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GM has been manufacturing a $40,000 car that seats four, has a so-so ride, isn't very fast, and goes maybe 35 miles before it has to run as a gasoline car anyway. And the govt side-crash-tested three of them, which took the impacts reasonably well... but then spontaneously caught fire in the storage yard a few weeks later.
For some reason Chevy dealers are telling the factory to keep them, they don't even want to TRY to sell them.
Gee, I don't see any reason, do you?
Apparently GM doesn't - they're still making them.
They don't call them Government Motors for nothing.
Some Chevy dealers spurn Volt allocation
GM cites concern over fire investigation
DETROIT -- Some Chevrolet dealers are turning down Volts that General Motors wants to ship to them, a potential stumbling block as GM looks to accelerate sales of the plug-in hybrid.
For example, consider the New York City market. Last month, GM allocated 104 Volts to 14 dealerships in the area, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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only 7000 or so volts have been sold, and the cost of those cars, including tax payer incentives, is around $250,000 per copy. gm is selling them at a loss, and no one wants to buy the darn things because they are crap.
There are also now at least a dozen cars on the market that get 35 to 40 MPG and cost 1/2 the price of the Volt (after tax incentives). Some aren't even hybrids.
As far as 'Government Motors' goes, to be fair the Volt was in planning and design long before GM became a ward of the state.
only 7000 or so volts have been sold, and the cost of those cars, including tax payer incentives, is around $250,000 per copy. gm is selling them at a loss, and no one wants to buy the darn things because they are crap.
MANY went to dealers...so they could sit on the lot.
Wouldn't take a Government Motors vehicle if ya gave it to me..... Don't we all feel so good for bailing out GM so they can make POS ???
I'll stick with my 50+ mpg VW TDI diesel!!!! NO hybrid or any car can beat it for gas mileage. PERIOD!!!!
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