<VV> Volt and Corvair!

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Motor Trend is for old fat guys in leisure suits, smoking cheap cigars and driving clapped out Ramblers!

The Lone Haranguer

---- Sethracer at aol.com wrote: 
>  
> In a message dated 7/1/2008 9:43:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  
> airvair at earthlink.net writes:
> 
> Just for  sake of interest, the word is that the Volt will be priced at
> around $40k,  unless GM gets a government rebate of (up to) $7k approved.
> And the Volt is  supposed to compete with the Prius??
> 
> -Mark
> 
> > Editor-In-Chief,  Angus MacKenzie, writes in his monthly "The Big Picture"
> 
> > column on  page 8 of the August MOTOR TREND about electric cars.   In
> regard  to the Chevy Volt he says; "a lot of folks seem mighty  uncomfortable 
>  when
> GM tries [to innovate and experiment]"  adding, "understandably, perhaps, 
> given past fiascos like the  Corvair, Vega, and Olds diesel."
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Of course, If the Volt shows up on time and performs to the specs, Motor  
> Trend will probably make it the "Car of the Year" for 2010, like the Corvair was  
> in 1960!  And then, in 2060, the new editor can diss another new  car as 
> another one of GM's fiascos - like the Volt! What a bunch of  hypocrites at Motor 
> Trend! - Seth
> 
> 
> 
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