Comments on: GM Agrees to Build 160,000 New Small Cars in the US Instead of Asia and We Brace for Monday http://gm-volt.com/2009/05/30/gm-agrees-to-build-160000-new-small-cars-in-the-us-instead-of-asia-and-we-brace-for-monday/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:48:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Video Sharing Script http://gm-volt.com/2009/05/30/gm-agrees-to-build-160000-new-small-cars-in-the-us-instead-of-asia-and-we-brace-for-monday/#comment-152969 Video Sharing Script Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:34:23 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1686#comment-152969 You have a great blog here and it is Nice to read some well written posts that have some relevancy...keep up the good work ;) You have a great blog here and it is Nice to read some well written posts that have some relevancy…keep up the good work ;)

]]> By: allen http://gm-volt.com/2009/05/30/gm-agrees-to-build-160000-new-small-cars-in-the-us-instead-of-asia-and-we-brace-for-monday/#comment-117070 allen Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:54:55 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1686#comment-117070 I want my volt my pickup truck and my SUV thank you very much. I want my volt my pickup truck and my SUV thank you very much.

]]> By: allen http://gm-volt.com/2009/05/30/gm-agrees-to-build-160000-new-small-cars-in-the-us-instead-of-asia-and-we-brace-for-monday/#comment-117069 allen Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:53:37 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1686#comment-117069 Yea one question who in the hell is going to buy that in the us ? not me i want something that`s not going to double as my coffin. Yea one question who in the hell is going to buy that in the us ? not me i want something that`s not going to double as my coffin.

]]> By: EcoGeek http://gm-volt.com/2009/05/30/gm-agrees-to-build-160000-new-small-cars-in-the-us-instead-of-asia-and-we-brace-for-monday/#comment-116477 EcoGeek Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:12:43 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1686#comment-116477 You will, but I will not. There are more people like me than like you. It is what makes the world a wonderful place, a diversity of preferences and opinion. However, you cannot repeal the laws of physics regarding crash safety. Opinions are like a$$holes: everybody's got one. I'm not saying that SUV's need to be done away with...there are those who truly need them to tow around their 4.5 kids and a boat or camper. I'm trying to convince as many SUV drivers that they, just maybe, might not be getting the safety and security they think they are buying: http://eetd.lbl.gov/ea/teepa/pdf/TRB_Safety_1-03.pdf To save you from any undue reading: "Safest subcompact and compact cars have same risk to driver as average SUV" The biggest difference is that SUV's pose a MUCH larger danger to others. Personally, I take my own responsibility for safe driving: I'm not aggressive, I don't speed, I don't sit in others blind spots, I'm aware of every car around me, I don't talk on the phone while driving, and given that I'm in a smaller car - it's more maneuverable, has a short stopping distance, really small blind spots, and it's a smaller target to hit. Personally, I feel safer driving a small car because it will react quicker to my demands than a large one.... and like #102 Len said: SUV rollovers are prone to crushing their occupants....oh physics you're a cruel mistress. #97 kdawg: So why not just make the eleventeen other small cars they produce more effiecient vs. adding another one? I couldn't agree more and I've been wondering that for the better part of the last decade. You will, but I will not. There are more people like me than like you. It is what makes the world a wonderful place, a diversity of preferences and opinion.
However, you cannot repeal the laws of physics regarding crash safety.

Opinions are like a$$holes: everybody’s got one.

I’m not saying that SUV’s need to be done away with…there are those who truly need them to tow around their 4.5 kids and a boat or camper. I’m trying to convince as many SUV drivers that they, just maybe, might not be getting the safety and security they think they are buying:

http://eetd.lbl.gov/ea/teepa/pdf/TRB_Safety_1-03.pdf

To save you from any undue reading: “Safest subcompact and compact cars have same risk to driver as
average SUV”

The biggest difference is that SUV’s pose a MUCH larger danger to others. Personally, I take my own responsibility for safe driving: I’m not aggressive, I don’t speed, I don’t sit in others blind spots, I’m aware of every car around me, I don’t talk on the phone while driving, and given that I’m in a smaller car – it’s more maneuverable, has a short stopping distance, really small blind spots, and it’s a smaller target to hit. Personally, I feel safer driving a small car because it will react quicker to my demands than a large one…. and like #102 Len said: SUV rollovers are prone to crushing their occupants….oh physics you’re a cruel mistress.

#97 kdawg: So why not just make the eleventeen other small cars they produce more effiecient vs. adding another one?

I couldn’t agree more and I’ve been wondering that for the better part of the last decade.

