Here we are at the beginning of the release of the Chevy Volt to consumers across the country and GM is apparently already looking ahead.
Many of us fans of the Volt have long expressed a desire to have an extended range electric crossover, and a car that could at least seat five.
GM has always listened carefully to this site’s community and many of the decision makers review our comments closely and regularly.
In April, at the Beijing Auto Show, GM unveiled the Volt MPV5 Crossover concept which looked a lot like a taller Chevy Volt. More recently GM’s head of Europe, Nick Reilly, said in an interview that the company had plans to bring such a car to production by 2015, at least in Europe.
Today a new report surfaced in Car and Driver indicating GM may soon be unveiling the US version of the 5-seat Voltec crossover vehilce.
The report notes that GM recently bought the domain names Chevyamp.com and Chevroletamp.com and that the car will thus be called the Chevy Amp.
The report also goes on to suggest GM will reveal the vehicle perhaps in production form at the Detroit Auto Show this coming January.
We have seen other great EREVs show before that never came to be, such as the Cadillac Converj.
But a solidly performing high-tech larger utility sized Voltec vehicle that significantly reduces gas use could certainly sell in volumes though.
I’d add a third row.
Guess we’ll have lots to talk about the next four years.
Source (Car and Driver)
