Volt is "obsolete" Compared to Prius Say CNN

Harsh or not, I think the sales numbers speak volume.

 

Harsh or not, I think the sales volume speaks numbers.

 

Harsh or not, I think parents should be able to spank their kids.

 

I don't think I would be expecting to buy a Prius PHV If GM or Nissan did not produce the Volt and the Leaf. I don't think the Volt would exist if it were not for the continued improvement, popularity of the Prius. So, GM finally figured that they may as well get onboard with this hybrid thing before it is too late, or the entire company would have been obsolete in a few years.

The Volt will be fine with continuous improvements over the coming years. Although I suspect, the Prius is not going to be easy on the Volt, it maybe "payback time" for the Prius. And, if the Volt has low sale numbers, the last they need is bad press because people rely on what they tell them on TV.

 

If you ask me, the demise of the volt will come at the hands of the crooked GM dealers not passing on the tax incentives to the people. That was designed to help jumpstart production and poor GM apparently doesn't have the brains or the balls to step up and put a stop to it. There is still an internal self distructive disease that plagues this poor corporation.

 

harsh or not, i think weed should be smoked in a bong.




i does not smoke

 

Hell must be pretty close to freezing over...

Last I looked there is one plug in hybrid available for sale & it isn't a Prius. I may not think much of the car but at least GM is selling something Toyota isn't. This is the competition we all wanted. When Toyota gets in the game GM will be hard pressed to keep up.

Supercar influenced Toyota to design a Prius. I believe the Prius was as inexpensive as it was due to the new Insight. I believe the Leaf & the Volt pushed Toyota to offer a plug in earlier than they were planning.

 

Toyota Dealers are the same way.

 

Yep, I've heard some horror stories about Toyota dealers as well. Especially with the recent Prii shortages.

 

If there is any remote chance to screw the pooch government motors er i mean general motors always finds a way. Volt will fall not that i want that, because i aplaud the idea and concept, which is way outside the box for them.

 

Remember, the Volt has only been sold in a few selected markets. Deliveries to all 50 states won't commence until November of 2011, at the earliest. 2012 will be the real test for Volt sales.

 

Chevy should worry about these numbers. Apparently there is more interest and an actual wait/order list for the Nissan Leaf.

Electric Domination: Nissan Leaf sales hit 1,708, Chevy Volt at 561 in June — Autoblog Green

 

not really... GM says they have capacity to build 1.4k Volts per month... they sell 500 per month.

 

Hill: Are you saying that all the experience that GM has gained in the last 100 plus years on cars like Cadillac, Chevrolet and Buick does not count? They are all under 2.5 tons!

 

The initial launch states are a good idea of what to expect. Launch states are chosen for a reason. That's where they expect the most demand.

 

Yup.

GM heavily stressed that as reasoning for selecting those locations, demand would supposedly be so strong there wouldn't be inventory available for any other market.

The first 7 months have proven underwhelming... far from the game-changer Volt had been hyped to be.
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That is what I was also thinking about the Prius Plug-in launch map, states where the Prius is more popular and is likely to do well initially.

The Volt did not do well in the initial states. IMO, one thing is becoming clearer, that GM apparently never really had a wait or order list for the Volt, maybe had people who expressed initial interests. So far they sold 2,745 Volts.