So...GM gets two...Ford gets one, and that makes 3 total domestics on the list....
Given the large number of companies out there (more than ten...) That's pretty good!!
The list will change from year to year based on the preferences of the editors (another reason I really don't put much clout in "best" lists...), so overall this is a pretty good thing!
The Camaro, in all its forms, is best to US...that's all that matters.
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Originally Posted by Orange Krate
I am excited are you?  LOL
Jury is still out.
Observation: At the LA Autoshow people were looking at the Camaro and Vette not the Volt. I stood in the distance for 2 hours counting people watching. The difference was night and day.
Factoid: There is a fundamental problem with battery powered cars and the problem is one the industry has been chasing for 100 years! It is called storage capacity. The bottom line is that there is no cheaper way to make energy then fossil fuel. Plain and simple. When they can develop a battery that is reasonably priced (average consumer), that can be charged with a standard household extension cord, gets at least 300-400 miles range, then electrics will sell like hotcakes. Don't forget to throw in some style and accessories all of which add weight and cut down on available charge/distance.
Car manufacturers are making these because of governmental research incentives and the "green movement". If those incentives went away...then the competition is on for style and power because that is what drives the market.
Supply and demand gets the price/profit. Case in point new Camaro low availability and new generation...dealer tacks on $5000.00 "popularity stipend". After a year...-$2000 off of MSRP. Our good friends at GM need to make sure the Volt doesn't turn into the next Vega! Both 4 letter cars beginning with V. One of them wasn't victorious at the market. Volt definately has one thing going for it... its not a Prius!
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The Volt will succeed. The first generation has already sold out for the most part (albeit to fleet sales to GE), and gas prices will not be getting any cheaper. Nor should the Volt get more expensive (like a TV), in fact, subsequent generations may see a price
drop.
Couple that to the outstanding impressions the car is making on everyone everywhere (I've yet to read a negative anything about it).....and you get another home-run. The Volt is in the right place at the right time, unlike the EV-1, and so given a little time...it will fit right in. And one day, hopefully be as common as a Prius.