

It's too early in the investigation to know if changes are needed


GM's Mary Barra with a Chevrolet Cruze [Source: GM] 


Source: Detroit News

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RE: This car was complete fail...
By darkpuppet on 12/5/2011 2:58:39 PM , Rating: 3
Oh, Pious owners...

You rag on a car because you think yours is first... well, some bad news...

you can get a VW Polo cheaper than a Prius, has NO gimmicky battery and gets 70+ MPG...

The truth of the matter is that if you wanted, you may never have to fill the tank of your Volt in the years that you own it -- that's the main draw... something a Prius can't do out of the box.

Not to mention that the total life cycle of a Prius is likely worse to the environment than your traditional auto (unless you own it for 20+ years and never replace the battery in it)... and at the end of the day all you have to brag about is how Pious thou arte.

We've all heard the hipster arguments in the past "well, Mac had a GUI before Windows", "The Prius had a battery in it long before everyone else", blah blah blah. So what... The prius wasn't a very good car to begin with, it's about time someone else offered something better... Future Historians will tell us if the Volt is that car.

RE: This car was complete fail...
By tng on 12/5/2011 5:23:35 PM , Rating: 3
I have a 12 year old Honda that gets 39mpg and I plan on keeping it as long as possible. If that is not "greener" by far than a Prius or a Volt than nothing is.

Either the Volt, the Prius, Insight, all ugly cars (Prius is the worst). Life is to short to drive something that ugly.

