Production photos of Chevy Volt show big changes from concept car

The production version of the Chevrolet Volt electric car is a small four-door sedan that bears no resemblance to the low, sleek, two-door sports coupe that Chevy exhibited on the 2007 auto-show circuit to drum up interest in the vehicle and boost General Motors’ image as leaning green.

Official GM photos of the car were posted accidentally by Wieck Media, a clearinghouse for automakers’ pictures, for just 12 minutes Monday. But that was long enough for them to be downloaded and published by thecarconnection.com and other online sites. The pictures were quickly “put back in the vault” as soon as GM noticed, according to Chevy spokesman Terry Rhadigan.


GM had been telegraphing that the real car’s styling would be different because the show car, despite its sleek appearance, was an aerodynamic disaster that would have used too much power just plowing through the air. Despite the automaker’s hints, the radical change