[DGthe3]

The '230 mpg' on the volt is merely because it has to have some rating. But what do you rate it as? Infinite, since it doesn't need to use any gas ever? Or ~45 mpg for when its in generator mode? Even then the engine will be going on and off now and then and not running constantly, so 1 gallon of gas will have a massive variance in range since its a completely different type of vehicle. There is no way to accurately give it 1 number for fuel economy.

The Cimeron was hated because the car was not worthy of being a Cadillac. It was obviously a Cavalier and GM did nothing to improve the vehicle to make it into a Caddy. If they were to put a egg crate grill and the Cadillac crest onto a Cobalt it would get the exact same response as the Cimeron did. GM has mostly moved past that style of badge engineering. Compare the lambda crossovers: Enclave, Traverse, and Acadia. Each one is unique and fitting of the brand, but all share the same basics because of their common platform. I am sure something similar could be done with the new Cruze if they decided to.

I don't know what you mean about Hummer. GM won't have anything to do with them going green since they've sold the brand to the Chinese.