looked at buying one but banging my head on the roof on my way to sit down made me rethink the plan. It doesn't even need to be that much bigger, maybe just taller. A Prius, by comparison, is pretty spacious.
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Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by WorldMaker on Monday August 12, 2019 @01:59PM (#20678079)
The Gen 1 Volt wasn't just a Cruze body and was a hatchback closer to the "cross-over" territory that is currently all the rage for them. For cost cutting GM moved the Gen 2 Volt into a Cruze body, and then GM killed the Gen 2 Volt for not being a cross-over or hatchback.
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Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by bduerst on Monday August 12, 2019 @02:08PM (#20678165)
Same. Test drove a Volt and it felt like a plastic toy car, meanwhile the Bolt actually has headroom.
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