The textured silver blanking plate up front that replaces a conventional grille, along with a black "Volt" belt line spear on the front fender tie the 2016 model firmly to its lineage. There are echoes of some other cars, too: a touch of Acura in the pointed nose, some older Subaru Legacy sedan in the curve of the taillights. In profile, the Volt has some similarities to the current Honda Civic sedan, another form that uses a steeply raked windshield and rear window. ![]() The front of the car comes to a point and wraps back around the corners, with a rising window line and a tail designed so that it appears from some angles like a very sleek, wedgy sedan. ![]() It's still a five-door hatchback, but its proportions are visually quite different, with a much lower cowl and sculpting on the doors eliminating the slab-sided look of its predecessor. When the range-extending engine does switch on, though, the new Volt is much quieter and less strained even under full power, maintaining the smooth, silent feeling of electric drive even as the engine generates power to drive the car.įrom the outside, the 2016 Chevy Volt is visually lower and much tauter than its predecessor. The company hopes, in fact, that drivers of the new 2016 Volt will be able to make fully 90 percent of all their trips on electricity alone. And that 53 miles of range is realistic, based on our two days of test-driving a very early production model around the San Francisco Bay Area. ![]() Responding to owner requests, Chevy has given the Volt a fifth seat, though it's only for occasional use on short trips by lithe passengers who are on the small side. On the road, it's quieter, smoother, and more powerful than its predecessor.
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