2012 Holden Volt official images at MIMS

By David Twomey | February 27th, 2009

Holden has released the first official images of the new extended range Volt as it will appear on Australian roads.

2011 Chevrolet Volt Production Show Car

The new images depict a right-hand drive version of the Volt wearing Holden badges; also confirming Australia would receive the US variant rather than the recently revealed Euro-version Ampera.

GM Holden Chairman and Managing Director, Mark Reuss said the company had been overwhelmed by public interest in the new Volt since announcing it would debut locally in 2012.

2011 Chevrolet Volt Production Show Car

“We think Volt has the potential to change the game in Australian motoring,”

“At Holden, we believe Volt will play an incredibly important role in our efforts to make motoring better for the environment.”

GM has calculated that charging the vehicle each night through a standard power outlet will use less electricity per year than an average household refrigerator.

The Volt is planned for production at GM’s Detroit-Hamtrack Assembly and is scheduled for launch in the US in late 2010 followed by the right-hand version soon after.

Power

Isnt it a bit premature to be saying that this car will even be built? GM will hopefully be out of business before then……
Tailshaft

So Holden will get the American built version……well the build quality will be right up there with Lada ! Another re-badged Holden……do they design anything themselves except a few Commodore panels? Obviously not, they sacked 600 engineers, dont need engineers anymore at Holden, just people to put badges on the front at the dock …….
Pauly

wow 2012 is the release date? ouch…

Shame because the European Styled Volt does look alot nicer imo. I would have thought it would have been easier for Holden to import the European Volt, since it will be made with Right Hand Drive in mind.

Since the American Volt is focusing on the American Market, Right Hand Drive is not their preference, thus the massive delay till 2012!!!

Heres hoping they price it like a Holden too…

I have feeling if you want a car like this you will need to cough up 60K+
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=674330849 lazybones

How much, i’m hearing $40K USD which usally means $75AUD Here!!! Lets hope there is a massive subsidy from the rudd government, like 30K
o

dammit the ampera looks much better why can twe have that
Myke

Isn’t a bit premature to be releasing pics of a car, that is still three years away? By the time it’s released it will already need a mid-life facelift.
Bret

Myke, one word: PUBLICITY.
When you’ve actually got nothing to show, show it.
Lee

Myke, what, you mean like the Camaro?
Richo

Power – what a fine asshole you must be.. you HOPE that thousands of people in Australia and hundreds of thousands around the world will be out of a job.. you absolute mongrel
Bret

Richo, spot on!
Glenn

Power,
You should change your name to moron what sort of moron are you wanting to see thousnads of families across the world effected by GM shutting down. The world would go into meltdown you dickhead your comments dont rate.
Andronicus

I have to say I have lost faith in my Holden’s (Ive had a few now, always seem to have issues) but I really do like the look of this.

Pity we have to wait till 2012 though.
FORD_ADDICT

shame if you run out of electricity in the middle of the freeway.
how are you going to get out of that dilemma???
great for GM, but not for the people. i pity the build quality and reliability.
good to see holden are finally using their head even though its just rebadged
Frenchie

Ford Accident:
The volt has a petrol engine that charges the battery when it gets low if needed.

Wish GM would speed up their launch dates on there vehicle, they are ever so slow.
Frenchie

Power if GM goes out of business then watch them all fall like dominoes. This industry is so intertwined that if a large car company such as GM go under it would take alot of players with them and jokers like you!
Nightshifter

@Richo

Don’t be so short sighted. If you keep patching and pumping up an inviable, bloated bubble that GM appear to be now. It will just burst even harder at the end.

Unless GM is proven to be viable in the long term, there is no point in hoping it stay alive so people don’t lose their job for now.
http://aca GM Nutters Are Jokers

Truth is people, if GM goes then ‘NO’ not everything will go with it you blind freaks.

The world is made up of many, many companies and in the auto-industry alone – Toyota / Lexus, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Honda, Mazda, Ford, VW / Audi, BMW, M’Benz and even Hyundai / Kia these days are all good companies and will simply fill in the void left by GM … easy as that !!!

Large American airlines have been collapsing for years but do the rest of them fold … NO !!

When Ansett collapsed, initially 16 000 people were out of work but eventually the bulk of those were re-employed by Qantas and Virgin.

Be absolutely no different if or when GM goes belly up… PERIOD

Tinman

Just as well Virgin airlines came along in the nick of time.

Richo

Nightsifter – so its not worth even trying to turn it into a viable business then? Thats the point, Power was HOPING that it would go under, i cannot comprehend how someone could possibly WANT so many people to loose their jobs, surely you would rather WANT GM to be turned around
Dave

@Pauly

“I would have thought it would have been easier for Holden to import the European Volt, since it will be made with Right Hand Drive in mind”

I think you’ll find the majority of Europe is left hand drive too – it’s only really Britain that’s RHD, so it doesn’t really make much difference.