Exclusive: GM cancels Cadillac SRX plug-in hybrid: sources | Reuters On a side note, I've never followed GM's supposed Volt (moving) production targets but the article says "GM recently boosted its 2012 production plans for the Volt by a third to 60,000 vehicles." Will they even be able to sell 60K Volts a year, given the price tag?
No, GM's Volt sales to date are virtually nonexistent. Only in news articles and shareholder calls (i.e. fantasy) are the Volts being made or sold in any meaningful numbers.
I came --><-- this close to buying an SRX but after test driving one with its lathargic engine and terrible mpgs it I totaly fell out of love with it. I do love the design though.
The devil is in the details. Original, that plan was to build 60,000 the second year of production anyway. So, there's no real change from that perspective. However, that entire inventory was for the US. Now, a quarter of it will be going to Europe rather than Opel producing Ampera themselves. As for the on-again, off-again plug-in Two-Mode saga, this isn't much of a surprise. The cordless model targeted a tiny market, mostly due to the extreme price. Adding to that price for a plug wouldn't help the situation. .
you missed the news early this month when GM announced how they are increasing production due to extraordinary demand. Small print was 1k increase to 16k this year . and of course, PR completely ignores the fact that few months ago they said they were increasing it to 25k, right?
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