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The Chevy Volt may end up becoming a huge embarrassment for GM.

May? It doesn't look like it can be anything but. Investors and taxpayers get taken to the cleaners again by Obama, GM and the UAW.

1 posted on 03/01/2011 12:45:51 PM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

I’m waiting for the Ohm.


2 posted on 03/01/2011 12:48:03 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: jazusamo

Consumer reports is clearly a right wing rag. LOL


3 posted on 03/01/2011 12:49:11 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: jazusamo

this really was expected by me. obamamobile sucks in money and doesn’t deliver, just like it’s namesake.


4 posted on 03/01/2011 12:49:11 PM PST by bareford101 ("Aslan's on the move." The Last Battle-CS Lewis)
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To: jazusamo

I don’t know. I mean, Barry drove it ten feet and said it was a great car. If he said it, well then it must be true and we should rush out and by one. Oh, wait. Let’s get one during the Christmas Season car buying rampage.


5 posted on 03/01/2011 12:50:00 PM PST by ReverendJames (Only A Painter Or A Liberal Can Change Black To White.)
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To: jazusamo
If it was such a winner, the Volt wouldn't need a massive Gov't rebate to buy one. I see this car as the next punchline, officially retiring the Yugo.


6 posted on 03/01/2011 12:51:03 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: jazusamo

Yea,approx.44,000 for a Chevy Cruze!


7 posted on 03/01/2011 12:51:11 PM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: jazusamo

I guess I’m not surprised at any of this. The Big Three aren’t so big anymore among a lot of people...well, except maybe union members.


8 posted on 03/01/2011 12:51:29 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: jazusamo

Volt: The best coal-powered vehicle in America!


13 posted on 03/01/2011 12:55:37 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all......)
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To: jazusamo

I am still waiting for the article explaining how GM made a profit last year. I assume it is a combination of accounting tricks and government bulk purchases but until someone does the research this is just my speculation.


14 posted on 03/01/2011 12:56:58 PM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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If you really need or want a hybrid:

2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid $25,795 MSRP, 40mpg, 206hp, seats 5. Built in Alabama by non-union workers.
http://www.hyundaiusa.com/sonata-hybrid/


15 posted on 03/01/2011 12:59:18 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (All gave some, some gave all.)
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“...with expectations as high as 120,000 in 2012”

Sure its a crazy number pulled out of his back side; but, lets just multiply that by the $7,500 subsidy, shall we?

$900,000,000

Really?


16 posted on 03/01/2011 1:00:44 PM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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I imagine there are rumors at GM dealerships...like stories of Bigfoot...”see Bob over there...his father in law works at a dealership in Jersey, and he sold a Volt. Really, Its true, Bob saw the bill of sale...go ahead, look it up on Snopes.”


19 posted on 03/01/2011 1:03:32 PM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: jazusamo

I bet 9 out of 10 Volts made end up owned by some government agency.


23 posted on 03/01/2011 1:06:13 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Go Hawks !)
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To: jazusamo

Look on the bright side. Obama is giving traders the chance to short GM stock all over again.

It’s going bankrupt twice!


24 posted on 03/01/2011 1:06:56 PM PST by PGR88 (Quid Hoc Ad Aeternitatem?)
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Expect an executive order requiring CR to take Federal money, so they can regulate it!

Consumer advocacy is far to important to be a private enterprise!......../sarc


28 posted on 03/01/2011 1:14:02 PM PST by G Larry
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Expect an executive order requiring CR to take Federal money, so they can regulate it!

Consumer advocacy is far too important to be a private enterprise!......../sarc


29 posted on 03/01/2011 1:14:11 PM PST by G Larry
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To: jazusamo
flotus car
34 posted on 03/01/2011 1:20:30 PM PST by FrankR (The Evil Are Powerless If The Good Are Unafraid! - R. Reagan)
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To: jazusamo
Compare this to the Toyota Prius which gets 51 MPG and starts at $23,000. This is data that hardly seems to justify the $7,500 taxpayer subsidy each Volt sold receives.

Look for the union label! ;-)
36 posted on 03/01/2011 1:21:16 PM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media. There are Wars and Rumors of War.)
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To: jazusamo

When gas hits $10 dollars a gallon, Moped will be the way to go. Obama Motors will be obsolete.


56 posted on 03/01/2011 2:32:20 PM PST by pallis
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