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Originally Posted by 1320B4U
I know the volt wasn't a model for profitability but GM will most likely scrape this platform early..not build upon/off it....and like the ev1 was an exercise in just throwing $ away w/out truely learning a lot from it.
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Nope, not this time they aren't. Volt wasn't some exercise in trying to get by California's zero emissions regulation. No, this is an investment into future powertrains. Volt is just the beginning. The power generator mated to electric motor is the way we will be driving in the future. Volt just showed us a way that electric cars can be functional in our current society and infrastructure. Replace the 1.4 gas motor with a diesel engine, a turbine, hydrogen power cell, what have you, and that's what we will see.
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How could they go retro w/the 5th gen by building off the curved lines of the 4th gen?? This couldn't be possible. What some 4th-gen guys need to realize that 3rd gen guys have figured out awhile ago is that it is quite possible that their model year (4th gens) aren't the greatest camaros ever made. The 4th gens did address faults of the 3rd gen in terms of fitment, hp and trans improvements etc. 5th gens built upon 4th gen faults even more so. ..etc etc etc.
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5th gen builds off 4th gen by adding design, quality, more power, better standard equipment all around, safer, more fuel efficient....
The only thing the 4th gen is good for is so that they can supply powertrains to older GM and non-GM products.