41K?!! There are a lot of fully loaded luxury cars available for that kind of money. How many people are going to shell out for this silly battery on wheels?
Lots of people will shell out this type of money. And the buyers of a luxury Lexus or BMW are not the same people who will buy the Volt. It's going to be next to impossible to get a Volt for the next two years as the units scheduled for production will easily sell out.
And one more question. Do any of you Volt detractors think the Wright Brothers could have started out with a 747? Do any of you remember what cell phones were like even 15 years ago? Already GM is working on the second generation which will have better specs and will be cheaper. Why so much negativity with the initial release? You have to start somewhere and this is a pretty damn good start.
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