[Jamestwilliams]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

I'm starting to think that people have lost sight of what the word "concept" means. Get this straight people, concept DOES NOT equal production car. The concept is just a preview of things to come. It does NOT necessarily have to be the final production car. In a vehicle like the Volt, GM needed an edgy, eye-catching outer shell to draw interest to the technology inside. They never said, "Here's the 2010 Chevy Volt, this is pretty much what it will look like." I knew from the start that the concept would not be the final production version, and it's ridiculous of anyone to think that. Very rarely is any concept directly translated to production, even the Camaro's missing some conceptual elements.

So, for the last time, the concept was perhaps the most un-aerodynamic thing GM's ever built, and that's why the production Volt doesn't look like the concept. Sure, GM can build you a Volt that takes directly after the concept, but would you rather a 40+ mile range or a 20 mile range?

And yes, the Volt does indeed look a lot like a civic, but like it or not, the civic is very aerodynamic, which is one of the secrets behind its fuel economy.

By the way, the acura csx posted above IS a civic. Honda just slapped an acura badge on a civic si as well as different tail lights.

Everyone was spoiled by the Camaro, it doesn't look a whole lot different than the concept. If you hadn't seen the concept for a long time then saw the production model you wouldn't realize there was a difference. So people seem to expect this to happen with every vehicle now.