http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/ Autoblog Comments for http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/Jan 27th 2008 11:35AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/Jan 27th 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/40K is the price TO NOT pay for gas, talk about plain old stupidity, if you can't build the car, don't build it, i mean stop forcing this, stop the lameless excuses "oh is too expesive" "oh 2010 build, not built by 2010, wait yes we are going to build it by 2010,

By the way, somebody has to be out of their mind, i mean totally insane to choose the fugly volt over the Honda FCX CLARITY, i mean: http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/?from=fcx.honda.com

BOB LUTZ: HERE'S YOUR SIGN!]]>Jan 27th 2008 2:08PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/
If GM hadn't pissed away the last thirty years' worth of profits and customer goodwill, they could have afforded to make a loss-leader like the Prius. If they had decided to actually _make_ a mass-production EV/PZEV (and no, a 1-state special like the EV1 doesn't count) instead of gong-banging concepts (and crap the like Cavalier) ten or more years ago, perhaps they wouldn't look so desperate now.

GM's current position is largely their own doing. Good for them for trying to claw their way out, but it's not like they didn't dig themselves there in the first place.]]>Jan 27th 2008 4:54PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/
The domestics just can't seem to get things right. It would be automobile paradise if they could.]]>Jan 27th 2008 10:43PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/Jan 28th 2008 11:14AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/
However, I don't think this will be the Volts downfall. It will find an audience (both Hollywood celebs and other well-to-do's) or even a single car family who wants a premium vehicle. Not necessarily in inside fit & finish and luxury, but in technology.

And if they can get a Malibu like interior in there, it will be still be a nice place to be.]]>Jan 27th 2008 11:45AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/Jan 27th 2008 3:37PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/Jan 27th 2008 11:55AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/Jan 27th 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/
40K is WAY too much. That's well above the price point it needs for wide adoption. The typical Camry buyer won't pop for this - the price differential is too large.

You need to go back to the drawing board, Bob, and drive more cost out of this thing. Drop the "hell or high water" date and do it right. ]]>Jan 27th 2008 2:40PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/Jan 30th 2008 12:43AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/Jan 27th 2008 11:58AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/Jan 27th 2008 12:03PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/
In the real world, GM has essentially no hybrid presence, yet we're supposed to believe they can go full electric in a little over 2.5 years? Whatever. And even if they do, they better not do it at the expense of real hybrid vehicles like a Malibu or Cobalt replacement.]]>Jan 27th 2008 8:27PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/
So he didn't actually say it would cost 40K, just more than 30K. Since when does a journalist talking to Bob at a car show amount to a price release?

I agree, I really wish Bob would wait longer to talk to the press about an issue. More than a few times now he has come out saying one thing only to change it later. Now, he may be giving us the honest truth at the time he says it and the changes are simply because all of management has not decided the issue for sure yet, but those are things that should stay in the boardroom, not on blogs, IMHO. ]]>Jan 27th 2008 12:06PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/Jan 27th 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/
Do you mean the EV-1? GM never sold those, they only leased them, because the actual cost per vehicle was about $80,000.]]>Jan 27th 2008 1:06PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/
Either way, it was a far more expensive vehicle than would have sold well. ]]>Jan 27th 2008 10:32PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/27/want-a-volt-in-2010-then-take-40-000-to-your-nearest-chevy-dea/
Greenies:
Prius: base $21k, figure $22k for some inflation.
Camry Hybrid: $25k, so call it $26k by '10
Passat TDI: who knows, let's say $30k.

Other relevant competition
Malibu: Base under $20k, tricked all the way out $28.5k
A4 FWD with nearly everything but nav: $35.5k
328 with leather and premium pkg: $35.7k

So, who's trying to kill the electric car? I like the Volt as an idea, if they can make it a practical car it has potential. At $35k it would have to save a HELL of a lot of gasoline to be worth $13k more than a Prius. Maximum Bob is trying to cause a miscarriage.]]>Jan 27th 2008 12:37PM