powersurge said:So I say to complainers of the Bolt's looks... Keep quiet, and go buy something else... The rest of us will marvel at the Bolt, Leaf, and other EVs and buy them...
I think it would be great if more people drove electric and I believe that GM's utilitarian hatchback competing with Tesla's sporty sedan is more likely to further that goal than if GM and Tesla were both competing with the same kind of car. You don't seem to understand this, but there are a lot of people like me who want hatchbacks, not sedans. You just have to look at how successful the Honda Fit is to see the truth of this.oilerlord said:The problem is, the "rest of us" are the tiny, less than 1% of the population that would buy an electric car - regardless of it's looks. Don't we all want more people to drive electric? I could be way off base, but I think if the Bolt ended up looking more looked like this ... it may have have actually had a chance at being the game-changer...
SeanNelson said:I believe that GM's utilitarian hatchback competing with Tesla's sporty sedan is more likely to further that goal than if GM and Tesla were both competing with the same kind of car. You don't seem to understand this, but there are a lot of people like me who want hatchbacks, not sedans.
oilerlord said:What are the reasons that are holding people back from buying it?
oilerlord said:SeanNelson said:What are the reasons that are holding people back from buying it?
I hear a lot of people say this, so it must be true. But I gotta say that I don't understand it. The Bolt looks just fine to me, it certainly doesn't have any of the stand-out oddities that the Nissan Leaf and the BMW i3 do.oilerlord said:I never said the Bolt HAD to be a sedan. There are a lot of great looking hatchbacks too, just that the Bolt isn't one of them.SeanNelson said:I believe that GM's utilitarian hatchback competing with Tesla's sporty sedan is more likely to further that goal than if GM and Tesla were both competing with the same kind of car. You don't seem to understand this, but there are a lot of people like me who want hatchbacks, not sedans.
BoltShopper said:I think one significant reason that sales are so low is that there is no advertising. I see ads for the Mirai and the Ioniq all the time. I've seen nothing, zilch, for the Bolt. The current Chevy ads are generic to Chevy or sell trucks.
Most of my friends have never even heard of the Bolt. (This includes my friend that just bought a Tesla.) Never, ever, heard of it.
If you're not a dedicated EV or auto enthusiast, how would you even know it exists?
I don't understand why Chevy isn't running Bolt - specific ads in markets where it is available. (I'm in NorCal).
It will be interesting to see the April sales numbers come out tomorrow.
I've talked to three different dealers here in Vancouver British Columbia and they all had the same story: our allocation is spoken for, there's a waiting list, no new Bolt EVs coming until the 2018 model year.SparkE said:Actually, can anybody in Canada verify this? If there is a Chevy/GM dealer where you live : stop by some time when you are driving by anyways, and ask about the Bolt, if they have any on the lot that you could drive away with today, and if not, how long would it take to get one delivered if you ordered.
BoltShopper said:I think one significant reason that sales are so low is that there is no advertising. I see ads for the Mirai and the Ioniq all the time. I've seen nothing, zilch, for the Bolt. The current Chevy ads are generic to Chevy or sell trucks.
Most of my friends have never even heard of the Bolt. (This includes my friend that just bought a Tesla.) Never, ever, heard of it.
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