GM: the Chevrolet Volt is dead. Cancelled as of 2019

[MetroMPG]

(Img from one of my favourite Volt threads: Photoshop fun: GM Volt with racing disc wheel covers (and fender skirts.. and more!) )

GM has announced the impending closure of a number of North American factories because they don't produce pickup trucks or SUV's.

(Just a matter of time before GM cancels all cars, like Ford has?)

Apparently the Volt is one of the casualties:

A GM spokesperson told Jalopnik over the phone: “We are ending production of the Volt March 1, 2019.” When asked whether the Volt will return at some point, the representative said she could not comment on future products.



In addition, GM just put out a press release saying production will stop next year at the Hamtramck plant, as well as at a four other assembly locations.

From: https://jalopnik.com/general-motors-...olt-1830653844


Here's the 2nd gen Volt:





From thread: Spotted! 2016 Chevrolet Volt pre-production model. Spied (and sat in) in Toronto

[redpoint5]

What does ending production usually do to the used vehicle market for those models?

... and I read very positive reviews of it back when the gen II came out. The Prime is one of the best selling plug-in vehicles, so it will have even less competition when the Volt leaves.

[mpg_numbers_guy]

Sad. The Volt was a decent car.

[ksa8907]

Nobody wants a small car. It was a test, plain and simple. The product proved itself as reliable and performed as expected.

Look for the Voltec drivetrain in several GM cars in the very near future.

Equinox primarily, since the buying public want SUV's and trucks more than anything. I am also bullish, perhaps hopeful more than anything, of an electric/hybrid camaro. Big electric power in a camaro that still gets 30+mpg in hybrid mode on the highway would be awesome.

[MetroMPG]

One of my neighbours is basically waiting for GM to do a Volt-like drivetrain in an SUV body.

[Frank Lee]

I hate people.

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by ksa8907

Nobody wants a small car.

I wonder why I see all those small Japanese & Korean cars on the roads, then. Not to mention Minis.

I suppose that GM (and the other US automakers) have just switched to a different business model. Instead of simply building ^ selling cars & trucks, they use the uber-expensive trucks and SUVs to get the gullible hooked on 8 year loans. Then when the buyers want a new vehicle after say 5 years, and are under water on the first loan, the friendly dealer financing arm just rolls that into the new loan... And pretty soon they all owe their soul to GMAC :-)

[ksa8907]

Originally Posted by jamesqf

I wonder why I see all those small Japanese & Korean cars on the roads, then. Not to mention Minis.

I suppose that GM (and the other US automakers) have just switched to a different business model. Instead of simply building ^ selling cars & trucks, they use the uber-expensive trucks and SUVs to get the gullible hooked on 8 year loans. Then when the buyers want a new vehicle after say 5 years, and are under water on the first loan, the friendly dealer financing arm just rolls that into the new loan... And pretty soon they all owe their soul to GMAC :-)

I should rephrase, nobody wants an expensive small car.

[oil pan 4]

They are going to make only trucks and SUVs, gas is going to go back over $3.50 a gallon, everyone is going to freak out, stop buying trucks and SUVs, flood the market with unwanted trucks and SUVs, GM will go bankrupt again.
If it happens while trump is in office, will will not go well for GM.

I have decided I like not buying gas so I'm sticking with electric as much as possible.

[redpoint5]

Debt is the American way. We've been deciding for a long time that it's better to have now and pay later/never/make someone else pay.

I saw regular gasoline at $3.50 at a station just yesterday (probably a Shell), and I paid $2.74. Probably close to $3.50 in CA now since they are always significantly more expensive.

Anyhow, hate to see the Volt go, but looking forward to whatever becomes of the technology.