[Fresh Wind]

I wonder what happens to the next purchaser with the same VIN number who tries to also claim the tax credit.

I understand that once a car has been sold and the car is registered with the state, it can never be resold as "new", even if has only a few miles on it. It is then a used car, and the tax credit doesn't apply to used cars.

But I wouldn't put it past the typical stealership to lie to the unwary buyer to make him think he was buying an actual "new" car.

[dsrtsage]

Can you get the tax credit for each volt you buy? In other words, take your initial investment and then buy and return a volt every day for the rest of the year, and then claim you bought 160 new volts in 2012?