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The insurance industry's Institute for Highway Safety can always be relied upon to deliver crash video to send viewers a scary jolt under the guise of solicitude for their safety. The cars being wiped out this time were minis: the Smart Car from Daimler, the Fit from Honda, the Yaris from Toyota. NBC's Tom Costello narrated the carnage. On CBS, Dean Reynolds took a sardonic look at Chevrolet's attempt to interest him in the Volt. He was invited along for a test drive only to find that the car was not available. "The rush to showcase the technology was clearly designed to generate publicity for the car and public support for the federal money General Motors needs to stay afloat." He ended up driving a conventional Cruise with a Volt powertrain.
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