$41,000 lawn ornament.
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What we have here is a teachable moment.
If I had a spare $41,000 I’d definitely buy one. And keep it in storage. Imagine what that car will be worth 25 years from now at an antique car auction. It’ll be like having a mint condition Edsel.
In Latest Attempt To Boost Sagging Sales, GM Once Again Offering Interest-Free Financing On Numerous Models
That must have saved 550,000 jobs right there /s
Of course they were allowable by the Obama Administration as I was thinking of driving a a Chevy Volt on a date with a really good looking (loose) liberal woman of legal age.
Then I woke up...
The GM Bailout debt is as good as payed back. /sarc
They had one of der Fuhrer’s new Voltswagens at the Chevy display at Phoenix International Raceway last weekend. People were avoiding it like the plague. LOL!
That means the taxpayers spent $2.1 million on Chevy Volts last month.
Got to see one today @ one of their “competitors” plug in stations with their plug in products as well. For better or worse it is a direction we are heading in. Personally after a post yesterday on the Shale Gas Revolution that the eco-weenies are trying to thwart, my money is on gaseous fuels. I can’t wait for liquid (LPG ) Direct Injection with the phase of state change which will allow even higher compression ratios !!!!
The recent Consumer Reports article slamming the Volt isn’t going to help.
“The big questions, of course, revolve around one word: Why? Is ramping up production and deliveries still a problem? Is demand weak? Are unscrupulous dealers to blame? When will sales start to climb? And what are these numbers doing to plug-in vehicle work at other automakers? “
unbelievable. “WHY?” — because noone in their right minds is gonna drop $45K on a freaking glorified golf cart!!!
It sounds to me like they were sold to museums for storage, and display, not use.
What was he development cost, per vehicle, of these lemons?
Overall auto sales were up nicely in February, so the poor sales figures for the Leaf and Volt cannot be blamed on a general downturn. It’s possible it is still a supply issue (doing a slow production ramp while working out quality issues), but I’ll be surprised if these sell well even with gas prices going up.
The question:
Why did they name it the Volt?
The answer?
Ford already used the name Edsel.
I admit it.
Honda has a strategy that works for them... sell 50,000 vehicles of the same model each year and it will be continued and refined in a future model.
Sell less than 50,000 and the model will be killed.
Honda is a SMALL manufacturer of vehicles...
12 X 281 = 3,372.
Go GM!
“Good news: GM sold 281 Chevy Volts last month”
Good news? For mechanics and junk yard operators?
Why should people who want to help the environment drive a coal powered car?