My first wife bought a 1971 Chevy Vega with her dad, which should have been my signal to end the engagement. When the automatic shifted, the entire car lurched, and the front quarter-panels rusted through within a year. Too bad they did not change the name of the car from the Volt to the Obama, so we could get a headstart on his legacy.
...and there’s the Nissan Leaf, it’s competition. A product of the free market, selling for $32,000, and getting 100 miles on a tank of electricity instead of 40. The Chevy Volt is classic GM, the sort of noncompetitive garbage that helped take the company into bankruptcy in the first place.
a golf cart would be more efficient, and we could have trade a horse stations to pull it when the battery dies. There ya go, just saved a billion bucks of federal wasteful spending..
Government-assisted bankruptcy will get you a green car every time.
So, since it’s a green car wouldn’t it be a lime? Just askin’
Just keep calling it the ‘Obama Volt’ a la Rush. This is why Gibbs went off on Limbaugh the other day. They know that if it is associated with Obama and it fails (as it will), it is another very big nail in Barry’s political coffin.
NO... it is obama’s electric turd.
LLS
LOL $41,000 for a car that Americans are supposed to buy in this economy?
A car that has to be plugged in every 40 miles and add to our electric bills, that will “necessarily skyrocket” soon?
When the battery no longer holds it’s charge and must be replaced, how much is that going to cost?
obama, King of the Stupid, may your name forever be married to the name Volt.
Design so stupid only a Democrat will drive it.
Design so stupid NOBODY admits to working on it.
Design so stupid it make bowties look neat.
Design so stupid only Obama thinks its cool.
First the Oil Spill (nature recovering quickly), and now the Volt.
It must be a sign of the End.
And 2012 is just around the corner...
Cheers!
I cry in joy that the Times has,at least in this piece,turned on Obama. The auto bailout is one of the ‘achievements’ that Obama has touted. Heck will they go after health care next or is that too much to ask for?
Just bought a new car, and Chrysler and GM weren’t even considered, owing to their ownership. Everyone should give pause to any vehicle produced by the UAW, as they have shown they are willing accomplices to the socialization of Amerika.
Toyota knows how to run a profitable business.
Also, Toyota's hybrids are even showing up as taxis; apparently their in-town performance is considered desirable by some number of taxi companies.
This car will go down in history as the infamous “brownout” initiator in major cities.
I have seen compact cars like the Pinto converted to have a golf cart electric drive on the rear axle and a couple of deep cycle batteries, actually any front wheel drive can be converted to a half gas half electric vehicle.
I have a Chevy Lumina van that is sitting on my property and it would be a good hybrid project for me. plenty of room for some batteries in the rear.