The stupidity and ignorance that is displayed on ET is exactly why I don't call myself a Republican anymore. Why don't you get your facts straight before you spread your lies? The Chevy dealership that I work at has about an 8 month waiting list on Volt's right now. We are having no probably selling them. Let me repeat, we are having no problem selling the new Chevy Volt at full MSRP. We could sell it over sticker but have decided not to. We had one used Volt become available. It sold in 3 days for over the original MSRP (when taking the tax credit into consideration) with 2000 miles on it. People love them. They are going 2000 miles on one tank of gas. Obviously they do have to pay for the electricity. Yes, the tax credit helps the cause, but even without it, there is plenty of natural demand. I know that dissapoints many of you.
The Volt is in limited production because they want to get it right and have a slow steady launch. Plus the battery's are in limited production. Hopefully the battery price will continue to drop at more than 5% a year. This will help bring down costs.
The Volt is the perfect car. Electric when you can, gas when you can't. It is not a concept car. It is not some impractical car. It is not some thing you see on tv that will never reach the common man. It goes 0-60 in 8 seconds. I have gotten it up to 90 on the DC beltway and I couldn't feel a thing. If you weren't so closed minded from the start, you might see a bigger picture. But I guess there will always be the naysayers. I'm sure they were the ones 100 years that were critisizing this weird contraption called the automobile that you had to put gas in. Why would you want to do that when you have a horse that ?
And BTW, the Silverado does come in a V6 in a regular cab and 2WD extended cab, albeit not a very gas efficient engine.
