Opel Ampera Orders Soar Past 7,000 Plug In Cars / Eric Lovejoy Orders of the award-winning 2012 Opel Ampera—the European version of the Chevy Volt—recently soared past the 7,000-unit mark. Winner of the European European Car Of The Year 2012 honor, the Opel Ampera is now starting to trickle into showrooms throughout Europe, but is nearly sold out until year's end. READ MORE HERE