Chevy Volt :(

rrvolare said
GM halted production ... predicted 40000+ sales ... and to date only sold 9600.....
Why would somebody want to buy a vehicle that is NOT all electric for roughly 40000 dollars when they can buy a 4 banger for half that price and get virtuallly the same mileage with less worry ....
Lets not get on the GREEN thing either .... battery disposal just slam dunked that thinking ...
LUV IT .....
Bring on the Diesels .....

To be fair, a good part of the reason for the Volt is the government pushing for the, so called, "green technology". The reality is that some tome in the future, that is where the auto industry will be headed, they problem with the Volt is that it's premature, both for it's technology, and the consumer's taste.

There is also the subsidies issue: "The total amount of state and federal subsidies for each Chevy Volt sold is as much as $256,824 per vehicle according to a fiscal analysis by Michigan's Mackinac Center for Public Policy. All for a car that only costs $39,828.

Read more here: http://jalopnik.com/5870507/report-every-chevy-volt-has-over-250000-in-government-subsidies

The following is the political opinion on the subject but one that both sides of the political aisle might agree with...

Subsidized Chevy Volt Taken Off the Production Line
Posted by Jeff Olen on Mar 2, 2012 in American, News, Opinion

The Chevy Volt, which is a plugin extended drive hybrid, will be taken off the production line for 5 weeks. The halted Volt production will lay off 1,300 Detroit workers. The heavily subsidized, eco-friendly car was touted as a job creator. GM claims that the 5 week layoff will be temporary. With $2.3 Billion of the car’s $3 Billion in subsidies coming from the Federal Government, the current sales put the subsidized cost of each Chevy Volt sold at $200,000 a piece. This is an excellent example of why the government should stick to what it does best. Or at least…stick to the powers the Constitution gives the government. (I forgot the government cannot be the best at anything!)

GM’s 2011 goal of selling 10,000 units of the Volt was not met and they only sold 7,671 units. They hoped to expand production in 2012 to 60,000 Chevy Volts. But with total sales this year at 1,623, Chevy would have to sell an average of 5,000 units a month to even come close to meeting that goal. GM spokesman Chris Lee said, “Even with sales up in February over January, we are still seeking to align our production with demand”. Translated, that means Chevy is going to halt production for 5 weeks. This sounds like the slow dying process of another failed government subsidy, of course at the the expense of future generations.

I am not superstitious, but they say things happen in 3′s. First Solyndra, then the Chevy Volt. So what is next? For the hard working citizens of the United States…I hope that we have learned our lesson. What lesson is that you may ask? That a government that governs the least…governs the best!

http://bravenewtimes.com/subsidized-chevy-volt-taken-off-the-production-line/