{"id":38250,"date":"2013-11-02T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=38250"},"modified":"2013-11-02T09:45:45","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T13:45:45","slug":"and-in-the-i-coulda-told-ya-that-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38250","title":{"rendered":"And In the “Gee, What a Surprise” Department . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

Volt sales drop 32% in October<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

GM blamed the drop in sales on “declining gas prices”.<\/p>\n

An underpowered, poorly-designed, poorly-built, short range “gas saving” $40,000 Adam Sandler Mobile<\/a> (warning – link is DEFINITELY NSFW or around children) that wasn’t worth half what people paid to buy it and was overhyped from day one whose sales fall by 1\/3 when gas prices fall 15% or so.\u00a0 Gee – who could have predicted that?<\/p>\n

In contrast, sales of a well-designed and well-built competitor – Toyota’s trendy car for the smug and arrogant, the “Prickmobile” (AKA the Prius) – rose<\/em> 7% in October.\u00a0 And Toyota’s Prickmobile doesn’t have a huge government subsidy backing it, either.<\/p>\n

I’d say YGBSM – but I’m dead serious.<\/p>\n

Look, I’m OK with people driving a hybrid or other “energy efficient” vehicle if that’s their choice.\u00a0 But I don’t think they deserve any “special reward” for doing so – they get their reward every time they get fuel.\u00a0 And I really hate people trying to sell me a turd sandwich while telling me it’s a delicious hamburger.\u00a0 The Volt was government-subsidized turd sandwich from day one.<\/p>\n

“Well done”, GM.\u00a0 Next time, listen to the market instead of some community organizer with no clue about real-world business or economics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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