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I love my Volt, even having had a Model 3 reservation and done a test drive. I'm not saying it's a better car in any objective sense, but its compromises are areas I'm fine with. Honestly, I can't believe the Volt wasn't more popular. It's probably being due to not educating consumers enough about it, being strange looking, and being a GM.

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Yep, just imagine if Toyota had launched the Volt instead of the Prius. Or VW had made a Jetta-class vehicle with the Volt's drivetrain. Assuming they could get the battery supplies, it would have sold like bonkers.

In many ways the Volt is too good to be true, and I think that makes buyers skeptical.

Biggest fault is insufficient cabin space.

Toyota has a plug-in Prius now, the Prius Prime. It isn't selling that well. Kinda like the Volt.

I kind of wanted to get one at the end of 2017 because of the tax credits. However, even with that, the price was higher than I wanted to spend on a vehicle. The reduced cargo space was a slight concern too.

That's because the Prius Prime is lousy. It has less oomph than the standard Prius and is noisy as all get out.

Having just test driven a whole bunch of these cars and just bought a Volt in 2018, I can tell you:

1) The Volt has really good power 2) The Volt is really quiet 3) The Volt has really good range

Nothing else even came close at the same price point.

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