Cars & Coffee: Chevy shocks the crowd, brings Volt

November 28th, 2009 admin

Filed under: LA Auto Show , Hybrid , Sedan , Etc. , Chevrolet , Electric 2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery General Motors shocked the crowd at Cars & Coffee this weekend by bringing out the 2 011 Chevy Volt . Representatives on hand said this is the same car that will be on display at the LA Auto Show next week. They added that this is a pre-production model with a lot of development miles on it. For all that, it looked pretty good, especially given the wet conditions. We were disappointed that nobody faked an electric shock when touching the car in the damp lot. Lack of hijinks aside, it seemed most people at the show liked the Volt, although several walked right past it, not realizing what …


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