[99LeCouch]

I think once the sticker shock wears off and the first wave of green-washing celebs drives around in these it'll be a reliable, if slow, seller. Well-heeled folks who want to make a statement about the environment and "supporting the US automakers" will buy them. And then GM will abruptly kill the car and leave it to others to bring it to market more cheaply. Just like they did with the EV1.

I think the $40k MSRP is a figure they yanked out of thin air, like many other of their MSRP figures. I bet somebody will find a dealer willing to let one go for $33k before the rebate. At that price it's competitive with a midlevel Prius.

Meanwhile, over in Camaro-land somebody will have figured out how to make the V6 get 500 hp and 10 mpg...