Just received this e-mail alert regarding Volt news. I remember a few posts here in the last few days about the big three making a physical showing of the potential product lineup that will make a difference in the coming years. Looks like GM may have been thinking the same thing.

http://gm-volt.com/2008/12/03/breaki...n-dc-tomorrow/

 

Do you know how much it cost to build that volt! If they can spend that kind of money on a car just to drive him to DC, then they don't need taxpayer money.

 

I'm sure he'll drive one of the development prototypes that's already built and in testing. This seems like it will be a good test for it, and at $1/year, it costs less to have Wagoner do it than one of the engineers.

 

What are they going to do, then? Are they going to transport it most of the way there and then have him drive it the last few miles to DC? If that's the case, I can already see the articles being written to criticise that move.

 

If you read some of the web discussions regarding GM on some of the finance boards, the majority of folks out there keep suggesting that the Volt will save GM and we need it now. I am not convinced. I believe the Chevy Cruze will make a bigger sales impact with the small turbo Ecotec. Additionally its more than half the price of the Volt and is projected to get 45mpg.

Why aren't folks pressing GM to bring the Cruze to North America ASAP?

 

It would probably be cheaper to fly on a private jet!

 

I don't know, maybe because GM is already doing just that?

Cruze gets 45mpg... Volt gets 50+ (or significantly better, if you drive close to 40 miles per day).

 

Yes, but lets not get into the facts of how much the PR stunt is going to cost versus what it would have cost to use a jet they already had, because facts don't matter.

 

While I had a similar initial response, all it says is "he won't be driving it all the way from Detroit". That doesn't mean it isn't being driven to DC by someone else; however it does suggest it may be transported to DC.

 

Hope it don't break down...

 

hope they check the optispark.

 

I think the company jet would've been cheaper!

 

Driving the Volt is probably the best PR thing they could do. Although, i do agree the Cruze has more potential to save the company.


Proving the Volt is a big hurdle. It shows they can move fast, adapt to current market conditions, and not get totally blown away by Honda and Toyota.

 

There is a problem with this.

You forget, they're doing this for politicians. One of these politicians, when driving her big Buick, noticed it said the mpg was like 33mpg. They then commented that hitting the 35mpg cafe standard should be easy because the auto manufacturers are clearly "so close already"...

I wonder the likelyhood of them saying "you drove one here, so clearly its on the road so clearly its in production. Why arent you selling them already?"

This could backfire even if Wagoner drove it from detroit. Actually, that'd make the politicians feel it was even more production ready - and less likely to give money for it.

 

that is true. It also shows congress that they have the technology all they need is the money to start building them.