Comments on: Will Volt Roll-out be “Severely Limited”? http://gm-volt.com/2008/03/13/will-volt-roll-out-be-severely-limited/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Thu, 24 May 2012 22:53:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Will Volt Roll-out be “Severely Limited”? http://gm-volt.com/2008/03/13/will-volt-roll-out-be-severely-limited/#comment-35130 Will Volt Roll-out be “Severely Limited”? Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:10:54 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2008/03/13/will-volt-roll-out-be-severely-limited/#comment-35130 [...] GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Concept Site always has something good to say. I like this one posted earlier today. Follow the link for the whole thing. As people have pointed out in the comments of the last unrelated post, Larry Burns who is GMs chief of R&D has been quoted as saying, with respect to the Volt: “We’re not going to sell it in every city and we’re not going to sell it though every Chevrolet dealership,” and “It just doesn’t make sense to do that yet. You’d have to set up the service parts in all of those dealerships and train all of those dealers to service the vehicles. We might concentrate it in five or ten cities and s [...] [...] GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Concept Site always has something good to say. I like this one posted earlier today. Follow the link for the whole thing. As people have pointed out in the comments of the last unrelated post, Larry Burns who is GMs chief of R&D has been quoted as saying, with respect to the Volt: “We’re not going to sell it in every city and we’re not going to sell it though every Chevrolet dealership,” and “It just doesn’t make sense to do that yet. You’d have to set up the service parts in all of those dealerships and train all of those dealers to service the vehicles. We might concentrate it in five or ten cities and s [...]

]]> By: RB http://gm-volt.com/2008/03/13/will-volt-roll-out-be-severely-limited/#comment-33572 RB Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:55:41 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2008/03/13/will-volt-roll-out-be-severely-limited/#comment-33572 #72 noel   Thanks for the note on Corvette history.  I didn't know it.  Another good reason per #69 to limit sales to Michigan and Ohio -- real people there, and nice people too  :) #72 noel

  Thanks for the note on Corvette history.  I didn’t know it.  Another good reason per #69 to limit sales to Michigan and Ohio — real people there, and nice people too  :)

]]> By: RB http://gm-volt.com/2008/03/13/will-volt-roll-out-be-severely-limited/#comment-33568 RB Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:47:54 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2008/03/13/will-volt-roll-out-be-severely-limited/#comment-33568 #69, Jim   ---  Great idea!  Thanks. :) #69, Jim
  —  Great idea!  Thanks. :)

]]> By: noel park http://gm-volt.com/2008/03/13/will-volt-roll-out-be-severely-limited/#comment-33289 noel park Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:51:27 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2008/03/13/will-volt-roll-out-be-severely-limited/#comment-33289 #69, Jim I: I live in LA, and my response is - whatever works.  I can see the merit in what you are suggesting.  If GM deems that to be their best strategy, we will just have to deal with it. I think that many of us are making the calculation every day as to whether to wait for the Volt, or change our present cars for something with better mileage now.  I usually keep my cars for 10 years plus, so the decision made now impacts what I will eventually do about the Volt.  If I can't get one until 2012 or something, I may have to go to Plan B. It is really instructive to look at the history of the introduction of the Corvette.  With its FRP body, it was fairly revolutionary for the time,  They made 300 basically toolroom models in 1953.  They parceled them out to Hollywood personalities, and other VIPs, thinking that it would get them a lot of good press exposure.  The result was that they lost the interest of the public.  When they went into larger scale production in 1954, the car sold very poorly, and they almost quit making them.  Only 700 1955s were produced, for example. Is history about to repeat itself? #69, Jim I:

I live in LA, and my response is – whatever works.  I can see the merit in what you are suggesting.  If GM deems that to be their best strategy, we will just have to deal with it.

I think that many of us are making the calculation every day as to whether to wait for the Volt, or change our present cars for something with better mileage now.  I usually keep my cars for 10 years plus, so the decision made now impacts what I will eventually do about the Volt.  If I can’t get one until 2012 or something, I may have to go to Plan B.

It is really instructive to look at the history of the introduction of the Corvette.  With its FRP body, it was fairly revolutionary for the time,  They made 300 basically toolroom models in 1953.  They parceled them out to Hollywood personalities, and other VIPs, thinking that it would get them a lot of good press exposure.  The result was that they lost the interest of the public.  When they went into larger scale production in 1954, the car sold very poorly, and they almost quit making them.  Only 700 1955s were produced, for example.

Is history about to repeat itself?

]]> By: Storm Connors http://gm-volt.com/2008/03/13/will-volt-roll-out-be-severely-limited/#comment-32954 Storm Connors Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:08:48 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2008/03/13/will-volt-roll-out-be-severely-limited/#comment-32954 From what I've been reading, the bureaucracy in Canada may prevent you Canadians from registering your Volt anyway. Two  Canadian EV manufacturers can't sell their cars in Canada even though  they meet all the requirements. From what I’ve been reading, the bureaucracy in Canada may prevent you Canadians from registering your Volt anyway. Two  Canadian EV manufacturers can’t sell their cars in Canada even though  they meet all the requirements.

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