

Strong demand for the Volt partly to blame for inventory issues




General Motors has sold 20,828 Volts so far this year.



Sources: Detroit News, General Motors, Ford

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what people want
By talikarni on 12/4/2012 2:50:14 PM , Rating: 2
They fail to realize that a majority of people do not want hybrids, or even small econobox high mileage cars. This is why minivans, trucks and SUVs continue to lead the sales numbers.

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By Nutzo on 12/4/2012 4:32:26 PM , Rating: 3
It's not that people don't want hybrids, it's that they just don't make fiscal sense for most people.

Hybrids usually cost $4,000 to $7,000 more than a similarly equipped 4 cyl ice vehicle.

I you mainly drive highways, your mileage will not be much better with a hybrid. Same if you drive less that 7,000 a year, especially if you usually make short trips (2-3 miles), as it doesn’t give the hybrid time to warm up.
(on hybrids the engine initially runs until it has warmed up, one of the reasons the mileage drops during cold winter days.)

The main reason so many Volts are being sold in California is due to the car-pool lane stickers.

Buy a Volt (or other plugin), and you get to use the car pool lanes and bypass traffic. So, the wealthy executives who want to save time in traffic simply by a Volt for their work commute, and save the BMW for the weekends.

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Oh, wait, already have one.

RE: what people want
By Dr of crap on 12/5/2012 8:14:04 AM , Rating: 1
It's that after over 20 years NO ONE want s a small car.
SUV, van, crossover, what ever the word that they want to use now, bigger car that fits 4 or more with room for grocery bags, THAT'S what people want.

The mpgs don't matter any longer after everyone has gotten comfortable with $4 gas.

And yes the cost of hybrids has to play into it, but not if your not even considering it in the first place!

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