Yeah, well those posts will be deleted!Lets hope they ultimately have commercials that actually tell people about the car.............
Look. QUIT with the probing questions! Can't you see they're confused enough as it is? :fall:aaah, why not sell the one you have on sale?
More like a cure for insomnia. :drive:That's not a commercial.
That's not a commercial.
"Technically" yes; however since this is a complex car that most people still don't understand despite it being in the market for almost 4 1/2 years a very poor "Advert"......... :yup:Thanks Captain Pedantic, but I just paraphrased the title from the Yahoo article. Technically though, it is an advert as in 'Advertise':
Exactly my point!to me that "spot" is a bone to the EV/Hybrid/Voltec FANS to show off the car and NOT intended for the NON informed
IMHO the VOLT was doomed the moment GM INSISTED to call it the VOLT and it was an ELECTRIC carThe Volt can be a great car for alot of people. But at the same time, it can be a really difficult car to explain in a simple and meaningful way to the uninformed (who make up over 95% of the car buying population).
It's an electric car.
OK.
But it has a gas engine.
What? Wait, you said it was an electric car!
The gas engine is just a range extender that produces electricity, after the battery runs low.
OK. So, the gas engine recharges the battery.
No, the gas engine produces electricity to run the car. You want to leave the battery drained, and charge it at home/work.
Um...OK.
But sometimes the engine is directly engaged to help drive the car.
What? Wait, you said the engine just produced electricity!
Well, almost always, but in some circumstances, it is used to assist the electric drive.
What? Wait...it just...almost...sometimes...BOOOM! Head explodes.
And it's bad business to make potential customer's heads explode. Studies show that such customers will then tend to buy Toyotas. And no good can come of that.
"Volt" was bad because it's electric, but Electra or Ampura would be good because it's electric.IMHO the VOLT was doomed the moment GM INSISTED to call it the VOLT and it was an ELECTRIC car
IMHO they SHOULD have gone with Electra OR Ampura and marketed it as the Hybrid EVOLVED as Toyota spent a LOT of marketing effort to convince the buying minions that a Prius/hybrid is NOT an EV but better so GM should have tied in with the Prius idea and it would be EZ to show how the electric PRIORITY Voltec drive is better/greener then the Priuses HSD Petrol priority drive system
Best thing I've read all day, thank youThe Volt can be a great car for alot of people. But at the same time, it can be a really difficult car to explain in a simple and meaningful way to the uninformed (who make up over 95% of the car buying population).
It's an electric car.
OK.
But it has a gas engine.
What? Wait, you said it was an electric car!
The gas engine is just a range extender that produces electricity, after the battery runs low.
OK. So, the gas engine recharges the battery.
No, the gas engine produces electricity to run the car. You want to leave the battery drained, and charge it at home/work.
Um...OK.
But sometimes the engine is directly engaged to help drive the car.
What? Wait, you said the engine just produced electricity!
Well, almost always, but in some circumstances, it is used to assist the electric drive.
What? Wait...it just...almost...sometimes...BOOOM! Head explodes.
And it's bad business to make potential customer's heads explode. Studies show that such customers will then tend to buy Toyotas. And no good can come of that.
It's not that complicated.The Volt can be a great car for alot of people. But at the same time, it can be a really difficult car to explain in a simple and meaningful way to the uninformed (who make up over 95% of the car buying population).
It's an electric car.
OK.
But it has a gas engine.
What? Wait, you said it was an electric car!
The gas engine is just a range extender that produces electricity, after the battery runs low.
OK. So, the gas engine recharges the battery.
No, the gas engine produces electricity to run the car. You want to leave the battery drained, and charge it at home/work.
Um...OK.
But sometimes the engine is directly engaged to help drive the car.
What? Wait, you said the engine just produced electricity!
Well, almost always, but in some circumstances, it is used to assist the electric drive.
What? Wait...it just...almost...sometimes...BOOOM! Head explodes.
And it's bad business to make potential customer's heads explode. Studies show that such customers will then tend to buy Toyotas. And no good can come of that.
