Limbaugh, Fox News, Tea Party Get What They Want With False Attacks on Chevy Volt

[kristopher]

9. So manufacturers advertise because publicity doesn't affect buyer preferences?

Your case is not at all persuasive. In fact, it reads as little more than yet another recitation of Koch Brothers' talking points.

For example, how is the tax incentive "misleading"? By the standard you are apparently using, any incentive program that every consumer doesn't understand fully prior to exhibiting any interest in a vehicle is "misleading. BTW, unless I miss my guess, any unused portions of the tax credit will carry forward until used.

Why should the cost comparison be to the Cruze? People pay more for thousands more for diesel engines in pickup trucks all the time even when it doesn't make good economic sense to do so. Does that merit hundreds of "analysis" claiming diesels in pickups are dead? Or is the nature of the "analysis" for the Volt really reflective of a well funded FUD campaign that is entirely consistent with the modus operandi of the Koch Brothers?

Is the Volt pricey? Sure, but so is a Cadillac in comparison to a comparable Chevy or a F250 diesel in relation to an F250 gas. So what? People routinely find value in the product that justifies to them paying the premium.

Your overtly negative slant belies the objectivity you claimed.