Motor Trend names the Chevy Volt Car of the Year - AND NOT A SINGLE CAR HAS BEEN SOLD YET!!!

same applies to Autospies. that's why they dont cover Nissan/Infiniti as much as they used to, because they dont want to make Agent 001 any richer. thats a fact btw.

Wow, 00R your rant has NOTHING to do with the article. Great flame bait though.

The Volt represents a HUGE technological leap forward for the industry in general. But hey why let facts get in the way of your bias?

@91z4me

Whoa whoa, chief.

This was penned by 00J.

My bad 00R, lets replace your name with 00J in the previous post.

Actually it's a step backwards! GM had the EV-1 in the 90's that was pure electric with a 60 mile range, alleged, while still being able to beat many "everyman" sports cars off the line.

ev-1 had a limited operating range while gas is around the volt dose not.

So a small, four seat, $42k econocar (mid 30's with govt subsidies) that is a just a hybrid is the car of the year? Motor Trend should be embarressed.

It isn't just a hybrid, how many 'just a hybrids' can go around 40 miles on pure electric?

The Volt was promised to only have a gas engine to recharge the battery pack. Instead, it debuts with the gas engine directly powering the wheels. Got to love Govt. Motors.

Plus, GM is losing money on EVERY Volt sold. Car & Driver estimated that GM would still lose money even if it was priced at $60k. Not the best business plan for a company that is emerging from a taxpayer supported bankrupcy.

HMMM I remember the first Prius going through the same growing pains before it became what it is today it to funded by the Japanese government. There is way to much bias in this site if this car had a "L" it would be the reinvention of the wheel for a lot of people on here.

Escalade are you saying that if it was a Cadillac it would be the reinvention of the wheel?

And this surprises us in what way? I applaud the technology in the Volt and agree it is a significant development. But, it's been quite some time since the MTCOY has meant anything significant, if ever. As a matter of fact, when I was in the business, we used to groan whenever one of our cars got the COY from MT. It was a sure kiss of death. Just peruse a list of past winners for an amusing afternoon.

I agree with GTR35. The biggest german auto maker fanboys making these statements.

Before we blast this thing, let's wait until it spends some time on the road, and we get *real* Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) numbers in, over several years. That's when we will truly learn if this car delivers superior anything, or if it's just another also-ran on the EV/Hybrid bandwagon (and a relatively expensive one, at that).

If you wait several years something better will have come along. Or it will have been replaced.

@Joe_Limon: We all get to speculate now, or *know* later.

Here is the list for the past 40 years:

2011 Chevrolet Volt
2010 Ford Fusion
2009 Nissan GT-R
2008 Cadillac CTS
2007 Toyota Camry
2006 Honda Civic
2005 Chrysler 300
2004 Toyota Prius
2003 Infiniti G35
2002 Ford Thunderbird
2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser
2000 Lincoln LS
1999 Chrysler 300M
1998 Chevrolet Corvette
1997 Chevrolet Malibu
1996 Dodge Caravan
1995 Chrysler Cirrus
1994 Ford Mustang
1993 Ford Probe GT
1992 Cadillac Seville Touring Sedan
1991 Chevrolet Caprice Classic LTZ
1990 Lincoln Town Car
1989 Ford Thunderbird SC
1988 Pontiac Grand Prix
1987 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
1986 Ford Taurus LX
1985 Volkswagen GTI
1984 Chevrolet Corvette
1983 AMC / Renault Alliance
1982 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
1981 Chrysler K Cars, Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant
1980 Chevrolet Citation
1979 Buick Riviera S
1978 Chrysler, Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon
1977 Chevrolet Caprice
1976 Chrysler, Dodge Aspen and Plymouth Volare
1975 Chevrolet Monza 2+2
1974 Ford Mustang II
1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
1972 Citroën SM
1971 Chevrolet Vega
1970 Ford Torino

1980 Chevrolet Citation - I just don't know what to say...

How about the 2002 winner: Ford Thunderbird. The car that was delayed for over a year because of over heating problems and then discontinued because no one wanted to pay the $2,000 - $5,000 dealer mark-up on the car.

Why anyone would look to Motor Trend, besides sometimes pretty pictures, is beyond me.

The last decade of choices doesn't seem so bad, but the 90's on back was horrible with just a few exceptions.

1972 Citroen SM - YEAH

So the question stands, how much did they pay to be number one?

Probably a couple million of our dollars over the year in advertising and the mentioning of Motor Trend in the series of ads that will be run during the car's life cycle.

Just because you program the car to prioritize driving on electric power and give it the ability to be charged from an electrical outlet, instead of driving on a gas engine & switching to electric power under certain circumstances, does not make this car a significant departure from vehicles already on the market! Aftermarket kits to convert hybrids to plug-in hybrids have been available for years.

I applaud technological advances that benefit the environment, but the Volt seems more like Marketing Hype. This is why people are in an "uproar" and are saying "bs". It's not about the design, "hate" against the manufacturer of the vehicle or editorial validity of a FOR-PROFIT magazine publisher.

It is the most advanced car out there.The main question is who is paying you guys to bad mouth it.

The Volt is not even the most advanced car in the North American market, let alone in the world. Want proof, Google the "elica": all electric, 200 mile range on pure electricity. One prototype reached 230 mph.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliica

Agent 00J has posted a link to Fox News' website as a means of pointing us to the "official story" when the official story comes from Motor Trend. Now, anybody that sits down at a computer and logs on to foxnews.com clearly has an agenda and cannot be trusted to make any rational statement. The Motor Trend COTY may not mean anything tangible but guess what, that trophy is one of the coolest in the world, second only to the Academy Award statuette. Most of us are car guys (some of us are politician-wannabe scum, and the rest are just pure assholes) so we can lay off the bullshit because if a car we actually like turns up on top of the COTY list we would be happy. Set of hypocrites.

The Volt rightfully won there is not a production car of it's kind on the planet with the same capabilities as the Volt. Many of you dislike this car because it's merely not wearing the badge of your favorite automaker. Kudos to GM and there design team.

This car is breaking down a huge barrier. I implore you all to actually go read the MT articles on it, they are very insightful. In a few years once this car has been in the hands of actual drivers for a while, is when we'll start seeing its real value.