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Opel Ampera EV Police Cruiser: Volt's European Cousin Getting Ready for Patrol
If there's one way to kick-start sales of specialty vehicles like the Chevrolet Volt and its European counterpart, the Opel Ampera, that's by enlisting the government as one of your clients. And with a starting price of €42,900 (about US$58,000 at the current exchange rates) in Europe, GM's Opel division will need all the help it can get to sell the Ampera. Well before the Ampera hits European showrooms at the end of the year, Opel is already exploring the possibility of a police package for its range-extended electric vehicle. According to the company, the Ampera could be the perfect police car for urban use.
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Opel Ampera Wins 2012 Monte Carlo Rally For Electric And Alternative Propulsion Vehicles
In its debut appearance at the Monte Carlo Rally, the Chevrolet Volt's European twin, the Opel Ampera, picked up its first win in the electric and alternative propulsion category. From the seven Ampera models that competed in the rally, four finished...
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Uk Police Demonstrates Crime-fighting Vauxhall Ampera
This is what a Vauxhall Ampera patrol car would look like if the UK police were to use the Chevrolet Volt's European cousin for its daily services. Vauxhall displayed the Ampera in Police livery featuring the latest policing equipment on the Home...
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Chevrolet To Sell Volt In Europe, Priced From €41,950 Or €1,000 Less Than The Opel Ampera
Chevrolet announced at the Geneva Motor Show that it will sell the Volt in Europe, with prices in Germany starting from €41,950 (US$58,560). It will be similarly priced in other European markets, where it will arrive in November 2011. The Volt's...
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Chevrolet To Sell Volt In Europe, Priced From €41,950 Or €1,000 Less Than The Opel Ampera
Chevrolet announced at the Geneva Motor Show that it will sell the Volt in Europe, with prices in Germany starting from €41,950 (US$58,560). It will be similarly priced in other European markets, where it will arrive in November 2011. The Volt's...
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Opel Ampera: European Chevy Volt Scooped Undisguised!
Carscoop's spy photographers have done it again, this time by capturing the Opel Ampera study totally undisguised at one of the firm's German centers. Due to be revealed for the first time in public at next month's Geneva Motor Show, the Ampera...
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