[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by cairns

K,

The facts are that virtually no one- not even you- wants to actually buy a Volt- even at it's subsidized price. I know that's hard for you to live with but the sales records speak for themselves and are readily available. No matter how great you say it is, no matter how much you tout the technology- no matter how much you believe in it- no one wants the POS.

Only 3,895 cars have been sold- and the vast majority of those are fleet sales to federal and local governments- look it up yourself if you don't believe me. When you take into account how many other cars have been sold in this country- or narrow that to how many hybrids- and narrow that to how many Priuses- the fact becomes even more obvious- the Volt is a dismal failure.

I'm just wondering how long it will be before they're discontinued.

Sorry,
C

I believe these would be the relevant facts at hand. I would have an easier time supporting the Volt as a experiment in new technology if I weren't paying for it. Honda didn't ask the government to fund its experiment with the FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell vehicle.

I can go buy a practical, simple, reasonably fun to drive Mazda3/Ford Focus/Hyundai Elantra for under $20k that gets 33+ MPG. Or I could spend twice as much (after tax credit) for a complicated, equally practical, and distinctly not fun Chevy Volt that gets about the same MPG. Tell me again why the Volt makes sense. I'm not a big Prius fan, but at least they get better MPG and don't cost much more.