I see them around some so somebody is buying them.
The problem I see is the same problem Chevy has with the Cruze diesel, they've
made it an up-optioned luxury car despite the fact that its not built on a
luxury platform.
The people that might buy this car are commuters or those obsessed with high
mileage. They want a stripped down basic car, in the case of the diesel they
want a manual transmission. Being automatic only makes the Cruze diesel a
non-starter for me.The luxury greenies are going to buy a Prius or Lexus...
-Curt
From: Alice Strickland via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: OK Don <okd...@gmail.com>; Mercedes Discussion List
<mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] iCoulomb ?
Is anybody buying Volts - the car? I never hear 'bout anybody buying one.
Wilton
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> On Feb 16, 2015, at 11:35 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> wrote:
>
> If you look carefully at the Volt, it is actually elegant. The powertrain
> is the only one that makes sense, and would be even better with a Diesel
> engine. The prise was too high, and I'm irrationally attached to Diesel
> fuel, or I would have bought one instead of the Passat.
>
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 8:23 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>> The Volt is the first hybrid that makes any sense, series hybrids should
>> be much more efficient than parallel plus you can plug it in. Many people
>> would make much of their driving purely on electricity with no need to
>> worry about running out since the gas engine would just start.
>> Now if they'd made it with a diesel engine they'd be able to see some real
>> mileage...
>> Which reminds me Chevy is still making the Cruze diesel but apparently
>> they don't sell many. I wonder if this is the same foolishness Jeep did a
>> few years ago with the Liberty CRD, they only made 8,000 and complained
>> that they couldn't sell them but there weren't any available...
>> -Curt--
>>
>
> OK Don
>
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