It’s lengths that Volt fanboys will go to defend this POS…..well, except purchase one for themselves
(EV World) The five-week shutdown of the Volt production line is a good thing for plug-in vehicles because it will help align production with demand and keep GM’s revenue on the vehicles higher and fund ongoing vehicle development.
Here’s my rationale. The Volt is a great car. My extensive test drives have proved to me that its technology did everything it was advertised to do. But it’s an expensive car. GM could have put a Cadillac label on it and no one would have squawked – and its $41,000 price tag might have made more sense (even though federal and state incentives can knock that down quite a bit) . As a compact Chevy (particularly sitting on the lot with a similar-size Cruze going for half the price), the high price and its new technology have found buyers, but mainly among the techy, wealthy early adopters. Those who’ve bought the vehicle, including neighbors I’ve talked to and owners I’ve met at a Bay Area EV Meet-Up last year, love the car. My neighbor trekked more than 400 miles south to be the first on his block to get a Volt. I doubt he will be the last.
It’s so simple: keep the price high so rich people (and government) can purchase them. Screw all you other peons who are suffering with high gas prices. Hey, maybe if production shuts down permanently, the price will skyrocket!
Notice the writer mentioned test driving one, but, not purchasing one himself. It really comes down to supposedly saving the money in gas by spending $20k more. Except, one would have to keep this POS for a long, long time for it to matter. Or, one could spend $20k and buy a Cruze. Or a Ford Focus. Sentra. Corolla. Etc. And have money to use the car to take a trip, something not easily accomplished in the Chevy POS.
