[ExCTCitizen]

Does the 250K that the taxpayers put into the VOLT includes the money that the TAXPAYERS lost when 0 nationalized GM?

If Ford came uot with either a electric Mustang that would perform like a Mustang and/or an electric F350 that could Haul more then a peice of cardboard, I would look into it. Ford is the company I would buy my next vechile from.

I just saw (for the first time) a smart car...my golf cart could survive better in a crash then that!!

[chrisser]

I just saw (for the first time) a smart car...my golf cart could survive better in a crash then that!!

It's actually worse than you may think.

Most cars have pretty significant crumple zones that absorb a lot of the impact and (comparatively) slow the rate of deceleration, but the passenger compartment is a safety cage designed to not crumple.

The smart hasn't the luxury of crumple zones - it's just a safety cage on wheels.

While it's true that the cage may resist deforming, it still has to decelerate. When it decelerates, so do the people inside.

So the Smart car may survive a high-speed collision, but the fragile human bodies inside will be pulpified.

[Pollster1]

If Ford came out with either a electric Mustang that would perform like a Mustang and/or an electric F350 that could Haul more then a piece of cardboard, I would look into it. Ford is the company I would buy my next vehicle from.

I'm with you. My next car will not come until after Obama is out, since I do not want my spending to support his regime, but when I buy it will be Ford or foreign. I am boycotting GM and Chrysler forever because of the massive corruption of the bankruptcy and Bailout. And, yes, I like your taste in hypothetical Ford electric cars.