Chevy Volt named North American Car of the Year
The Chevrolet Volt was named North American Car of the Year at the Detroit Auto Show. It is just another marketing jolt for the electric car. The Volt runs on electricity for 40 miles before a backup gas engine kicks in. The Volt beat out the Nissan Lea and the Hyundai Sonata in the annual ceremony on the first day of previews for the Detroit Auto Show.
Forty nine auto journalists from Canada and the United States made the picks. Vehicles were judged on safety, design, handling, innovation, value and driver satisfaction.
The award is the latest in a string of accolades for the Volt which went on sale recently and costs around $40k. It was named Green Car of the Year at the Los Angeles Auto Show last month. Motor Trend and Automobile Magazine named it the 2011 car of the year as well.
The Volt is being assembled in Detroit and General Motors predts it wll sell 10,000 of them in 2011 and upwards of 25,000 in 2012.
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