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The volt looked awesome in concept form. In fact, if the volt looked like it did as a concept, I may be buying a different car. But someone at GM

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Old 01-12-2009, 10:37 PM   #16 (permalink)
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The volt looked awesome in concept form. In fact, if the volt looked like it did as a concept, I may be buying a different car. But someone at GM went "Whoa whoa whoa guys, this thing isn't ugly enough to be a hybrid!"
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The volt looked awesome in concept form. In fact, if the volt looked like it did as a concept, I may be buying a different car. But someone at GM went "Whoa whoa whoa guys, this thing isn't ugly enough to be a hybrid!"
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Yeah, GM has a knack for uglying up a car really fast. Their designers come up with some cool concept designs and GM figures out a way to tone them down to cheap and mediocre.
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