I like the Volt as well... what dissapoints me is that the same people who made the "Who Killed the Electric Car' crap a few years back are the same people that are not standing up for this car and making it a success...

FWIW, I'm a strong Republican/Conservative and I cringe everytime I hear them attacking this car... makes me sick and the points are all off base.

 

This thread may be as good as any other to track Volt sales throughout this calendar year. 2289 Volts found a home in march, including 160 fleet sales. For reference, Nissan sold 579 Leafs.

Pick your source, but the numbers don't change. Maybe we should add a poll for what we think the final sales will be for the year.

Chevy Volt sales double in March | Fox News


GE Asterisk on Record Volt Sales Deserves Asterisk (Update 1) - TheStreet


Finally, Chevy Volt gets some love




The Chevrolet Volt finally got some good news this week -- a double jolt in fact.

General Motors said today that March was the best sales month yet for the Volt, which has been plagued by sluggish sales and flogged by conservatives as symbolic of President Obama's meddling in the free market.

GM sold 2,289 of the plug-in hybrid in March. That's 50 percent higher than its previous best month, which came in December.

Also this week, Fox News reported that one very high-profile Republican -- President George H. W. Bush -- bought a Volt for his son, Neil.

Hey, it can't hurt.

When I first saw the Volt sales spike, I figured maybe a big fleet order came in. But fleet represented just 7 percent of the March sales.

Maybe $4-plus gasoline finally is moving some potential Volt buyers off the dime. Maybe the new Volt ads that feature gushing testimonials from real Volt owners are working.

Whatever the reason, you can be sure GM execs are welcoming these drops of good news dotting a parched landscape of bad news for their halo car.

Dan Akerson recently told the Detroit News that if Chevy can average 2,000 or even 3,000 Volt sales a month, all of the criticism would fade to black.

Lately I've heard other GM insiders tossing around those same hypothetical numbers. Sure seems like a concerted effort to recalibrate expectations for the Volt's success.

It's like applying pressure to a self-inflicted wound.

The failure to reach last year's goal of 10,000 U.S. sales and GM's recent backtracking on its 2012 production forecast of 60,000 units simply offered grist for the Volt's critics. It turned a nice story about GM innovation into a tale of tanking sales.

It'll take time to reshape the story line. And it won't be easy with the November election looming.

But March was a good start.

 

This is what gets me..it was susspended and the rags put the car out to die..now news comes out that it outsold the Leaf 4-1...i dont get it..I mean I do but really its odd
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That's the kind of thing that happens when you have a car with such a small production scale. At 2200 cars a month it might be viewed as a success; at just a few hundred less, it's a failure. Add in the fact that the public is hyper-sensitive to gas prices and it's also basically what the Volt's entire business case is built on....as gas prices fluctuate so does the view of Volt's success....