[jason]

Washington — Consumer Reports offered a harsh initial review of the Chevrolet Volt, questioning whether General Motors Co.'s flagship vehicle makes economic "sense."The extended-range plug-in electric vehicle is on the cover of the April issue — the influential magazine's annual survey of vehicles — but the GM vehicle comes in for criticism.
"When you are looking at purely dollars and cents, it doesn't really make a lot of sense. The Volt isn't particularly efficient as an electric vehicle and it's not particularly good as a gas vehicle either in terms of fuel economy," said David Champion, the senior director of Consumer Reports auto testing center at a meeting with reporters here. "This is going to be a tough sell to the average consumer."

From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20110228/...#ixzz1FqRBhV6J

[Chevy_Lover]

I was very happy for this report. I want to buy a Leaf and my husband a Volt. This means that the scale is tipping in my favor. We are in the early negotiating stages as to what my next car is going to be.

[DrivesMeCrazy]

I think the Leaf looks like an awesome vehicle, personally. I've liked Nissan for a long time, anyway, but the Leaf just really seems like a great car.