Posted on 06/25/2012 1:34:37 PM PDT by bigbob
Oops.
Concerns that Chevrolet Cruzes could catch fire have caused General Motors (GM) to recall more than 475,000 of the popular compact sedans, the automaker said Friday...
All (Cruze) cars manufactured from September 2010 to May of this year are subject to the recall.
Already getting Chevy Volt flashbacks? Of course you are.
In January, GM “called back” every single Volt ever sold in the U.S., to fix the (fire problem on the) allegedly already “fixed” battery….
It’s important for a company to create a branding identity--something all its products possess as an underlying, unifying theme.
GM has successfully identified and implemented theirs: combustibility.
And this is not the first Cruze recall.
First, 2,100 Cruzes were recalled when steering wheels started spontaneously falling off.
But that was just the tip of the Titanic.
Government Motors is now forced to recall ALL 154,112 2011 Cruzes - for multiple problems. There was, again, the steering. And an automatic transmission with a phantom Park – it looks like it’s out of gear, but (Surprise!) it’s not.
Not a very “fuel-efficient vehicle” if you can't disengage the transmission.
At once propping up the uber-failed “success” of the Barack Obama Administration’s amped-up auto bailout - and its non-green non-energy crusade.
We have been told by GM that people come in to look at the $41,000 Volt, but leave with the $17,000 Cruze.
"The Volt is leading to a lot of Cruze sales," said Mark Reuss, GM's CEO for North America. Customers are coming in to see the Volt, but “not everyone can buy a Volt,” Reuss said. The Volt has a starting price that’s nearly two and half times greater than the Cruze’s price.
It’s good to know they aren’t missing out on any of the excitement.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t the volt based on the Cruze?
and wasn’t the Volt’s problem due to it;s Lithium battery?
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t the volt based on the Cruze?
and wasn’t the Volt’s problem due to it;s Lithium battery?
I don’t watch television, but my wife does, and she was watching the Olympic trials...I saw several commercials for the Chevy Cruze, and they were touting the J.D. Power award for safety!
I guess the J.D. Power award for safety means as much as the Nobel Peace Prize, or the Pulizer Prize.
Yes and Yes.
“It’s important for a company to create a branding identity—something all its products possess as an underlying, unifying theme. “
These cars are the hottest cars on the market now....
Ping.
Perhaps the car should be renamed The Torch.
GM is actually advertising the Volt on TV as “The Hottest Car in America”. I kid you not.
Chevy Blazer?
Cruze IE (Incendiary Edition)?
Don’t forget the Third Degree Burn Edition.
http://www.jdpower.com/content/detail.htm?jdpaArticleId=708
no where on that page will you find the word “fire”
I guess they don’t care about that.
http://autos.jdpower.com/research/Chevrolet/Cruze/2012/Sedan/index.htm
Looks like it’s based on crash tests. Not “does it burst in to flames” tests.
It will be much worse when Americans who suffer 3rd degree burns when their Government Motors cars burst into flames are forced to seek care from the other GM, Government Medical.
See, this is a clever scheme to create jobs! /s
so, will the president of GM be forced to publicly apologize?
LOL. my leftard ,obamaluvin’ co-worker bought one.
Spontaneous Combustion Engine is standard equipment.
Ironically..
The Chevy Blazer already exists..
It was a 4X4 truck.
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