return to story

Chevrolet Volt

All Reader Comments

page 1 of 2

rgvd Mar 17, 2012 12:33 AM GMT The Volt is a great car. Doesn't need any service except 25k oil change. I just got 43 miles on one charge driving into LA and back. 1.50(at the most) to go 43 miles.Torque and handling like no other.Drives like a midline BMW 3 series. Solid construction like a Mercedes or BMW. Drives the same after the gas engine starts(still gets 40 miles per gallon). Totally great car. Great lease price or if you buy it you get a 9k tax credit. Savings of about 1k or more over 3 years of service visits as compared to my Toyota Camry. 1.50 per day as opposed to $9.00 per day at 4.50 for 2 gallons of gas. The anti Volt propaganda must be originating from the.....Oil Companies??? ...or who??
Link to this comment

adam May 8, 2011 1:56 PM GMT The problem with analyzing the car in terms of how fast it pays back the gas cost is that the car is at this point a luxury item. Nobody aks whether the V6 engine on a Mercedes E350 is "worth" the 50K price tag, because that is not why people buy such cars.The Volt will be sucessfull if enough people are willing and able to pay 35K to make the personal statement that the volt represents. Nissan really understands this dynamic. Their Leaf advertising basically consists of a slideshow of images having positive natural and environmental connotations. Nissan is working hard to define the personal statement that consumers who purchase their car will be making. I have yet to see Chevy make a similar statement.
Link to this comment

Laura May 7, 2011 2:24 PM GMT I'm a Volt owner and I absolutely love it. One convenient feature that was not mentioned in the article is that you can remotely start your car via internet or smart phone app. You get to go into a comfortable car no matter what the weather is.
Link to this comment

apeweek May 5, 2011 6:32 PM GMT The Volt is not especially expensive, if you look at the lease price instead of the sales price.It can be leased for $350/mo, and if you consider the $150-$200 savings in fuel realized by an average driver (15,000 mi/yr), net cost is equivalent to leasing a gas auto for under $200/mo. That's a great price for a car with as many luxury features as the Volt has.Plus, leasing over buying just makes sense with a cutting-edge product like the Volt.
Link to this comment

Charged Up May 4, 2011 10:09 PM GMT Thane. If I go on Edmund's and equip a 2011 Prius with the same equipment as the Volt I come up with a price on the Prius that is over $38k. Do you think it is appropriate to compare a stripped down Prius to a fully loaded Volt?I think if you are going to compare it to a stripped down Prius you should make it very clear that the cars are NOT equipped in a way that is comparable.And it would seem appropriate to point out that if you equip them comparably the Prius appears to be more expensive.
Link to this comment

jesus May 4, 2011 2:09 PM GMT Happy to see an American car company leading the way with the new generation of cars, even if it does still rely a little on gas. It's a big step in the right direction of weaning ourselves off of oil.
Link to this comment

jesus May 4, 2011 2:05 PM GMT Happy to see an American car company leading the way with the new generation of cars, even if it does still rely a little on gas. It's a big step in the right direction of weaning ourselves off of oil.
Link to this comment

movitar May 4, 2011 1:31 PM GMT I just got a $829.99 iPad2 for $98.37 and my girlfriend snagged an awesome $1299 MacBook Air for only $137.93, its being delivered tomorrow. I would be a fool to keep paying high retail prices at places like Walmart or BestBuy, when I even sold a 37" HDTV to my boss for $600 that I only paid $78.24 for. I use two sites, both are good, SwipeBay.comand SnagBids.com
Link to this comment

Bill Destler May 4, 2011 1:18 PM GMT The Volt is an astonishing achievement. I have driven mine almost 2,000 miles and have used only slightly more than 2 gallons of gas. Taking into account the cost of electricity to charge it, I estimate my overall equivalent fuel efficiency to be over 110 mpg! I also own two Prii (plural of Prius?) and really like them, but the Volt is twice as efficient for most users and performs and handles much better. In fact, in order to get the Volt mpge down to that of a Prius, I calculate that, charging only once per day, you would have to drive the Volt more than 200 miles a day. Who does that?
Link to this comment

TheEngineer May 4, 2011 11:00 AM GMT Funny how the author takes pride in a car made by a union factory, and then is stopped from buying because the price is almost double...I don't think all Americans should be subsidizing the 'anal retentive southerner' or this company's untested tech, but that is how politics works these days... Well written article, but biased in conclusion (Credit as he admits it!).
Link to this comment

Post your own comment about this story…