Joeb427

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Chevy Volt named European Car of the Year
By Paul A. Eisenstein, The Detroit Bureau

It’s been a tough year for the Chevrolet Volt, General Motors’ once-celebrated plug-in hybrid. But perhaps it’s about to see its fortunes turn as a jury of Continental motoring journalists declare Volt and its Opel Ampera sibling the European Car of the year.
That victory comes 14 months after the Volt took North American Car of the Year honors – but, oh, how much has happened in-between. Just last week, GM announced it will shut down production of Volt and Ampera for five weeks due to excess inventory, a problem exacerbated by reports that several Volt battery packs caught fire after U.S. crash tests.

http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_new...ar-of-the-year

Hoovey689

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wow how did this happen lol

bitkahuna

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obama is loved over there.

GiantsFan

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lol... Grass is greener on the other side, huh?

They have a lot of great cars to choose from, yet they pick the Chevy volt lol.

kikcaffine

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Prob won the 2012 European Car of the Year award in the plug in/electric/made of beer cans class

DustinV

It probably won in the "import" category. There are always two awards here, local and imports.

GS3Tek

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Do they get the $10k rebate over there?

Orzel

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Well considering that when the "natives" get restless over there, they light cars on fire, at least with the Volt, they don’t have to worry about an ignition source!