InsideLine.com Kicks Off LA Auto Show Coverage with Chevrolet Volt Test Drive, Carlos Ghosn Op-Ed and Car Previews

InsideLine.com, the most visited automotive infotainment Web site, is gearing up to provide its millions of readers with extensive coverage of the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show and related events.

Today the site published its first driving impressions of the highly anticipated Chevrolet Volt.

“Aside from the charging process, the Volt functions usefully as a normal car. It doesn't force you to live with the limitations of a pure electric car, while providing a large chunk of the benefit,” said Jason Kavanagh, Engineering Editor for InsideLine.com during the 2011 Chevrolet Volt first drive. “The overall, overriding impression the 2011 Chevrolet Volt gives you is one of normalcy. There are no bad habits or overtly obvious telltales of what's going on behind the curtain. You just get in and drive."

“We think electric vehicles could account for as much as 10 percent of global sales by 2020,” Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, wrote in an exclusive opinion piece for InsideLine.com last week.

Green vehicles will certainly be one point of focus for showgoers, but some more traditional vehicles will be making world debuts in LA as well, and are sure to get lots of attention. Among them are the 2011 Buick Regal, the 2010 Porsche Boxster Spyder and the 2011 Toyota Sienna.

Other anticipated highlights of the auto show include the Audi ETron electric sportscar, the Ford Fiesta, the Lexus LFA and the Mazda 2.

Previews of the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show can be found at http://www.insideline.com/auto-shows/losangeles/2009/, and that page will be continuously updated as the automaker press conferences occur. Readers can also follow InsideLine.com coverage at http://twitter.com/insideline_com and at http://www.facebook.com/insideline.

Edmunds.com Editorial Director Kevin Smith and InsideLine.com editor Scott Oldham are among the company representatives who will be available for comment on the auto show floor. Contact pr@edmunds.com or 310-309-4900 for interviews.

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