Comments on: VIDEO: GM’s CEO Arrives to Capitol Hill in Chevy Volt Prototype, Senate Hearings Underway

By: koz

koz — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 09:01:40 +0000

If they had some younger blood in their upper management, they would better undestand today’s culture and many potential customers. They should have recorded the ride to capitol hill from inside the car and posted it on Youtube. Put a little silver lining in an otherwise dismally dark cloud. Lots of bang for the buck with this kind of marketing.

By: Marcus R (WL #5275)

Marcus R (WL #5275) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:42:16 +0000

That thing must be whisper silent. I couldn’t tell it was on until it started moving. No wonder those Teslas are getting wrecked so frequently.

By: KJW

KJW — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:01:01 +0000

Frist off, I wish those calling it a bailout, simply stop. They are asking for a LOAN, plain and simple a LOAD. A bailout is money or monies given as a gift, does not have to be paid back. This is a LOW interest rate loan. They have to pay it back, it they can’t, they will be sold offsite, or something to recoup the funds.

And 2nd way not, they gave Citicorp not only 1 but 2, w/o asking one question about the loan, just plain here, see you later. I believe Citicorp, has gotten something like 75Billion so far.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:54:28 +0000

134 / 135

” in a State where it REALLY matters”
yes the one state where you must believe that if it is made in the USA it MUST be crap..wher the greatest concentrtion of smog and pollution exists because of their vehicle concentration, and of course the not my problem attitude because the car makers are at fault./..they have goons here that make us all drive everyday ..but hey…now we should sue them, and…

Ahh go whine in your Toyota….

if GM doesn’t win over californians with either the “Volt” or the “Fusion

Fusion is Ford…I can believe you are from California…

By: Mitch

Mitch — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:48:54 +0000

#103 N Riley

Your point

“4- selling gas guzzlers when they should have known better regardless of what the customers were demanding”

Regardless of what the customers were demanding…like your business philosophy..lets Stop building what people demand, andstart building stuff they are not…

wait..what?

Let me get this straight..you want manufacturers to build what people should be buying..and not what they ask for? and quit building what people demand, because ..nice idea… COMRADE..

I mean lets face it..unlike everyone else who KNEW that a major credit crunch, with a sudden massive oil price increse,and failing banks was going to happen simultaneously causing a massive shift in direction to fuel efficient cars…

Honestly..do you think, really believe…that that is how manufacturers should do things…becuase if you do..you give up your right to choose..

That was such a line of idocy the way you put it.

If they had develloped a better line of fuel efficiecnt cars for that segment of the market using the big profits they made on SUV’s and trucks, then it makes sense..but really bad choice of workds…

By: THOM

THOM — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:03:45 +0000

Where are all the armed guards protecting the “technology”??

The russians could be copying it right now….an release a true production car (one that a consumer can buy) before GM!

By: statik

statik — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:32:07 +0000

#118 DonC

#96 Statik – “I thought that was a huge admission in relation to the Volt program”

I’m not following you here. An admission of what?
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DonC,

I made up a whole ditty about when the Volt got funding, and referenced this statement, dug up links, etc. and then listed the mirade of other things in the way…you know, same old-same old…but I just lost heart.

It is to the point where I feel I’ve said what needed to be said the last year or so when people were putting their faith (and money) in GM and the things they said. Now there are lots of people that can see what is going and no one is being fooled anymore…only those who want to be.

I watched 6.5 hours of hearings, and there was A LOT of stuff I could have ripped into…the old me here would have, but I didn’t say anything alll day…other than mentioning Wagoner’s little snippet about production (which I only touched on casually), because that is the last deception left standing (imo)…and even that I didn’t want to hit too hard, because it is a day of reckoning that will likely never be tested.

Have a good nite my friend. Take it my comment for whatever its worth, I’ll just let it stand…I’ll see you tomorrow.

By: wirenutjd

wirenutjd — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:21:09 +0000

GM says is has 1 in 10 jobs…10% with all the support crews across the country. We’ll, Ca has 1 in 10 of the cars. You do the math…if GM doesn’t win over californians with either the “Volt” or the “Fusion” then they are in big trouble. Honda says they are going to release the “insight” for 19,995 and 50 mpg, Toyota says the new Prius is 10-15% better for the same cost…20,000-24,000. GM will be in big trouble if there is no plan to combat this.

By: wirenutjd

wirenutjd — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:09:52 +0000

by the way…wirenutjd is a So. Cal. driver with many friends that drive for a living. It doesn’t matter what you think in &*%@(^ town there’s nobody there. In So. Cal. Honda’s and Toyota’s rule, GM has to overcome that in a State where it REALLY matters!

By: wirenutjd

wirenutjd — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:01:47 +0000

are you kidding me! what a piece of cr@%*&. the only car worth looking at is the Ford Fusion Hybrid. If Ford can launch this car with the numbers that they are claiming, then we’ll have a contender! The “Volt” with limited numbers and an expensive price tag is just a bust. Somebody said today,,,GM will be bankrupt in two years even with the “bailout”. We’ll see, Jd