Haha, batter technology…LLN, hire a couple brains already.

I personally take anything Lutz or Wagoner says with a few hundred pounds of salt. The Volt wll come when the Volt is ready, the worst thing GM can do is rush it out.

In the end it will be….”the car is ready and the batteries are not up to our duribility standards…therefore we have a delay”.. So why don’t you go out and by one of our Hybrids that really show our commitment to fuel economy. All PR stuff. GM, or any other manufacturer right now, is scared to death of a “plug in vehicle”. First it will be 20 miles of plug in, then 30, then 70 and so on. This is dangerous stuff for petro powered car makers. Soon everyone will want their vehicle to go on plug in power, and they will be screeming bloody hell at the dealer when their car only got 15 miles before gas engine started up…calling the car a lemon. Nervous stuff indeed.

Like CA36 says, it will happen when it’s good and ready- and not a moment sooner. Lutz must be driving his own people nuts, never mind us. This isn’t the Enterprise, Bob, and Scotty doesn’t need you looking over his shoulder. When it’s time to beam this thing off the ship, your engineers will let you know.

JOHNYCANUK

Look we all work, but we can not comeup with our own deadlines. GM needs this car, fast, cheap, goodlooking, and high quality.

Toyota already owns the hardcore environmentalists who are willing to put their money where their mouths are…and still pay a premium. GM will not attract these people based on its reputation alone…..so in my opinion it is already a fight GM lost.

Also all those who say TAKE YOUR TIME, do you honestly think that Toyota and Honda will just stay there and do nothing?

I bet what will happen is what will happen with the Edge: They’ll have it ready to go, then hold it for a few more months to “make sure its quality is first-class.” That way they’ll say they essentially made their deadline but then wanted to make it extra special for the consumer.

But hey, the Edge is selling well…

Yeah Lutz keep holding those tiny little nuts and keep them out of LP640’s mouth.

Celeron-while the Hybrid market has been dominated by companies like Toyota and Honda for the last 5 or so years, the plug-in-hybrid market is still relatively young and it’s anyone’s game right now. Toyota is also having issues as well developing some of their more advanced battery cells, and Honda is working on this as well. If you think Toyota won or any other Japanese company did because they came out first with the Prius or the Civic hybrid think again.

Celeron – It’s not exactly like Toyota and Honda’s plug-ins are a week away, either.

I sure am holding my breath on this one–lutz the putz

One of them missed his lithium pill. My money goes for Lutz, since he is of that age.

Hmmm. After much thought on the matter, I believe the CEO, who incidentally must love having his statement on the matter more or less dismissed by his glorified marketing guy.

Seriously, some of you need to wake up and mature, I doubt that will happen as fast as the Volt will come out though.

Lutz has probably been the best thing that’s happened to most auto manufacturers, BMW, Ford, Chrysler and GM. BMW 3-Series, Ford Sierra, Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice, Chrysler LH, Viper, Plymouth PROWLER for damn sakes, what a radical car for mass production! He’s seriously pushed GM’s designers and it’s showing, none of you can deny that.

Many if not all of the models developed in Lutz’s time at GM have been on par to a huge success, including Exide and other visionary products. It would be a bold statement to say Lutz is the only automotive visionary who can actually push a product thats made for the average consumer and isn’t made for business profit alone but the average person, but obviously Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, Nissan and others don’t have the balls. Your all spewing ****, but hey, why not agree with the last person?

If the design of the car wasn’t completely scrapped a month ago and the batteries were confirmed to be suitable and the guy who runs the friggin’ company didn’t all but announce there’s no way this thing will be out by 2010, then I’d be less critical. ****, we’ve been hearing about this Camaro for years, another 2010 model, which is little more than a rebodied car that already exists, and we’re to believe the Volt will be out at the same time? I like Lutz, I think he’s been good for GM, I just think he’s blowing hot air here..

Since anyone on this forum worked with Lutz (including me), I suggest to read what Iaccoca mentioned about the guy. They worked together for 20 years. Google it.

Luz has too much fun flying his jet planes to REALLY work.

ok, as much **** as i like to talk ( i mean i try to live up my name..) i have to say lutz nuts are pretty sizable (at least they were before gm), and he does have a pretty good portfolio from his career. but he’s just as good as the people he’s got working for him or with him.. i mean gm didn’t just suddenly suck when lutz got there. just look back to the early 70’s when the fuel price situation jerked the society (sounds familiar..?) and ever since gm cars had gone ass south, slowly and surely. hey, south enough that they were so close to kill the corvette, remember?

i see this volt thing is going to be the modern version of the chevette. a knee jerk reaction ass product out of the ass corporation that just doesn’t want to change. except they were actually proactive at one point till they decided to take a short cut.. i’d hate to see this “voltvette” drag down lutz’s name.. but then again, you and your bitch boss wagoner destroyed a good thing you guys had at the time, so now you’re feeling them sharp teeth on your brown star cheeks. so ya.. your nuts perhaps did shrink a little by now just so they don’t get ripped off by prius.

keep it up bobby. you sold your soul to gm so i think they got you a pretty good health package. or if anything i’m sure you could trade in one of them jets or two for some nut implants..

would you start with left or right..?

tears…

celeron: doesn’t matter when toyonda gets into the market. They will sell. And if GM tries to compete with an inferior product, it won’t work. Hell, GM can have a superior product and might not thrive.
Quality first, speed second.