Chevy Volt Makes "Worst Product Flops of 2011" List
Not saying whether I agree or disagree (frankly I have mixed feelings), but I thought this article might be of interest to the community:
The Worst Product Flops of 2011 - Yahoo! Finance The Chevy Volt made the list of "Worst Product Flops of 2011". I've quoted the section on the Volt below: Quote:
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I see the Fiat 500 made the list too...
Obviously efficiency is not the done thing for the USA masses at the moment.. |
This is clearly a biased article from a "journalist" with an agenda. They choose to list sales for July, when the plant was shut down and when the volt had very very limited availability (7 states). The volt did not go full national until November. First year sales were grater than that of the US launch of the Prius.. The fires are mostly media hysteria but clearly there is an agenda here to bash efficient cars.
In comparison US new just ranked he 2012 volt the #1 upscale midsize car Best Upscale Midsize Cars Rankings | U.S. News Best Cars Quote:
Also ran across this, article last week. IIHS Sticks By Volt Safety Rating: No Pack Issues After Crash Tests IIHS Sticks By Volt Safety Rating: No Pack Issues After Crash Tests Together these may help reduce some of the silly hysteria and negative articles, though the FUD does seem organized and relentless. And to put things into perspective here are some of the Volt's other awards Vehicle awards
Environmental awards
Technology awards
Mobile Application awards
Safety acknowledgements
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I agree, horrible journalism and/or agenda based writing. As mentioned the Volt was not only not for sale in the vast majority of the states for nearly the whole year, but it was also restricted by manufacturing capacity for part of that too.
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I thought that part of the reason that the Volt was sold out was that some of the parts (like the transmission) are sourced from Japan and Japan had that little natural disaster that shut down exports.
I'm glad to the media has latched on to the Volt starting on fire too, oh right, it only caught on fire after being run in to and flipped over in crash testing then improperly put in to storage for 2 months! number that caught on fire in normal use due to a fault of the car? zero. |
The Volt seems to be rather polarizing. Most people either love it or hate it. I think a big part of it is the US government involvement in both GM in general and the Volt in particular. Those who disagree potically with the government involvement tend to have a very negative view of the Volt. And, conversely, I think those who are fans of the Volt tend to have a more positive view of the government involvement. I think it's really hard to be objective about it.
Note: I'm NOT trying to start a discussion about the politics of the government involvement--just pointing out that it certainly affects people objectivity concerning the vehicle. |
Well, at lest they didn't rate is worse than the padded bra for 8 year olds. :P
I can imagine the marketoids going: "Hmm, no one could possibly need padding more than those who have no tits at all!" |
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US cars usually get crippled, at least in Europe you get a choice of engines and can get a 6sp manual. The VOLT is a perfectly good car, its just too darn expensive, just like a good number of other new cars, what the heck is up with $60k suburbans? |
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