General Motors unveiled the price of the Volt last week and customers now know that they must part with $41,000 to get one of the 600 Chevrolet able to travel 40 miles on a battery charge.
But the price of the new Chevrolet Volt, scheduled to be available in December, could be different. Forget the environmental concerns and the electric vehicle, an extra "charge" of $20,000 was asked simply to drive the Chevrolet Volt.
Edmunds.com reported on the incredible e-mail, a reply from a Californian GM dealer to an online customer. The dealer asked for "$20,000" to be able to drive "one of the 9 Volts that will be delivered this year".
In June, a GM spokesperson told Volt-watching website GM-Volt.com, "We also aren't expecting our dealers to overcharge anyone for this vehicle, either, and will monitor the situation closely when we launch. We'll be paying close attention and do our best to strongly discourage this kind of behavior, as we always do with any GM-branded vehicle."
This exchange may have taken place before the dealer got the info from GM.
President Obama drove a Volt last Friday and defended GM's controversial $43-billion bailout. This was adopted in order to avoid having dealers demand an incredible markup for a car that is supposed to help the U.S. auto industry move into a new era and become self-sustaining again.
Although the dealers look set to cheat the people who helped them stay in business, it would appear as tough customers are set to pay big markups for this in-demand model.
But the price of the new Chevrolet Volt, scheduled to be available in December, could be different. Forget the environmental concerns and the electric vehicle, an extra "charge" of $20,000 was asked simply to drive the Chevrolet Volt.
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Edmunds.com reported on the incredible e-mail, a reply from a Californian GM dealer to an online customer. The dealer asked for "$20,000" to be able to drive "one of the 9 Volts that will be delivered this year".
In June, a GM spokesperson told Volt-watching website GM-Volt.com, "We also aren't expecting our dealers to overcharge anyone for this vehicle, either, and will monitor the situation closely when we launch. We'll be paying close attention and do our best to strongly discourage this kind of behavior, as we always do with any GM-branded vehicle."
This exchange may have taken place before the dealer got the info from GM.
President Obama drove a Volt last Friday and defended GM's controversial $43-billion bailout. This was adopted in order to avoid having dealers demand an incredible markup for a car that is supposed to help the U.S. auto industry move into a new era and become self-sustaining again.
Although the dealers look set to cheat the people who helped them stay in business, it would appear as tough customers are set to pay big markups for this in-demand model.