Yes, if course we are talking about the uber fashionable and rarely purchased Chevy Meltdown, er, Volt
(MSNBC) It’s been a tough year for the Chevrolet Volt, General Motors’ once-celebrated plug-in hybrid. But perhaps it’s about to see its fortunes turn as a jury of Continental motoring journalists declare Volt and its Opel Ampera sibling the European Car of the year.
That victory comes 14 months after the Volt took North American Car of the Year honors –but, oh, how much has happened in-between. Just last week, GM announced it will shut down production of Volt and Ampera for five weeks due to excess inventory, a problem exacerbated by reports that several Volt battery packs caught fire after U.S. crash tests.
Let me run a few names by you (doing this on my Droid phone, so no bullet list) : 1980 Chevy Citation. 1983 Renault Alliance. 1976 Plymouth Volare. 1974 Ford Mustang II. Chrysler Cirrus. Oh, and how about the 1999 Volkswagen Beetle, a car reviewers called a car that was better to be seen in than to drive? Or the 2001 PT Cruiser? Like all the aforementioned vehicles, it was named a Car Of The Year. 2001 was also the year that the Prius was introduced around the world (NHW11 model). No one was giving it car of the year awards. Though, it did come in 3rd for the European award that year.
Verum Serum is highly amused at the award, considering they can’t sell them.
