Huge Incentives Push Chevrolet's Volt Out The Door For Only $25,000

Price is excatly the issue. The car's interior does not translate to being worth 40 grand. However at 25 grand it is right in the ballpark. The success of EV's and EV derivatives like the Volt will only work if they reflect the average price that people pay for cars.25 grand is pretty much it.

I don't think many people buy/don't buy this car because of the perceived value of the interior. If people do not appreciate the drivetrain of the Volt then they shouldn't buy it at any cost.

If GM could price this car in a range from $23,000 - $25,000, it would have the best selling car in America. At those prices, let alone a stripped out version at $21k, GM would not be able to make enough to satisfy demand.

If BMW could price the 3-series in a range from $23,000 - $25,000, it would have the best selling car in America. At those prices, let alone a stripped out version at $21k, BMW would not be able to make enough to satisfy demand.

If GM could price this car in a range from $23,000 - $25,000 GM wouldn't be the only company making cars like this one. The Nissan Leaf, the Mitsubishi MiEV and the Prius Plugin are cheaper yet fewer people are buying them in America. Wonder why? There must be something specific about the Volt, don't you think?

The Volt has come to symbolize gov't bailouts, cronyism, failed energy policy and frivolous use of taxpayer money. In short, the Volt has become a political statement many aren't willing to make. Like the Edsel, Corvair and Pinto before it, the Volt has been labeled a loser. People don't like to associate themselves with losers.

That may be how you think about it now. But when you decide to drive a car that costs you 4 cents per mile to fuel (not 20 and up), when it is not worth sending our young to be killed or maimed in a barbarian middle-eastern calamity, when you realize that the gov't bailouts, cronyism and failed energy policies work in the opposite direction (the one full of big banks ripping people off, oil companies spewing oil in the gulf, and infrastructure worse than a third world country), and when you start considering what world you are leaving to our kids you may decide that driving a wisper-quiet car that exemplifies American redemption, ingenuity and perseverance does not make you a loser. It makes you someone willing to wake up, look around, and decide for yourself that the garbage you are being fed leads you to a place you would rather not be.

Volt looks way better than a prius ( a car a normal man SHOULD be embarrassed to even be seen in let alone driving)