Comments on: Lutz: Volt ready for Spring testing?

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:12:41 +0000

Robcali: if this car came out witha toyota badge, I’d say it could be a winner. Just because I think toyotas are inferior, doesn’t mean I’d argue the POSSIBILITY of them making a good (or even great) car.
I an’t no hypocrite

Blakkar: it’s a crime to call anything V6 and FWD an Impala

By: Get Real

Get Real — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:51:11 +0000

Lutz.

He produced Chrysler junk and then went to GM where he continues to trive on mediocrity.

But on weekends he gets to fly his own jet planes, let’s all keep buying his cars and paying for his planes.

By: purdue

purdue — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:01:17 +0000

The volt looks not so good in pics, but I was impressed with it in person.

By: Blakkarr

Blakkarr — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:41:44 +0000

The Impala is a crime against car-kind. The Zeta (or whatever) RWD platform still can’t make up for the fact that the baddest muscle car of the 1990’s was replaced by a Camry wanna-be. At least it looked like more fun.

The Malibu… No opinion. I’ll wait for the new one to ship first, but I will still not care much.

By: Deanster

Deanster — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:21:55 +0000

You call the MAlibu and Impala “proper” vehicles? Are you retarded?

By: AgmLauncher

AgmLauncher — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:48:44 +0000

The Volt is obviously a technology test bed. It’s far too ugly and radical looking to be mass seller. It is, however, radical enough to draw attention to it and GM.

GM will no doubt take what they learn from this vehicle and apply it to proper vehicles like the Malibu and Impala.

By: RobCali

RobCali — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:05:31 +0000

Why do all manufacturers insist on making their hybrids look extremely bad? The Prius looks like a computer mouse. The Volt looks like something out of a “futuristic film” from the 1980s.

oh… and jackjimturkey: I still bet if this hideous thing rolled out with a Toyota badge on it, you wouldn’t be saying it could be winner.

By: Blakkarr

Blakkarr — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:10:01 +0000

Toyota Has something new coming along? I guess that should be a given but Toyota has sunk some much time and money into Parallel Hybrids, it seem s rather unlikely that they will pull a Series Hybrid out anytime soon. I’d expect that from Honda, or Nissan, or even Suzuki maybe.

Besides Toyota is going to “make everything Hybrid” or rather that Toyota means to have a Hybrid version of all their cars in the near future. It is doubtful that they will be Parallel Hybrids. But I will not say it will not happen, it’s just unlikely at this point.

But GM will need more than one car to really make headway. Still this is a start… A good start? That has yet to be seen. While I,m drooling over the Challenger and the WRX (both on my short list of cars I want to at lest before I buy), I am absolutely ecstatic at the prospect of driving a VOLT. It’s something new.

By: 0GSharK6

0GSharK6 — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:45:29 +0000

GM engines are pretty good nowadays.. the real hiccup they had was the conversion to Dexcool where it would eventually erode the intake manifold gaskets, leak all out, and then engine goes bye-bye to those who don’t actually pay attention to the gauges in their car other than gas and speed. If GM can pull out the Volt at or before Toyota can pull out their new technology, they should stand to gain some pretty significant ground.

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:14:29 +0000

deantj: I said it could be a winner, not it is a winner.
we’ll see

By: Commodore

Commodore — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:11:52 +0000

More proof that they’re really serious about this.

Deanster – chill. Toyota is doing the exact same thing 2 years later, these things are for real. GM has already had plug-ins..this one is just with lithium-ion

By: Deanster

Deanster — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:49:35 +0000

Winner my ass. They can’t even work out the ****ing kinks of combustion engines that have been around since the 70’s, and they’re going to develop a real-world plug-in?

We’ll see. In the interim we can call this bull**** until proven otherwise.

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:28:37 +0000

This could be a winner.

By: rey323

rey323 — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:51:20 +0000

I really like GM’s sense of urgency on the Volt’s development.

By: Karkat

Karkat — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:54:23 +0000

I can only hope GM told the oil barons to kiss their ass, and develop this car with a vengeance. Its to much of a coincidence that these big automakers flash us great ideas and never follow through giving any and every lame excuse they can sweep up, when smaller companies like Phoenix motor car, Tesla, and even a few schools come up with cars that are practical, worth selling, and have a legitimate take on the environment.

By: BLISS

BLISS — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:18:31 +0000

I HOPE IT COME OUT WITH SOME GOOD RESULTS.