]]> By: wwskinn3 http://gm-volt.com/2009/05/30/gm-agrees-to-build-160000-new-small-cars-in-the-us-instead-of-asia-and-we-brace-for-monday/#comment-116476 wwskinn3 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:10:22 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1686#comment-116476 After we get the tax bill for all the bailout money for GM - I don't think that I can afford to buy another GM car. I'll probably buy another Ford. Been real happy with them. I don't think that new underpowered and undersized GM cars will sell all that well. It will be interesting to see what will happen if people don't buy their cars. Obama will have a fit and I'd like to watch. After we get the tax bill for all the bailout money for GM – I don’t think that I can afford to buy another GM car. I’ll probably buy another Ford. Been real happy with them. I don’t think that new underpowered and undersized GM cars will sell all that well. It will be interesting to see what will happen if people don’t buy their cars. Obama will have a fit and I’d like to watch.

]]> By: noel park http://gm-volt.com/2009/05/30/gm-agrees-to-build-160000-new-small-cars-in-the-us-instead-of-asia-and-we-brace-for-monday/#comment-116415 noel park Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:12:17 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1686#comment-116415 Good news for me. I would like a very small car, but I'm not buying anything not made in USA. Not now, nor in the future. Good news for me. I would like a very small car, but I’m not buying anything not made in USA. Not now, nor in the future.

]]> By: MuddyRoverRob http://gm-volt.com/2009/05/30/gm-agrees-to-build-160000-new-small-cars-in-the-us-instead-of-asia-and-we-brace-for-monday/#comment-116375 MuddyRoverRob Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:25:42 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1686#comment-116375 #73 kdawg It seems pretty clear that the "Spark" would replace the Aveo. Pontiac is going away, this isn't all that complicated. Something like this could be an inexpensive alternative to my old Malibu as a commuter car. #73 kdawg
It seems pretty clear that the “Spark” would replace the Aveo. Pontiac is going away, this isn’t all that complicated.

Something like this could be an inexpensive alternative to my old Malibu as a commuter car.

]]> By: Fahrvergnugen Fanboy http://gm-volt.com/2009/05/30/gm-agrees-to-build-160000-new-small-cars-in-the-us-instead-of-asia-and-we-brace-for-monday/#comment-116320 Fahrvergnugen Fanboy Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:34:29 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1686#comment-116320 "I have been in too many car accidents in the 47 years of my life. Each time, The large car I was driving saved me from serious injury or worse." I'm working on plans for an "active safety" system for my Fit. Dual RPG launchers mounted on the hood will safely (to me, anyway) remove any errant large cars from my virtuous and Gaia-loving path, saving me from serious injury or worse. All I need is some start-up capital. Anyone interested? “I have been in too many car accidents in the 47 years of my life. Each time, The large car I was driving saved me from serious injury or worse.”

I’m working on plans for an “active safety” system for my Fit. Dual RPG launchers mounted on the hood will safely (to me, anyway) remove any errant large cars from my virtuous and Gaia-loving path, saving me from serious injury or worse.

All I need is some start-up capital. Anyone interested?

]]> By: wwskinn3 http://gm-volt.com/2009/05/30/gm-agrees-to-build-160000-new-small-cars-in-the-us-instead-of-asia-and-we-brace-for-monday/#comment-116235 wwskinn3 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:21:46 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1686#comment-116235 How is the Spark going to compete against the Yaris and others which are already on the market at a substantially lower price. I think that GM is looking at another loss. This time they can't file for bankrupsy. "Obama's car" will be both underpowered and overpriced. How is the Spark going to compete against the Yaris and others which are already on the market at a substantially lower price. I think that GM is looking at another loss. This time they can’t file for bankrupsy. “Obama’s car” will be both underpowered and overpriced.

]]> By: Howard Buckalew http://gm-volt.com/2009/05/30/gm-agrees-to-build-160000-new-small-cars-in-the-us-instead-of-asia-and-we-brace-for-monday/#comment-116231 Howard Buckalew Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:53:17 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1686#comment-116231 I think that the Spark will be built with high standards. It will be on the same showroom as the Volt. The Spark will cost under 23k. (I guess), and the Volt will be 40k. When it comes down to it, the spark should have a battery, and cost 29k. Maybe, in some dealerships the BYD car will be on the same showroom, then what's a guy to do? I think that the Spark will be built with high standards. It will be on the same showroom as the Volt. The Spark will cost under 23k. (I guess), and the Volt will be 40k. When it comes down to it, the spark should have a battery, and cost 29k. Maybe, in some dealerships the BYD car will be on the same showroom, then what’s a guy to do?

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