Few products attract a cult-like obsession like this one. Even after being off the menu for years, true fans yearn for its return, their devotion bordering on an almost cult-like obsession. Well, they’re in luck. It’s back for a limited time only.
It’s not the McRib, but the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt.
Like McDonald’s McRib, there are a few theories that might explain the Bolt’s reappearance.
GM’s electric vehicle parts bin has grown since the previous Bolt was introduced in 2016, helping the new model’s finances pencil out, just like how the McRib’s sporadic availability might be explained by low pork prices. It also doesn’t hurt that many Bolt owners, like McRib aficionados, are rabid fans, including some inside GM. The reality can probably be found somewhere in between.
When the company realized it had an 18-month production gap at its factory in Fairfax, Kansas, executives signed off on the little EVs revival.
Unlike the McRib, the new Bolt doesn’t rigidly adhere to the original recipe. But there is enough that’s familiar in the new model to please its die-hard fans. TechCrunch got an up close look and test drive of the upcoming Chevy Bolt during a recent press trip, which GM provided the travel and accommodations for.
Something old, something new
Image Credits:Tim De Chant
GM started with the chassis and the body panels from the Bolt EUV — a subtly puffed up version of the old Bolt — and redesigned the front and rear bits. It tweaked the suspension and some of the front chassis, but by and large it’s the same basic metal.
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