Breaking: Chevrolet dealer ready to charge an extra $20,000 for a Volt

http://www.4wheelsnews.com/gm-planning-to-sell-the-chevrolet-volt-on-ebay/

LOL...! ha...ha...ha...

For $60,000, I would rather get One of the following car slightly use and still have anywhere from $20k to $30k to blown on fuel and have fun with my car. Here are the lists:

1. Infiniti G37S coupe
2. BMW 335i coupe
3. Lexus IS350
4. MB C-Class 350 sport
5. Acura TL
6. Audi A5

the list goes on and on. They must be smoking so good Shi$$. Good luck on selling it to the mass.

yes... cause this is a 60k sports car...

got that right! Who wants a volt anyway...

I hope GM acts swiftly to prevent this price gouging from obtaining.

What are you talking about? This is the U.S.: Capitalism's the name; and screwing the general population is the game.

I wouldn't hold my breath to see if GM condemns gouging on the Volt. And if they do, it's just for publicity IMHO.

How does price gouging happen on a discretionary purchase? It isn't something you absolutely need such as drinking water after a natural disaster. In that case charging way over the regular market value in a time of need would be gouging. But marking up the price temporarily on a hot car? That is just supply and demand. For a collector or a business person looking to profit from the hype it might make sense to pay extra while the car is scarce.

Supply and demand will dictate the price, even when a product has a government mandated Suggested Retail Price on the window.

I personally think the amount is ridiculous but I have no issue with dealers charging whatever the market will bear for their cars. If I don't want to pay it I can go somewhere else, and if I can't get a deal I can live with anywhere I can buy something else. It's supply and demand, and it happens all the time -- Nissan dealers charged over MSRP for the GT-R when it came out, the Prius used to sell over MSRP, etc. Hell, I used to see Honda Odyssey's selling over MSRP. It happens with houses (or used to) and every other kind of commodity as well. If someone is willing to pay over list for something then that's the buyers choice, not the fault of the seller. I don't see anyone complaining when dealers discount (or even lose money) to sell cars, and that happens a lot more than this does. I would never pay $20k over MSRP for a Volt personally but there are a zillion other Chevy dealers people can go to to try and get a better deal than this, and if we're being honest, I imagine they could get a better deal than that at pretty much all of them. But if they manage to sell these things for that kind of money, then more power to them. It won't be to me, but I don't begrudge them the right to make whatever they can make.

You're absolutely right JRobUSC. It's a shame more people don't understand basic economics. Unfortunately, that doesn't keep them for voting for economically illiterate politicians.

If the stealerships can make that premium I'll be happy. Every time I see someone driving a volt I'll be comfortable knowing how badly they were ripped off just so they can have their "Green" ego boost.

Exactly, if they're willing to pay that much, it's no more about being green, it's all about having that damn green image. Well screw them. If you're that much an hardcore tree-huger, you shouldn't be driving a car in the first place.

Good luck GM dealers, I highly doubt the product will demand that kind of markup... JRob, I like a lot of what you had to say...

Though I could care less about the Volt(I think it should have been a diesel-electric hybrid or full electric for a cheaper cost), the Volt is an important car and launch for GM. I'm all about the capitalism, to a point, but if I were GM, I would find this dealership and threaten to pull its distributorship for this stupid practice to trying to put a $20k mark-up on the car. At this point, there are too many competitors that offer similar, comparable or better products at a lower price point.

This is only one data point/dealer - and a bit inflamatory - I'm sure some will charge more but others less - will eventually go for list or less - It was only a short time ago that Prius' were comanding a premium - now they are dealing on it

This is only one dealer probably run by some clown who loves big oil companies so much he cant stand the idea of electric car technology.

Jesus just 60 000$ wow they have to be crazy and what is the point to buy an electric car , the same thing happens with hybrid proce go higher. I will keep mine classic normal engine car and that's it.

The great things of all of this is that in all of this GAME or new creations always are more expensive than cheaper so what's the point to help customer from high costs and prices. What is the good side of the new invention.

This got to be the STUPIEST Thing I've in a long time. Think about it, the majority of the population who WANT to Buy this kind of is to save money on GAS because they CANNOT afford the high cost of fuel.

And now they want to raise the price of the car by $20,000. And now the consumer probably end paying like $700 to $900 per month for a car payment depending on their credit score.

= ) Ha...ha....ha... Thank you for the good laugh.