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1 posted on 03/17/2011 8:07:06 PM PDT by fightinJAG
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If you really need or want a hybrid:

2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid $25,795 MSRP, 40mpg, 206hp, seats 5. Built in Alabama, USA by non-union workers.
http://www.hyundaiusa.com/sonata-hybrid/


2 posted on 03/17/2011 8:08:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet ("You cannot invade the US There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." Yamamoto)
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The downward revisions on mileage happened after they drove it outside in cold weather and realized that batteries don’t work as well.


3 posted on 03/17/2011 8:10:00 PM PDT by jq2
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A well connected corporation getting government support and buying its own product makes perfect economic sense.

lol


4 posted on 03/17/2011 8:12:20 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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Not to mention the fact that when you get into an accident with a vehicle made of Reardon Metal, you get wiped out.


6 posted on 03/17/2011 8:14:51 PM PDT by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: fightinJAG; a fool in paradise; JoeProBono
Shrugged?


7 posted on 03/17/2011 8:14:56 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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Still shaking my head at this one. There are so many hybrid cars out there now and they come up with this piece of crap. I read somewhere that the old Saturn electric vehicle (Ev1) they made for a couple of years in the 90s performed far better than this Volt.


8 posted on 03/17/2011 8:16:44 PM PDT by mnehring
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It doesn’t sound like the government’s “Clunkers for Cash” program is going to take off. Of course, a lot of people may be waiting for the pink Energizer Bunny Special Edition model.


13 posted on 03/17/2011 8:23:43 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you thought the lame duck Congress was fun, you're gonna love a lame duck Kenyan president.)
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I can't wait to point and laugh at the first person I see driving one. According to current sales, it may be sometime in mid 2017.

The dopes are already promising this SUV Volt. Can you imagine how worthless an SUV would be based on the small Volt? GM SUX.


14 posted on 03/17/2011 8:25:36 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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I have to admit that if Ford had produced this thing, I might be rooting for it. I just can’t support a taxpayer-funded liberalmobile.


19 posted on 03/17/2011 8:29:10 PM PDT by TChad
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Chevy Volt direct descendant of the Chevy Vega?
20 posted on 03/17/2011 8:30:23 PM PDT by Tupelo (The Boudicca from Wasilla supporter)
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Premium fuel to boot.


23 posted on 03/17/2011 8:36:08 PM PDT by razorback-bert (Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.)
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24 posted on 03/17/2011 8:48:20 PM PDT by Tzimisce (Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)
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www.wrightfornevada.com/chevyvolt.png


25 posted on 03/17/2011 9:03:04 PM PDT by longun45 (Still think a revolution cannot happen here? It's HERE!!!!!!! And we are on the move)
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GM only sold about 1200 Volts between 12/10-3/11 ...


26 posted on 03/17/2011 9:05:31 PM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...</i><p>)
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This article is stunning! Share it with everyone you know.


27 posted on 03/17/2011 9:08:27 PM PDT by montag813
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I long for the days in the fifties and sixties when the cars were big and beautiful. Life seemed designed for people then, now it’s for plants,trees,frogs everything but people.


32 posted on 03/17/2011 9:23:34 PM PDT by jonathonandjennifer
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If I wanted a car at that price that required premium gas I’d buy a Lexus...and probably get better mileage.....


33 posted on 03/17/2011 9:24:29 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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Would that be “Associated Motors” or “Amalgamated Motors”?


34 posted on 03/17/2011 9:36:59 PM PDT by tpmintx (Browncoats forever!)
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forgeddaboutit. Here is the car of the future. go see this video of a working hydrogen powered car.

http://www.flixxy.com/gm-hy-wire-concept-car.htm

And its built by GM, strangely enough.


38 posted on 03/17/2011 11:46:04 PM PDT by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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From the article:
Recently, President Obama selected General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt to chair his Economic Advisory Board. GE is awash in windmills waiting to be subsidized so they can provide unreliable, expensive power.

Consequently, and soon after his appointment, Immelt announced that GE will buy 50,000 Volts in the next two years, or half the total produced. Assuming the corporation qualifies for the same tax credit, we (you and me) just shelled out $375,000,000 to a company to buy cars that no one else wants so that GM will not tank and produce even more cars that no one wants. And this guy is the chair of Obama's Economic Advisory Board?

Talk about back scratching!
39 posted on 03/18/2011 3:06:01 AM PDT by upchuck (When excerpting please use the entire 300 words we are allowed. No more one or two sentence posts!)
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