Chevrolet Volt might be called Opel / Vauxhall Electra in Europe

Posted on October 26th, 2008 by Robert Adams | Posted under: Chevrolet, Electric cars, Opel / Vauxhall

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Opel Flextreme Conept It is no secret that GM is planning to sell Chevy Volt in Europe as well. The Opel/Vauxhall version of the Volt will likely be based on the Flextreme concept that was shown at last year’s Frankfurt Motor Show.

GM has not confirmed the design nor its potential name for the EU market. So far it seemed obvious it might be called Opel/Vauxhall Volt. Now it looks that the car might be called Vauxhall Electra, as GM has applied for a trademark for “Vauxhall Electra” on June 4th 2008.

That means rest of the Europe where Vauxhall is branded as Opel will be seeing it as Opel Electra. Expected debut is sometime in 2011. Very likely Saturn will also use the same design as the European Volt.

Let’s hope that GM’s bad financial situation won’t jeopardize all these plans and we can see the Volt roll in the U.S. and Electra in Europe very soon.

Source: gm-volt