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General Motors confirms US pricing for its radical new range-extender hybrid

Chevrolet has opened the order book on its Volt range-extender hybrid - and confirmed a price for the car: $41,000 (£26,400) minus tax credits.

The Volt will be initially available to Chevrolet customers in California, New York, Michigan, Connecticut, Texas, New Jersey and Washington DC, with initial deliveries due to start before the end of this year.

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GM says the $41,000 price will come down to as little as $33,500 (£21,500) once a federal income tax credit is applied - although the credit does vary between $0 and £7500 (£4500).

The firm is also to offer the car on a three-year lease scheme from $350 (£225) per month, after an initial $2500 (£1600) payment. Again, though, these figures will rise if the is not eligible for the full $7500 tax credit.

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GM claims the Volt has a range of around 340 miles, and is offering an eight-year/100,000-mile warranty on its battery pack. It is also including five years of OnStar vehicle connectivity as standard.

The European version of the car, the Ampera, is not due on sale until 2012. Sources say that GM Europe is likely to keep its price under £30,000 in the UK - but not by much.

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crashbangwallop 28 July 2010

Re: Chevrolet Volt goes on sale

Its usual for US companies to charge as £ their $ prices in the UK, so $41k in the US is heading for £41k in the UK

MrTrilby 28 July 2010

Re: Chevrolet Volt goes on sale

For information, the Prius in the USA starts from $23k. That's a fair chunk cheaper than $40k for the Volt. I'm not especially convinced the Volt is the better car, but I do welcome its arrival and introduction of a different take on hybrid technology. Not of interest to us though because compared to the Prius, it's too expensive and too small.

evanstim 28 July 2010

Re: Chevrolet Volt goes on sale

Why all the negative comments about the price?

A Toyota Prius, similarly equipped, is around £22,000. The Chevrolet Volt quote is £26,400 without the tax credits. Dial in the tax credits and the pricing will be very similar, for what arguably is a better car - it is certainly more technically advanced. The proof will be, as they say, in the inevitable comparison tests.

Besides, we do not know what price GM will put on the vehicle in the UK yet, so this really is a moot argument in which to be engaging.

I think the Volt will be a revolutionary vehicle and will have a far greater impact than the Prius and Insight. By this I mean not just the vehicle itself - wait until GM trickle the Volt technology down to other vehicles.