08/13/2008, 1:40 PM
Chevrolet News
Unofficial Chevrolet Volt waitlist registers over 34,000 handraisers
The revolutionary Chevrolet Volt is still more than two years away from production, but a solid waitlist has already formed for the range-extending hybrid – more than 34,000 people have joined an online waitlist for the Volt.
The website GM-Volt.com was started just days after General Motors unveiled the Volt concept in January 2007, with the intent of showing GM just how strong public demand was for a vehicle like the Volt. In May 2007 the site started a waitlist for the yet-to-be-produced Volt, and has since tallied over 34,000 handraisers.
Although the waitlist is far from official, it does show that there is strong demand for the Volt — so much so that GM is actually considering using the waitlist in some way.
Demand for the Volt spans over all 50 states, with citizens in 58 countries expressing interest in the vehicle. According to GM-Volt, the average individual is willing to spend $31,300 on the Volt – which is probably about $10,000 less than the Volt will retail from – with 7,300 handraisers actually ready to plunk down a deposit on the fuel-sipping Volt.


08/13, 1:47 PM
posted by:
anti-believer
Just hands and no signatures equal BULLSH*T
08/13, 1:58 PM
posted by:
oldraven
I won’t be surprised to see at least that many sold the first year.
08/13, 1:59 PM
posted by:
jumpoffit
i wonder how much the dealers are going to mark up this car
08/13, 2:06 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
Wow, Jumpoffit! I can’t imagine the price of this with dealer markups! That means that if I want one, I’ll be waiting for about 6 years after they come out to get one.
08/13, 2:24 PM
posted by:
HoosierHero
I hope this is the car that everyone thinks it will be. Man, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Jesus cruising around in one the way people talk about it…
08/13, 2:26 PM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
This car just shocks the $H!T out of me everytime I hear it’s name.
08/13, 2:59 PM
posted by:
DrFill
They need to sell 50k, bare minimum, to call it any kind of success. That’s over 2k a month.
And a bare minimum of recalls first year.
Until it does that, I really don’t wanna hear the hype.
Show and prove.
DrFill
08/13, 3:16 PM
posted by:
oldraven
The auto industry runs on hype (and bs), so don’t expect to be free of it any time soon. Yeah, HooserHero, it’s almost as bad as the Prius……….. wait, it’s not nearly as annoying as hearing about the Prius.
08/13, 3:45 PM
posted by:
jayjc08
Hey you guys, this is good news. What are all of you moaning about?
I’m sure GM will have some way for dealing with mark ups, same as Toyota did for the Prius. They need to seriously pressure their dealerships though, to make these vehicles move off the lots.
08/13, 3:50 PM
posted by:
richt62167
All those waitlist people will be disapointed. you know dam well that this car is not going to like the concept. so that waitlist will be cut in half. if not more
08/13, 3:54 PM
posted by:
SickofGarbageMotors
Prius would sell 34k units in a month if Toyota had the capacity to build that many. Until then, dealers can sell the used ones for even more money to keep up with demand.
08/13, 4:15 PM
posted by:
ryanpstr
I think more people would buy diesel before this.. Chevy needs to enter the market soon because every other manufacturer has a hybrid in their lineup.. I think Chevy has a long way to go.. thats why they keep coming out with hype ads every other week so they don’t get left behind in the dust..
08/13, 5:26 PM
posted by:
crackerhemi
Wow. Just blank signatures with no downpayment required, and all they could get was 34k? Sounds like a flop in the making.
08/13, 5:59 PM
posted by:
DeansterTJ
Probably the same 20 environmental freaks and GM fanatics clicking on the site and revoting thousands of times.
08/13, 6:25 PM
posted by:
F451
I am hard on GM, but I do believe that they are not misrepresenting the wait list. The Volt will sell—and sell well. More power to GM.
08/13, 8:45 PM
posted by:
Need4SSpeed
^ Me too. While I wouldn’t buy a volt, unless they offered a kick ass RWD or FWD coupe version of it or something (which will probably never happen), the fact that IF there is already 34,000 people “willing” to buy this then how many more do you think will buy then when it actually comes out? It’s going to be very high….
The only thing that could potentially screw this up is… Well GM corporate screwing it up first… will also be the greedy dealerships marking up the hell out of it… That I could see screwing it over.
So is it just me in who lives in the Metro Detroit area, but are any of you guys seeing like 5 different Challengers on the road every day? I’m seeing so many of those suckers… Did the R/T and SE come out?
08/13, 9:17 PM
posted by:
jayjc08
You know, funny thing is, I’ve seen ONE damn Charger on the road. I thought it was one of the most plain vehicles I’ve ever seen… nope, didn’t look aggressive, didn’t look muscular, everythings done… modestly.
08/13, 10:06 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
I haven’t seen any new Challengers in Las Vegas, yet, but I do see a lot of old ones that have been restored.
08/13, 10:32 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
Meanwhile in the two years (best case) before the Volt comes out Toyota and Honda will have pumped out hundreds of thousands of Prius’ and Insights. I also wouldn’t be surprised if 2 or 3 other manufacturers have their hybrids in the showroom before the overpriced Volt hits dealers. I’m willing to bet even Chrysler offers a hybrid before the Volt makes its appearance. In the time it’s taken GM not to introduce the Volt somebody could have started a whole car company. Maybe GM should find out who that is and get them to build the ****ing thing.
08/14, 7:23 AM
posted by:
oldraven
“Chevy needs to enter the market soon because every other manufacturer has a hybrid in their lineup.. ”
Really? Are you saying GM doesn’t have any Hybrids? What are you doing on an auto news site?