Chevrolet's Volt extended-range plug-in car, launched late last year, has gotten glowing reviews from many auto critics. But Consumer Reports isn't among them.
The influential magazine, to which many consumers turn for advice on buying cars and other consumer goods and services, offered a harsh initial review of the Volt.
"When you are looking at purely dollars and cents, it doesn't really make a lot of sense. The Volt isn't particularly efficient as an electric vehicle, and it's not particularly good as a gas vehicle either in terms of fuel economy," David Champion, senior director of Consumer Reports auto testing center, told reporters Monday.
"This is going to be a tough sell to the average consumer."
GM spokesman Rob Peterson said, "Ourcustomers are absolutely loving the Volt, and telling ussomething entirely different" than Consumer Reports, which said the car got 25-27 miles on electric power alone during its testing in Connecticut during a harsh winter.
Peterson called the testing conditions "extremely harsh weather."
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The influential magazine, to which many consumers turn for advice on buying cars and other consumer goods and services, offered a harsh initial review of the Volt.
"When you are looking at purely dollars and cents, it doesn't really make a lot of sense. The Volt isn't particularly efficient as an electric vehicle, and it's not particularly good as a gas vehicle either in terms of fuel economy," David Champion, senior director of Consumer Reports auto testing center, told reporters Monday.
"This is going to be a tough sell to the average consumer."
GM spokesman Rob Peterson said, "Ourcustomers are absolutely loving the Volt, and telling ussomething entirely different" than Consumer Reports, which said the car got 25-27 miles on electric power alone during its testing in Connecticut during a harsh winter.
Peterson called the testing conditions "extremely harsh weather."
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