My friend picked up his new Chevy Volt today.

[Motown_Johnny]

43. A Cruze isn't a Volt

I will agree that there are some similarities but The Volt is much nicer inside and has higher performance than The Cruze. The Cruze goes from 0 to 60 in 9.6 seconds while the Volt does it in 8.53.

The Volt also has more luxury options than the Cruze and is simply nicer inside. It just isn't as nice a car (not that it isn't nice).

Cruze



Volt




Saying that they are the same car simply isn't right. The Volt is much nicer.


Next your math is way way off. If you had checked Wiki they would have told you this...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevy_volt

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According to Edmunds.com, the price premium paid for the Volt, after discounting the US$7,500 U.S. federal tax credit, takes a long time for consumers to recover in fuel savings, often longer than the normal ownership time period. Edmunds compared the Volt (priced at US$31,712) with the same-size gasoline-powered Chevrolet Cruze (priced at US$19,656) and found that the payback period for the plug-in hybrid is 15 years for gasoline prices at US$3 per gallon, 12 years at US$4 per gallon, and drops to 9 years with gasoline prices at US$5 per gallon. At February 2012 prices, the break even period is 14 years. These estimates assume an average of 15,000 miles (24,000 km) annual driving and vehicle prices correspond to Edmunds.com's true market value estimates.[78]

So you can see that your estimate of 28 years is more than double what other estimates would be.


Yes the Volt costs more than a Cruze but it really is a much nicer car. It isn't fair to compare them (even though we just did).