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M Bilal Tahir
Holden Volt (2012)It might sport a revolutionary new drivetrain and be the subject of more column inches than a next-gen iPhone escaping from Guantanamo Bay and freeing Aung San Suu Kyi, but the Volt impresses thanks to its ordinariness.
The Chevrolet Volt has probably been "coming soon" for longer than any vehicle in automotive history, but trust us, it's real. We know this because we were recently handed the keys to a preproduction version of GM's electric prius-hunterfor a test drive in down-town San Francisco.
GM tells us that this preproduction model was hand-built late last year, and that substantial tweaks have been made to both the software driving the Volt and the fit and finish of the interior of newer versions being tested elsewhere...
