Description: Fresh from a strong sales surge in February and encouraged by President Obama's pledge to purchase a Chevy Volt when his presidency ends in "five years' time," GM announced the sus...Add Comments21
Jason BrownMar 06, 2012 Innovative setters like GM because they don't know how to market their product correctly. You guys are lucky to be able to buy cars at reasonable prices. Just about every car you can buy cost double in EU and Asia.
Jason BrownMar 06, 2012 American complain it was a waste of Tax payers money, but this car was conceived many years before the blowing up of the pension problem which effected GM's financial portfolio. America once led the world with innovation and now so many poo-poo the
Jason BrownMar 06, 2012 You are absolutely right Patrick! This is the first time in a while where every other car manufactures are playing catch up to an American auto comp. there is a reason why this won the car of the year award in EU for 2012 and 2011 in N.A.
Patrick SchalkMar 06, 2012 The problem is price. The Volt is just too expensive.
Das StigMar 05, 2012 With all the money they wasted they could have just given me a few lmp1 cars which I could then,drive around the gm factory for 24 hours holding my middle finger out of the window.
Randy GeniecMar 05, 2012 Kolton that is the funniest thing I have heard all day! It is estimated that each car cost GM (oooops us the taxpayers) $250,000 to produce. Why would anyone spend $46,000>? Good question that is why the people coming in to look at the Volt are buying the Chevy Cruz at 40mpg for half the cost. Steering customers...you decide.
Trent BourgeoisMar 05, 2012 @ dillan Well the problem with the Prius is that once you drive it, you officially come out of the closet. It's really a gay car.
Dillon DixonMar 05, 2012 Yeah but you could buy the top of the line Prius for this. As much as I way the American car to win, the Prius is such better value. Toyota did it right with the Prius. It is the hybrid everybody knows and that actually works well.
Eugene BecheMar 05, 2012 If you live in the US and you want a Prius how bout you support the damn economy and buy a volt
Malachi MonteiroMar 05, 2012 That car was a good looking concept car, but the design of the production version is not good looking, Chevy is weird that way, they are really good at ruining designs.
kolton Mar 05, 2012 lol. First, Obama thinks there are 57 states and now he thinks 10 months is five years.
Trent BourgeoisMar 05, 2012 Obama's little conception is failing like his presidency.
Matt RobbinsMar 05, 2012 I'm sure every driver was saying/thinking; " Yep, there goes my tax dollars down the drain just so a few pompous, a$$ hole, hippies can think they're saving the world.."
Phillip GreeneMar 05, 2012 Iv seen a few the black one looks pretty cool it be a sweet little domestic tuner if it had a real engin
Zachary HollopeterMar 05, 2012 The Alewife parking garage in Cambridge Massachusetts was built with chargers for electric cars. That was decades ago. I doubt they have been used once. I did see a Volt on the road for the first time last week. Drivers were all looking at it and pointing as if they saw a Delorian.
Phillip GreeneMar 05, 2012 The ev indestry should be killed off so they can spend money on things that matter like biofuel and making sure the vett contnues to murder the competition
Luis M LopezMar 05, 2012 It's a plug-in hybrid car. Sure you can travel 100 miles (and back).
Ryan Douglas HieMar 05, 2012 I've seen plenty Volts on the streets in and around Oshawa. These were likely driven by GM execs. I bet sales would have been noticeably better if they were able to make it a 5 seater.
Brad WoodMar 05, 2012 I wonder I they will ever be honest about how much money they lost on this project, including all fed grants and incentives. I doubt they will, as it will murder the electric car industry.
Natalino MonastraMar 05, 2012 Until there are Electric car filling stations, I do see the Volt as a car that has an advance over gas powered cars. What if I drive 100miles then fill up and drive more. Oops, can't
Adam LopinskyMar 05, 2012 Huh, didn't know it was that rare still. I've actually seen one on the road.
Randy GeniecMar 05, 2012 Yeah. Tesla's look great until you dont charge them for a while and they BRICK ending up costing you $40,000 for a new battery. DOH
Matt PiccoloMar 05, 2012 Ya back of this is unbelievably bad
Kevin IrishMar 05, 2012 You do realize hybrids use gas too right. You don't have to worry about "filling" your battery just to drive. Now if you own a Leaf, well...
Logan LeMonnierMar 05, 2012 The fisker karma is one of the most beautiful cars ever made. I was disappointed when I found out it was a hybrid
Cody AndreeMar 05, 2012 Problem with hybrids is they look like hybrids. Look at the fisker karma. Pretty ugly still but doesn't look like a hybrid so it's alright
Knox FerraroMar 05, 2012 Agreed. The problem is the styling, not the engineering.
Description: Currently there are over 3,500 unsold Volts, including demo cars. A year ago Chevrolet had high hopes for the range-extender vehicle, with predicted sales of 60,000 units for 2012. The suspension of p...Add Comments2
Phillip HolbrookMar 05, 2012 Plus it was the republicans that ok'd the bailout to begin with!! Ford, GM and Chrysler got an "advance" while Bush was in office before any bailout money was actually issued. Man and take credit for pushing American cars back on top globally..
Zachary HollopeterMar 05, 2012 That bailout has brought the city of Detroit back to life. It shouldn't have come to that in the first place but the action was necessary.
