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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (882532)	9/1/2015 8:09:24 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) of 1575595

This Volt is a whole new deal, as revolutionary anything else out there. Try it again. Read more: motortrend.com “Um, golly, this is a really fun.” I dip in and out of the throttle, ginning and rotating the cornering car exactly so. The steering effort is slightly heavy—I like that. I squeeze the Regen on Demand paddles behind the steering wheel to whoa-down the car with my fingers. Cool. The car moves as a coherent whole, balanced, responsive, reminding me of how suited a properly integrated electric drivetrain is for serious driving (see every story written about Tesla for more information). The original Volt had some real strengths—finger-snap torque off the line being the best. But it heaved heavily over road undulations, and its engine sometimes went into a panicked, roaring regen frenzy when the battery got too low. This one has no vices. I’d forgotten from our press drive along Pacific Coast Highway how nimble it is. How its sense of battery weight now feels more like solid, road-quieting ride motions. Never did the new, bigger engine sweat and scream to redline to recharge the battery—it’s too smart to let itself get painted into an awkward operational corner like that. Although the Volt’s 120-foot emergency stopping distance is so-so, the vastly better brake feel is great for briefly scrubbing speed. I look at the clock. One more lap. Hah! Long day. Gotta do one more lap. With the guard pacing, we hand the keys to Victor and he drives away. Chris and I shake our heads and smile. What a GD day. FYI...MT drive of the new Volt...thought you might find interesting. Al

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