Comments on: Lutz Details Volt’s New Design and Production Plans

By: regenerative

regenerative — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:45:19 +0000

Automakers for the most part follow 4 simple rules:

1 Financial (Cost, profit margins, market size and marketability)
2 Safety (Liability)
3 Customer service (Reputation)
4 Short term and long term reliability (Dependable)

They tend to stay away from the following::
1 If you build it they will come
2 Release now manage risk later
3 High cost with low profit margins

By: TexasKenny

TexasKenny — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:34:55 +0000

I agree there should be the option to purchase if not in the initial release states. I also think 40 k is too much. I understand the costs, and so I’ll still deal at 35K.

By: noel park

noel park — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:37:25 +0000

#112 Grizzly:

Or we could use duct tape, a la NASCAR. If the temp gage starts to go up, make a pit stop and peel of a piece of tape.

I bet they didn’t need to take much off at Martinsville yesteday, 40 degrees at the start. Of course downforce (lack of lift?) probably isn’t much of an issue at Martinsville.

I have some pictures of a 55 Corvette like ours running on the beach at Daytona in the old days. Zora had the whole grille taped up except for one little opening about 3″x4″ in the middle. Nothing new under the sun.

By: TexasKyle

TexasKyle — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:53:06 +0000

Somehow it sent in the middle of me typing……

I had even converted most of my American muscle car buddies over to thinking about buying a Volt, because of it’s great looks. Now we’ve lost them……..

“Who killed the electric car…….” sadly enough it was it’s own looks…..

By: TexasKyle

TexasKyle — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:49:54 +0000

I first want to apologize in advance for the negativity, but some of the thinking at GM and with Lutz drives me crazy!!!!!!!!!!

1. Why did Lutz give a more in dept interview to an AUSTRALIAN publication rather than the Volt Nation? That seems pretty sorry to me.

2. If the aerodynamics of the concept were horrible and they knew it, why did they even introduce it? Sounds like you need to hire new designers.

3. I have a feeling it is going to look just like a Dodge Caliber which if I wanted that I’d just go buy one from Dodge. GM could have saved alot of money and just gone to Dodge and used their parts. Which could have lowered the price of the vehicle.

4. I drive a diesel Jetta and get great gas mileage…..pretty much the top in any range plus I use biodiesel. Lutz needs to get off that “I don’t believe there is any future in small diesels” he stated awhile back. Ask Volkswagen if you can buy some of their small diesels and put them in GM vehicles.

5. With the looks sounding more and more like they will take the Volt into the ugly and “God I would never be caught dead in that dorky thing”, say goodbye to alot of buyers.

You have got to appeal to a different crowd to bring in new buyers and convert other traditional gas guzzling purists over to a better option. I love AMERICAN mussel cars just as much as the next true American. I had even converted most of my American muscle car buddies over to thinking about buying a Volt,