Rumorpile: Opel Ampera To Disappear In 2016

Very sad as they clearly are not marketing it properly and have not put together a better solution that the public will buy. While I think the look of the Opel is ugly, the technology needs to get into CUV's and other auto's. Makes one wonder if Opel is doing to the Ampera what GM did with Pontiac, Olds and Saturn with piss poor marketing and the wrong package combination.

That's fine.  No great shakes.  So the traditionally frugal Europeans don't care for the Ampera, what're ya gonna do?

Opel is a hot disorganized mess. The problem is not the car, it is the lack of organization on the part of Opel.

no places to plug it in there?

Sad, it is the best looking variant this side of the ELR.

kleenex?   

Yes... because it was an interesting front clip design that is not at all the homogenious trapazoid we get on every single car these days.

That much is true.

Not sure which I like more, I have to lean towards the VOLT as the Ampera just does not look good to me with that funky nose.

see, I like that nose.

The Holden logo on the nose of the Chevy Volt just looks awkward.

Agreed, that Holden re-badge job is terrible.

Whatever happened to the Flextreme?

Glad to see the volt selling. Where are the arch idiot twats like Cspec who said the car was vaporware and would never be produced?

Volts are interesting..a.coworker of mine has had his for a year, still loves it and is a vocal cheerleader for it on volt forums online.  The biggest negatives I see about the car is the cramped interior and poor outward visibility.

Edited August 3, 201411 yr by Cubical-aka-Moltar

They are a fantastic drive.  A recent Uber driver picked me up in one. Made it from my house to the airport entirely in EV mode... 27 miles.