Chevy Volt sales triple in 2012

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11. The car spearheaded by Republican Bob Lutz during the GWB presidency... is an Obama car?

Bob Lutz, former CEO of GM, pushed for the creation of this vehicle. The Volt was designed and finalized for production during the George Bush presidency - yet it is being deemed an Obama car. Do the people who hate this country so much want to not back an American company because Obama helped to rescue them?

The same could be said of theoil industries, pharmaceutical firms, farmers, aerospace, etc... They all get government money.

I'll always remember the president of American Honda saying that American Honda and a couple other foreign car companies would have gone out of business with GM and Chrysler because they all share the same parts suppliers. Folks seem to think that parts are unique to each assembler, yet, in the case of relays there are only 3 major suppliers: Bosch, Decso and Nipon-Denso.

If you have a car, almost any car, if you are lucky enough to find a parts cross-reference list you can save a lot of money on auto parts. The same part for a VW might be 1/4th the price from a Ford or GM dealer, such as oxygen sensors. They'll be the same part but each car company will have them stamped with their own logo and part number. That's why you can go to a Pep Boys and they'll probably have your car part in stock... That's because the same parts are shared between multiple vehicle brands.