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Originally Posted by plane
Do you own a BAS hybrid?
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Does anyone own a BAS hybrid?
GM sold 134 Saturn Aura BAS hybrids this year. Hardly a rip-roaring success. The Malibu BAS hybrid sales came in at 2,142 to the end of May.
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Originally Posted by goblue
Exactly - its a transition to VOLTEC for everything else.
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BAS+ nothing to do with VOLTEC. VOLTEC will have to prove itself all on its own. And in spite of GM pumping out constant VOLTEC hype, this will take years.
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Originally Posted by goblue
It's actually really smart of GM to produce BAS II and get this right - its insurance.
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Why is it smart to produce BAS+? GM has a terrible track record on hybrids so far. Why will the more expensive while still promising modest mileage improvements BAS+ fare any better?
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Originally Posted by goblue
My understanding is it costs significantly less than a diesel.
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Which still leaves the question of why the public will want to buy BAS+.
I predict GM will be lucky, very lucky, to sell 20,000 BAS+ hyrbids in their first year.