Description: President Obama was personally accused as being the Volt's chief sponsor mainly because its development cost hundreds of millions of dollars but was kept on the production line only because of go...Add Comments6
James BusterMar 05, 2012 If it was not electric I would like it
Greg LewisMar 05, 2012 If it was under 20k, and had a lil better styling, I still wouldn't buy it! But sure that others would. Not everyone wants style, power, and luxury. They want means to get around. But it has to be priced right.
Logan LeMonnierMar 05, 2012 Yeah @clayton are you serious? It's not horrible but its not luxury either. If I'm paying 40k for a car I want something other than plastic on the dashboard
Payne Hodges WilsonMar 05, 2012 I sat in one and was very unimpressed. I even sat in the concept volt a few years back and wasn't even impressed then. It's a cheap wanna be luxury interior. And no one can say that they haven't tried to market it there's tons of commercial for it.
Rene DenizMar 05, 2012 This car is ugly!I did sit in one and was not impressed poorly desighned in and out like all GM's vehicles
Kevin RehbockMar 05, 2012 Or how about GM hasn't marketed the car enough or educated their potential customers about how it works.
Steven WilsonMar 05, 2012 I think it is the prettiest car on a Chevy lot.
Still, it is overpriced, electric, and government owned, so that is three strikes your out!
Mark RidenourMar 05, 2012 Looks like they started out ok in the front of the car and by the time they got to the rear they had gotten bored and pencil whipped it. Sad.
Greg LewisMar 05, 2012 The back end does look a lot like other hybrids... Bland
P_R_N_DMar 05, 2012 You still get like $8K from the government so it doesn't cost $40K
oh and Timothy is in the lead for the most racist comment so far lol
Randy GeniecMar 05, 2012 Love the yellow shirt in the background with Obama on the front. LOL
Timothy HookerMar 05, 2012 He is wondering where the bling is. What, no 22"s
Greg LewisMar 05, 2012 But in the end, we live in such a great country, you can gripe about how much you hate the current president. Some countries you'd "disappear" for these comments. (I voted for the other guy) lol
Chris DimattiaMar 05, 2012 Only the top 5% can by this $40k POS. honey, instead of a Lexus, let's get a volt. Oh, and we need another $2k to get the 240v charger installed. And, Obama promised to raise our electricity bills. I've only seen 1 on the road here.
Matt RobbinsMar 05, 2012 This pic represents all that's wrong with America right now. Pretty ironic
Innovative setters like GM because they don't know how to market their product correctly. You guys are lucky to be able to buy cars at reasonable prices. Just about every car you can buy cost double in EU and Asia.
American complain it was a waste of Tax payers money, but this car was conceived many years before the blowing up of the pension problem which effected GM's financial portfolio. America once led the world with innovation and now so many poo-poo the
You are absolutely right Patrick! This is the first time in a while where every other car manufactures are playing catch up to an American auto comp. there is a reason why this won the car of the year award in EU for 2012 and 2011 in N.A.
The problem is price. The Volt is just too expensive.
With all the money they wasted they could have just given me a few lmp1 cars which I could then,drive around the gm factory for 24 hours holding my middle finger out of the window.
Kolton that is the funniest thing I have heard all day! It is estimated that each car cost GM (oooops us the taxpayers) $250,000 to produce. Why would anyone spend $46,000>? Good question that is why the people coming in to look at the Volt are buying the Chevy Cruz at 40mpg for half the cost. Steering customers...you decide.
@ dillan Well the problem with the Prius is that once you drive it, you officially come out of the closet. It's really a gay car.
Yeah but you could buy the top of the line Prius for this. As much as I way the American car to win, the Prius is such better value. Toyota did it right with the Prius. It is the hybrid everybody knows and that actually works well.
If you live in the US and you want a Prius how bout you support the damn economy and buy a volt
That car was a good looking concept car, but the design of the production version is not good looking, Chevy is weird that way, they are really good at ruining designs.
lol. First, Obama thinks there are 57 states and now he thinks 10 months is five years.
Obama's little conception is failing like his presidency.
I'm sure every driver was saying/thinking; " Yep, there goes my tax dollars down the drain just so a few pompous, a$$ hole, hippies can think they're saving the world.."
Iv seen a few the black one looks pretty cool it be a sweet little domestic tuner if it had a real engin
The Alewife parking garage in Cambridge Massachusetts was built with chargers for electric cars. That was decades ago. I doubt they have been used once. I did see a Volt on the road for the first time last week. Drivers were all looking at it and pointing as if they saw a Delorian.
The ev indestry should be killed off so they can spend money on things that matter like biofuel and making sure the vett contnues to murder the competition
It's a plug-in hybrid car. Sure you can travel 100 miles (and back).
I've seen plenty Volts on the streets in and around Oshawa. These were likely driven by GM execs. I bet sales would have been noticeably better if they were able to make it a 5 seater.
I wonder I they will ever be honest about how much money they lost on this project, including all fed grants and incentives. I doubt they will, as it will murder the electric car industry.
Until there are Electric car filling stations, I do see the Volt as a car that has an advance over gas powered cars. What if I drive 100miles then fill up and drive more. Oops, can't
Huh, didn't know it was that rare still. I've actually seen one on the road.