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Chevy Volt named most satisfying car
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Posted By:ho72, 11/29/2012 1:59:20 PM
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Where’s the love? For the Chevrolet Volt it’s right at home. The plug-in hybrid topped the Consumer Reports annual customer satisfaction survey for the second straight year, with 92 percent of owners saying they would definitely buy it again, down from 93 percent in 2011. The magazine says the showing was the result of a growing trend of enthusiasm for fuel-efficient cars, and in the case of the Volt, “the combination of sporty handling and strong engine performance also goes a long way in building loyalty and generating excitement among owners."
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Comments: Can´t wait for the vitriol that this will spark...
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
redsox nation, 11/29/2012 2:06:09 PM (No. 9039693)
Sure....who wouldn´t want a car that is heavily subsidized by us tax payers, especially with the give away lease deals they have?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
obviousity, 11/29/2012 2:06:46 PM (No. 9039695)
After what Sandy did to the Fisker why are Volts still on the market?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
CecilStrange, 11/29/2012 2:08:51 PM (No. 9039701)
Make a bad deal, hug it tighter.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
nimby, 11/29/2012 2:09:26 PM (No. 9039704)
Seriously? I thought the batteries were blowing up the Volts?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Lawsy0, 11/29/2012 2:10:48 PM (No. 9039707)
Chevy Volt is code for ´My Neighbor Bought This for Me.´ Chevy Volt named most satisfying Hyperbole. There, fixed your headline for you.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Mass Minority, 11/29/2012 2:11:41 PM (No. 9039710)
Ah the deception of small numbers and statistics. If 10 people in an I Love Electric Cars club buy the Volt instead of either of the other two pretty much unavailable competitors models and 9 of them Love it with one only adoring it the Volt has a 90% rating beating out the other 2 electric models handily. A commanding market segment lead if ever there was one.
Compare that to 11,000,000 completely unrelated folks from across a very diverse nation rating cars that have literally dozens of competing models and buyers with several generations of personal experience and you get a fragmenbtedf response.
What is the conclusion? Those 9 Chevy Volt Owners get to set the market for the 11,000,000 other car owners? Probably not. Chevy Volt buyers are not buying a car, they´re buying an ideology, a personal statement of their betterness. Of xourse they will not admit that they also have a Big SUV for trips farther than the corner market.
Write this headline after the total electric car market breaks 5 million vehicles and more then 20 models are available and most owners have no second vehicle for backup and then I´ll pay attention. Until then keep your deception of small numbers spiel to yourselves.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Nevadadad46, 11/29/2012 2:19:21 PM (No. 9039732)
And- Øbama was named the "Most Satisfying President". Yeah- Right!
Even Joseph Goebbels would blush at this blatant display of government sponsored propaganda!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
spincut, 11/29/2012 2:25:08 PM (No. 9039744)
Because anyone steeped enough in liberal horse**** to buy a Volt would of course be too steeped in liberal horse**** to admit what a mistake they had made.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
previouslyon24, 11/29/2012 2:26:42 PM (No. 9039746)
For years Consumer Reports has become a politically-driven magazine, especially with respect to cars. I used to love to read their stuff, but starting about 15 years ago I noticed that they were looking at cars as if they were just alternatives to mass transit. Additionally, this is just another example of the deceitful way a survey can be manipulated by the Administration, who by the way, are "stakeholders" in seeing everything GM look good, most especially their flagship green car. It may or may not be a decent car, but I no longer trust Consumer Reports for verification of what´s really happening out there. Oh, the market isn´t buying many of them either; maybe that says something. Also wonder what the political makeup is of Volt owners.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 11/29/2012 2:26:48 PM (No. 9039747)
Yes, and Lucky Strikes were often rated the most satisfying cigarettes.
/s off/
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
horacer, 11/29/2012 2:27:41 PM (No. 9039749)
I thought government, especially the Pentagon, bought most of the Volts. That would seem to skew the results.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
pineledger, 11/29/2012 2:29:22 PM (No. 9039755)
Satisfying to whom?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
MattMusson, 11/29/2012 2:41:51 PM (No. 9039787)
I heard Chevy is introducing 3 new Volt models: Hickory, Mesquite and AppleWood.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
KTWO, 11/29/2012 2:42:06 PM (No. 9039788)
Those who buy the rare or unusual do so for a reason. The buyers of more generic models will have other motives.
The prior differences in the buyers tends to make such surveys unhelpful.
Some men will by a $500 dress shirt, some a $50 shirt. Others will spend only $20. Those shirts have difference, but there are greater differences in the purchasers than in the shirts.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
ncgrammie4, 11/29/2012 2:44:52 PM (No. 9039797)
Are these the same people who had their houses burn down after they parked the Volt in their garage and plugged it in?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
JHHolliday, 11/29/2012 2:45:56 PM (No. 9039800)
9 is correct. I noticed CR subtly moving left and PC some years ago. I won´t read it anymore. I don´t like being manipulated and that seems to be their agenda.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
enemyofthestate, 11/29/2012 2:52:11 PM (No. 9039812)
No way will I ever buy a Goobermint Motors product.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
schnapps, 11/29/2012 2:56:16 PM (No. 9039815)
92 percent of owners saying they would definitely buy it again. The other 8% would like GM to pay for a new garage to replace the one that burned down.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
TheMotherCO, 11/29/2012 2:58:25 PM (No. 9039819)
Agree with above posters - if Consumer reports recommends it, I avoid it. I would love to know how much buyers of this lemon pay in electricity costs.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Mr. Know-It-All, 11/29/2012 3:17:09 PM (No. 9039841)
#6 nails it. There are so few Volt owners compared to other types that you really can´t compare.
When I worked at K-mart many moons ago, the Millinary department frequently won the award for most increase sales over the same time last year or month or week. But when its the smallest department with sales of 50 or 60 bux, even a $10 increase, which is almost nothing, gave them a big percentage jump.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
paulfromTexas, 11/29/2012 4:10:33 PM (No. 9039935)
It´ll never wear out thats sure. One cannot be kept up, running and not aflame for long enough to show any wear and tear.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
tomanderson61, 11/29/2012 5:22:12 PM (No. 9040040)
#9, you are completely right.
I´ll add that most car magazines also have an anti-US car bias. I can give dozens of proof points. In almost every comparison test I can recall, the US car will typically lose, even if just by a few points. Statistically impossible. But there it is. I used to subscribe and read at least 7 auto magazines cover to cover, now I rarely pick them up. I know more than the average guy and I can go drive something myself and figure out if I like it.
You don´t read what a failure the Leaf is, you have to find that out from other sources. There are no articles speculating what sales of these cars will be like with no subsidy. You can bring out a totally new Corvette or Viper, and sure, you´ll get a little press. Bring out a new Acura NSX and the press will never stop.
Sad, we used to have such great magazines.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
artman1746, 11/29/2012 8:14:18 PM (No. 9040300)
Those two dozen owners are pleased and loyal. But that´s the way a liberal is. They would put themselves thru any misery and expense rather than admit that government liberal policies were a boondoggle and wasteful. Just look at every other liberal policy and the failures they represent.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
45_Auto, 11/30/2012 6:06:51 AM (No. 9040657)
CR has been proven to be on "the take" in the past. The only people who read it are the uneducated. People need to pay attention to what goes on around them.
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