GM Says Only A Handful Of The Handful Of Volt Buyers Asking For Free Loaner

"Greg Martin, said the owners might be able to drive a Corvette or a CTS-V for a day as part of a loaner program — but not as a long-term loan."

Damn, I'm surprised there are only a handful of people interested. Perhaps this is because most volt owners aren't vehicle enthusiasts.

Maybe because they think exploding Li-ION batteries is a whole bunch of FUD perpetuated by the media and unfriendly interests?

Or maybe because there was an important reason why they got a Volt in the first place. What could that possibly be? Fuel economy maybe? EV? Holier-than-thou mentality? Employees/shareholders of the electric utilities? Electrical engineers or environmentalists with a guilty conscience? Geeks who prefer video LCD screens than 18th century analogue gauge instrument clusters?

Something like that.

If the manufacturer of your daily driver said you could rent any vehicle in their line up some of which are more expensive for a long term, while putting zero miles on "your" car. And even getting the chance to try out their top performance models for a day or two. Would you?

Personally, if I had the time to deal with this I would. When I travel and rent a car I started going for the luxury category and picking a CTS, a Hemi Challenger or some such.

However people have a subjective view on performance, especially the people who could have spent the $46K on a fast car and chose a Volt instead. Consider a daily commute of stop and go traffic where you could barely reach 45 mph and your average speed is more like 10 mph. Do you really need a V10 for that? Or how about having kids with safety seats in the back, do you want to drive a loud low to the ground two-door?

No, cause the loaners are made buy the same company that makes the Volt.

I guess owners don't want to drive a Chevy Metro for 2 days before GM asks them to return it. Lucky for them on day 3 their Volt blows up!

Yeah because the rest of them want their money back.