they could try giving them away...
Posted on 09/23/2012 6:50:11 AM PDT by equaviator
Fixed it.
I’d like someone to scour the parking lots at every obama event, just to see exactly how many Volts are parked there...just sayin’
Simple answer to that question...
they could try giving them away...
lol!
I'd like to also get a count of how many UAW cars are parked there, too. The UAW and lefties may be allies when it comes to supporting Obama, but from what I've seen, lefty support for the UAW ends when it comes time to plop down their money for a new car.
Pay those UAW people with Volts.
Does the Volt have anything to heat it in the winter or cool it in the summer. Wouldn’t think it would have to many accessories as to put drain on the Batteries. Does it come with home insurance for when it bursts into flames for no reason while parked in your garage?
I've seen numerous repeats of a GM commercial for the Volt done by brain dead actors. If you want a reliable volt, buy a Chevy Cruze (far cheaper) and change the exterior trim — no one will know the difference — except it doesn't self-combust in the garage.
There’s a huge Corvette show in our town today (over 200 gorgeous ‘Vettes) and a new Volt was pulling in. I chided the Chevy dealer “Ha, you can’t give them away at half your cost” — boy, did he snarl at me!
If they price the hybrid at the same price as the gasoline model, their margin on the hybrid is going to stink. The cost of a second power plant (motor in addition to ICE), energy storage system (batteries in addition to gas tank), and controls (mechanical power transfer and electronics) is not zero. That’s a lot of capital cost and extra mass to sling around to get some slight benefit from regenerative braking (don’t forget F=MA).
Fatter margin on a Lincoln allows them to do this and still make a profit. Pulls their average fuel economy numbers up and gets more of their hybrids on the road, which is incented somehow on their end, I have no doubt.
Agree, but I must admit it is a clever marketing ploy, it is not a cheap price, but it is all in value added etc. I think they are not only trying to come in with more content than the Volt and have a Luxury car for less, they maybe trying to nip of the high end Lexus Hybrids as well. I’d have to look @ the pricepoint(s) and what the content is again to have a better picture.
Blasphemer! You’re not “playing the game”...tsk, tsk, tsk.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.