The European version of Chevy Volt, the Vauxhall/Opel Ampera, passed EuroNCAP crash tests with flying colors, clutching five stars on the way out. Read More… Based on the tests done on the Volt, and sicne these cars are virtually the same, everybody knew it would score the highest ranking. The Ampera actually exceeded the maximum [...]

It’s getting hard understanding Chevrolet Volt’s pricing policy! In America it has a MSRP of $41,000, but some dealers take it up even 60 grand. Then in Europe it is priced at 41,950 Euro. And then there’s the Opel Ampera, the European version of the Volt which is priced at 42,900 Euro! Read More… Of [...]

The official pricing of the Opel Ampera has been revealed as the order books open for the European version of Chevy Volt. This four seater electric car which can drives 40 – 80 km just on electricity before the range extender engine kicks in giving it a total range around 500 Km, starts at 36,050 [...]

Last Friday the first pre-production model of the Opel/Vauxhall Amprea electric Sedan rolled off the line at GM’s Pre-Production Operations’ assembly line in Warren, Michigan. That means the car is almost ready for mass production, after they fully developed a few more things and did some other tests, such as the final vehicle software and [...]

The new Opel Ampera, the European version of Chevy Volt, has received its initial charge Opel/Vauxhall’s European headquarters, as it prepares for a 370-mile journey from Rüsselsheim, Germany, to the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland. This is probably the best way for Opel to show off capabilities of the Ampera, which is powered by an [...]