Loboc said in a comment on new Volt rumors...
Anyone please feel free to expound on this point (well, except elemental of course), but why no 5th seat love? What is the downside? Flipside?
Posting because I thought the Volt community was pretty much (like 100%) in agreement that a 4 passenger limitation was just that, a limitation... to broader market acceptance. To be clear, I do expect making more seating room probably means more weight in the end - which clearly implies slightly less efficiency. But balanced against significantly higher unit sales as the car could successfully enter adjacent/larger market segments. Unless of course the comment was specifically implying GM should make a CUV version to access all the adjacent (and larger) markets the current Volt doesn't tickle.
Anyone please feel free to expound on this point (well, except elemental of course), but why no 5th seat love? What is the downside? Flipside?