[Oldeconomybuyer]

Chevy Volt Marketing Team.

[dinodino]

Probably all sold to Federal agencies...

[Caipirabob]

On the bright side, chances are that these will be driven by some government subsidized future organ donor.

[G Larry]

GM was a first year sellout as a gov’t owned company.

[Track9]

And how much per unit do they get from the government for pumping out these go-carts..? I’m sure the kick backs and incentives pay their costs even without selling them.

[beethovenfan]

Volts for Dolts. (I wonder where the energy comes from to charge these things...)

[Never on my watch]

‘...and I would like to introduce the team responsible for convincing buyers of the value of the Volt. Immediately behind me is Larry, then from left to right his brother Darryl, his other brother Darryl, his other brother Darryl...’

[mylife]

What a freakin joke.

[The Great RJ]

Gee...how much profit did GM make from this “sellout”? I don’t expect to see any Volts on the road except as abandoned vehicles.

[The Great RJ]

Gee...how much profit did GM make from this “sellout”? I don’t expect to see any Volts on the road except as abandoned vehicles.

[ilgipper]

I have never seen a Volt. On the other hand, I have seen thousands of Camrys, Accords, Lexuses and BMWs just in the past few weeks. A rousing success

[jtal]

Yes, as many have pointed out:

* 5000 cars is a joke
* many of these were purchased for federal fleeets per O’s mandate
* those that were purchaased by individuals were heavily subsidized

What a joke - that this can be trumpeted as a great success just shows how stupif they (0 / dems / GM / MSM ) think we are.

[Loyal Buckeye]

Stop the Volt tax loophole.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

How many did GE buy for their “fleet” ...

[Huck]

I’ve got a customer who drives one. I guess he likes it. I haven’t asked about it. He’s an airline pilot.

[lacrew]

Hmmm....

Dec 2010 - 326
Jan - 321
Feb - 281
Mar - 608
Apr - 493
May - 481
Jun - 561

That totals 3,071...so matches the article. So how do we get to 4,488?

Jul - 1,417?!?!?

How did they triple their avg sales in July? Sell all the dealer demos? Give GM execs bonus money, earmarked to buy a Volt and skew the number? Are they counting committments from NYC and other misguided cities to purchase these as ‘sales’.

They’ve sold every one of them, huh? So there should be no 2011 Volt on a dealer lot anywhere in the country right now. GM jst had a public offering. Providing questionable sales data, which could influence stock price, used to be considered a no-no.

[zopilote]

Edsel sold 68,000 in it’s first year, and that was 1958!

[MulberryDraw]

If you can afford a Volt, you can probably afford the upcoming Obama electric utility costs to charge it up each night. Change you’d better believe in.

[Rational Thought]

The production number for 2011 was 4,488?

Interesting, since according to the Wa. Examiner (as of March, 2011) there were 9200 left to sell. Someone’s numbers aren't accurate.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/03/auto-blog-sales-chevy-volt-plummet-only-281-sold-last-month?utm_source=feedburner+BeltwayConfidential&utm_medium=feed+Beltway+Confidential&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BeltwayConfidential+%28Beltway+Confidential%29feed&utm_content=feed&utm_term=feed

[dfwgator]

Reminds me of that other "government" car

[grb]

Does anyone remember the article about it costs $81,000 to produce a Chevy Volt, but they sell for around $45,000. I guess that business model works as long as the gubermit is supporting you