Volt sales are down not because of lack of demand but because for now GM has essentially given up on it. Low gas prices hurt but there are still people willing to look at it. December is a big Volt month because people lock in the year end tax credit. My dealership had one the whole month. I lost out on at least 3 sales because of lack of inventory. January comes around and they send us about 10. Now they'll just sit. Consumers quickly catch on to what manufacturers focus is on and will ignore products that they feel aren't getting enough attention. GM is back to their old ways. They've never seen an 8 cylinder they didn't like. It's all about trucks and SUV's. Why focus on selling 50k Volt's a year when you have waiting lists of people willing to pay $90k for Z06's? It will stay this way until the party stops and everything will repeat again.
Nissan sells more Leafs because they have made it more of a priority and are subsidizing it by offering $200 leases. Parent's can get their teenager a brand new car for less than an old beater and this one can only go 75 miles so they keep a tight leash on them! Nobody is actually replacing a vehicle to get a Leaf. GM has chosen not to do this. I still don't get why Tesla gets grouped in to this category. It's like bashing a Civic cause you just came back from driving an M3. Or complaining that a Holiday Inn wasn't as good a stay as Ritz Carlton. They are in different category's. It's just fun to bash the Volt and Tesla can do no wrong. Real life fires count, Tesla - 3+, Volt - 0. Oh right there was the one crash test where the Volt was smashed twice, then rolled 3 times and then put outside without the battery being disconnected (standard procedure). That car caught fire but at least the Volt gives you 3 weeks to get out of the vehicle before catching fire. How in the world can a $120k vehicle be the example of what car companies should produce? Remember, Tesla doesn't sell enough cars to make a profit. They only survive through selling renewable energy tax credits.
The real losers here are the engineers at GM who have made an incredible product and their work is so under appreciated by both GM and society. Why don't any of you actually drive one and see how you like it? You'd be surprised how many 50+ white male Obama hatin' Republicans I've sold these to that love them. I'll bet not one of you has ever even looked at one or ever will. Ignorance is so much easier than progress.
Nissan sells more Leafs because they have made it more of a priority and are subsidizing it by offering $200 leases. Parent's can get their teenager a brand new car for less than an old beater and this one can only go 75 miles so they keep a tight leash on them! Nobody is actually replacing a vehicle to get a Leaf. GM has chosen not to do this. I still don't get why Tesla gets grouped in to this category. It's like bashing a Civic cause you just came back from driving an M3. Or complaining that a Holiday Inn wasn't as good a stay as Ritz Carlton. They are in different category's. It's just fun to bash the Volt and Tesla can do no wrong. Real life fires count, Tesla - 3+, Volt - 0. Oh right there was the one crash test where the Volt was smashed twice, then rolled 3 times and then put outside without the battery being disconnected (standard procedure). That car caught fire but at least the Volt gives you 3 weeks to get out of the vehicle before catching fire. How in the world can a $120k vehicle be the example of what car companies should produce? Remember, Tesla doesn't sell enough cars to make a profit. They only survive through selling renewable energy tax credits.
The real losers here are the engineers at GM who have made an incredible product and their work is so under appreciated by both GM and society. Why don't any of you actually drive one and see how you like it? You'd be surprised how many 50+ white male Obama hatin' Republicans I've sold these to that love them. I'll bet not one of you has ever even looked at one or ever will. Ignorance is so much easier than progress.
