(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- Readers and editors of SAE International’s Automotive Engineering International (AEI) magazine have selected the 2011 Chevrolet Volt as the “Best Engineered Vehicle of 2011.” The announcement was made during the SAE 2011 World Congress, April 12–14, in Detroit.

“The selection of the Volt as the 2011 Best Engineered Vehicle by our peers is an honor,” says Doug Parks, vehicle line executive for the winning model. “This award validates the hard work and effort of the engineering team to deliver a truly transformational vehicle.”

The 2011 Best Engineered Vehicle award highlights the innovative engineering that resulted in the production of the world’s first electric vehicle with extended range capability. With a full charge, the Volt allows drivers to go up to 40 miles completely emissions-and-gasoline free, and then continue for several hundred more miles.

Complementing its groundbreaking propulsion system, the Volt offers an equally revolutionary design that emphasizes a wheels-out, body-in stance to make a dynamic and sleek statement.

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