So Much For Salvation - All Signs Point Towards Volt Becoming Chevrolet's Next Sales Flop

So Much For Salvation - All Signs Point Towards Volt Becoming Chevrolet's Next Sales Flop
General Motors insists it will sell 10,000 Chevrolet Volts in the U.S. by the end of this year, but as of now, the numbers don't look good.

By the end of August, the last time GM publicly announced its sales, about 3,500 Volts had been sold. To reach 10,000, GM will need to average about 1,700 Volts per month for the last four months of the year.

 


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Joe_LimonJoe_Limon - 9/29/2011 10:17:29 AM
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how many states is it available in now?


Agent009Agent009 - 9/29/2011 12:13:39 PM
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Dunno, but they counted on 10,000 units with the limited cities. So far not even closed. Sales have to be on fire for it to make to that estimate.


HoustonMidtownHoustonMidtown - 9/29/2011 2:32:10 PM
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7 states


Joe_LimonJoe_Limon - 9/30/2011 9:53:59 AM
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35% of the target in 9 months with only 14% of the market being covered sounds acceptable.


PLAYPLAY - 9/29/2011 12:35:03 PM
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It is too expensive. People who can afford to buy a volt can afford high gas prices.


HoorayforpeepeeHoorayforpeepee - 9/29/2011 12:47:53 PM
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what the Volt needs is the same therapy HP applied to their pad, sell it cheap, you'll get people's attention, my local Chevy dealer still has one ( 1000 clicks on it ) and they've devaluated it to about 42K, still no takers but at 35 or 37 there will be some interest.

Toyota is going to have to be careful with the new Prius Plugin, this could also turn into a flop if the numbers don't make sense.


FromThePassengerSeatFromThePassengerSeat - 9/29/2011 9:46:29 PM
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The Prius plugin will be a much better sales success because those who go to their local Toyota dealer to buy a Prius may decide that the plugin is the way to go. Chevrolet, meanwhile, has no intermediate green step between the Volt and the Cruze. The Volt was too much of a *shock* to the market. Also, the Prius also gets prestige points, being the instantly recognizeable original hybrid to everyone but us car enthusiasts, who know the Honda Insight arrived in North America first.

If the Leaf is selling better, it's because extreme green freaks know it's the only choice outside of an (expensive and impractical) Tesla Roadster without a tailpipe and therefore gravitate toward it rather than the Volt.


Larrybel2000Larrybel2000 - 9/29/2011 2:18:17 PM
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Imagine that.


grenouillegrenouille - 9/29/2011 11:57:12 PM
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to get more sales just rebatch it to Vega....


MorePowerMorePower - 9/30/2011 4:45:36 AM
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With a starting price north of $40k and a dealer tax of $15k, in some areas, this car was a flop long before the first owners took delivery.

With its price tag, the only way you could get consumers to shift from a known quantity such as the Prius would be to innovate in ways the Prius did not. Throwing a "made in America" does not work anymore. Toyota is in NASCAR! If GM wanted, or had the ability, to make this car succeed, it would have had the powertrain GM lied to the world about: Electric propulsion with a gas generator.
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