Volt uye Ampere "Mota Yegore 2012"
Chevrolet Volt uye Opel Ampera vakanzi "Cars of the Year 2012". Uyu mubairo une mukurumbira, wakapihwa nedare revatori venhau makumi mashanu nevapfumbamwe vanobva kunyika makumi maviri nenhatu dzemuEurope, unosimbisa kuzvipira kwenguva refu kweGeneral Motors mukuvandudza matekinoroji. Opel Ampera neChevrolet Volt ndivo vakahwina zviri pachena nemapoinzi mazana matatu nemakumi matatu. Nzvimbo dzinotevera dzakatorwa ne: VW Up (59 points) neFord Focus (23 points).
Chekutanga zvachose COTY Awards, yekupedzisira kusarudzwa kweanokunda 
yakaitwa paGeneva Motor Show. Karl-Friedrich Stracke, Managing Director weOpel/Vauxhall, naSusan Docherty, Mutungamiriri uye Managing Director weChevrolet Europe, vakabatana vakagamuchira mubairo kubva kuna Hakan Matson, Sachigaro weCOTY Jury.
Iwo maAmpera neVolt modhi akabatana akahwina chikamu chekupedzisira chemakwikwi, umo vakakwikwidza vanomwe vakakwikwidza. Pakazara, 2012 zvigadzirwa zvitsva zvemusika wemotokari zvakatora chikamu mukurwira zita re "Car of the Year 35". Nzira dzekusarudza dzakashandiswa nedare redzimhosva dzaive dzakavakirwa pahunhu hwakadai sedhizaini, nyaradzo, mashandiro, tekinoroji yehunyanzvi uye kugona - maAmpera neVolt modhi mune ese aya mapoka.
"Tinodada nemubairo wakasarudzika uyu, wakapihwa nedare revatapi venhau vane mukurumbira vekuEurope," akadaro Susan Docherty, Mutungamiriri uye Managing Director weChevrolet Europe. "Takaratidza kuti mota dzemagetsi dzinonakidza kutyaira, dzakavimbika uye dzakanakira mararamiro emushandisi wemazuva ano."
“Tinofara kuti motokari yedu yemagetsi yakunda pavakwikwidzi vakasimba kudai. Tinodada nemubairo uyu,” akadaro Carl-Friedrich Stracke, Managing Director weOpel/Vauxhall. "Mubayiro uyu unotikurudzira kuenderera mberi nebasa redu rekupayona mumunda wekufamba kwemagetsi."
Iyo Volt neAmpera yakagamuchira akawanda mibairo yepasirese, kusanganisira 
2011 World Green Car yeGore uye 2011 North American Mota yeGore mazita. Kune rumwe rutivi, muEurope, motokari dzakasiyaniswa nehupamhi hwekuchengeteka, iyo yakavapa, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, iyo yepamusoro-soro nyeredzi shanu muEuro NCAP bvunzo.
Iyo Opel Ampera neChevrolet Volt ndidzo dzekutanga dzakatambanudzwa mota dzemagetsi pamusika. Simba rekupa 111 kW/150 hp yemagetsi mota. iri lithium-ion bhatiri ine simba re16 kWh. Zvichienderana nemaitiro ekutyaira uye mamiriro emumugwagwa, mota dzinogona kufamba pakati pemakiromita makumi mana ne40 mune emission-yemahara yekutyaira modhi. Mavhiri emotokari anogara achifambiswa nemagetsi. Mune advanced drive mode, inobatidzwa kana bhatiri rasvika padiki chaji nhanho, injini yekupisa yemukati inotanga uye inotyaira jenareta inopa simba remagetsi dhiraivha. Mune iyi modhi, huwandu hwemotokari hunowedzera kusvika 80 makiromita.
