Chevy Volt Wins Car of the Year

Plug-in hybrid gets love from nation's largest auto show
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 10, 2011 11:45 AM CST
Chevy Volt Wins Car of the Year
Felix Kramer, founder of CalCars, poses for a photograph next to his new Chevy Volt electric car in Redwood City, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010.   (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

If the desire to go green wasn’t enough to convince you to buy a Chevrolet Volt, maybe this will: The $41,000 plug-in hybrid was named North American Car of the Year at the country's largest auto show. The Volt beat out Nissan’s all-electric Leaf and Hyundai's Sonata sedan to snag the top honor at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It's the latest in a long line of awards for the car, including Motor Trend Car of the Year, CrunchGear notes—but not everyone is impressed. Bloomberg reports that Ford's Explorer grabbed Truck of the Year.
(More Chevrolet Volt stories.)

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