Holden Volt: Hard to Say, Easy to Charge

Sorry to harp on about the Chevy Volt again but today Autoblog Green confirmed that the Chevy Volt will be coming to the land of Oz around 2012 under the sneaky name of the "Holden Volt". While the guts of the car will remain the same it has yet to be confirmed if it'll have a face lift or not. I guess in this current economic climate they'll try to keep the costs down meaning they'll just whack a giant Holden logo on the front.

One good thing about the Volt here in Australia is our 230-240 volt AC power will be able to charge the car's battery pack in half the time the poor 110-120 volt North Americans can.

Looks like I'll be trading my old Nissan in for a Holden come 2012.

Chevy VY Commodore SS

Chevy? WTF? Yes, as previously mentioned in another post Aussie hoons are buying Holdens and rebadging them (or buying them prebadged) with Chevy markings.

I was driving home yesterday when I pulled up at the lights behind this VY Commodore ute with a big fat Chevy logo stuck on its back. I'm not sure about the logic behind this strange phenomenon because this guy has gone to the extent of getting a personalised license plate to tell everyone how proud he is of his purchase then he goes and ditches the Holden lion frisbee.

The obvious link is GM owns Holden and Chevrolet but why change the branding on a car that is only sold as a Holden? Does ANYONE know what's going on here!?