i don't think i would buy a new GM or Chrysler in the future.

before you get too excited about the Volt, it might be important to consider what Gubbermint Motors might do to make the vehicle viable. the link sonoronus provides pretty much spells it out. in order for the Volt to succeed, and more importantly for GM to be able to charge more for it, the price of gasoline has to rise to over $4! it looks like the gov/fed will do what they can through dollar devaluation to ensure that oil gets back to $140 before too long to get the $4 gas. that in itself is plenty reason to hope the volt fails.