“At that Maryland dealer, the collective incentive money went towards a massive $5,000 discount off the MSRP, resulting in a sticker price somewhere in the mid $20,000 after state and federal tax credits were applied.”

The article included the zero and low interest loans as part of the $10,000 dollar incentive.

There are zero and low interest loans available today in Chevy adds.

And up to $5000 discounts are also found

MMF has been shown to make false claims, i.e. Volt has no clutches, and his behavior on this thread reinforces that conclusion.

“1) MSRP lowered by $1000, i.e. 2011 MSRP 41,000, 2012 MSRP 39,995.

2) Dealer discounts of up to $5000

3) zero interest loan reduce price by up to $4000
“

So, now you include the 0% as discount?
First of all, 0% ended by July and it was only on 2012 models which doesn’t apply to August sales.
Secondly, It is currently 0.9%. Many cars, including Ford and Toyota are offering that as well.
Thirdly, the dealer discount of $5k is NO WHERE to be found by the Truecar.com which is the source of that STUPID AP article. Even by that article’s own admission, it said the “discount of up to $10k” was in the lease, NOT sales.

Maybe next time you should read the source of your article instead of just quoting some titles when you have NO FREAKING clue on what you are talking about…

I was talking sales, not leases.

How was the Volt discounted.

1) MSRP lowered by $1000, i.e. 2011 MSRP 41,000, 2012 MSRP 39,995.

2) Dealer discounts of up to $5000

3) zero interest loan reduce price by up to $4000

Or a total of $10,000 excluding the tax rebate.

Therefore what I posted was spot on and was based on the AP story.

“Today, on the Drudge Report, I saw an article that claimed the recent strong sales of the Volt was driven by dealer discounts of about $10,000 off the MSRP. If you couple that with the $7500 tax break, the price falls to less than $25,000. Now they should sell briskly at that price!!!”

“Only a mindless twit would claim to be so stupid they cannot goggle drudge and click on the article.”

Only an “mindless twit” who lacks GED would read only the first paragraph without reading the entire article.

First of all, Drudge report doesn’t have any of their own article. They repost their other people’s crap.

Secondly, the real article is here on Washington times. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/23/chevrolets-volt-selling-but-not-at-sticker-price/

Now if you had read the article, you would see that they “reposted” their “quote” from truecar.com. Now if you actually had done some reading and real work, you would know that the $10k discount is mostly in the form of “Leasing”. And if you had gone to true car.com you would see the actual discount is in the range of $2k-$5k.

Now let me educate you about leasing and how the $10k comes about. We also know that EV buyers get the $7,500 tax credits. However, if a vehicle is leased, then the leasing company gets the $7.5k, NOT buyers. So, the discounted leasing price is only about $2.5k. NOT like your lie which said: “I saw an article that claimed the recent strong sales of the Volt was driven by dealer discounts of about $10,000 off the MSRP. If you couple that with the $7500 tax break, the price falls to less than $25,000.”

Maybe you should do some research and homework before you post like a “mindless twit” according to yourself. Finish your GED instead of posting unscientific comments here would help your case too…

Well, PIP is a good car. But regular Prius is a “better” car. What is the point of the PIP if you actually care about the MPG instead of the electric component?

Pip is doing well b/c its “HOV stickers” espcially in CA. Volt didn’t take off b/c of that. In fact, Volt has FAR HIGHER sales in CA than PIP yet, according to the CA DMV, Pip has “claimed” more HOV stickers than the Volt. So, it is clearly that people in CA buy the PIP for carpool sticker (the cheap one available for HOV sticker).

I personally care about performance. If you look around, almost 90% of the “cars” on the road carry less than 4 people at any given time. So, why worry about the 5-10% of the time? when performance such as acceleration, handling and braking are used just about every time.

Also, PIP is rated 4 stars in safety where Volt is 5 star rated (regular Prius is 5 star rated). Somehow Toyota managed to fail the crash test by losing 1 star due to its increased weight in PIP. Sounds like a scam to me.

Wrote: “Today, on the Drudge Report, I saw an article that claimed the recent strong sales of the Volt was driven by dealer discounts of about $10,000 off the MSRP”

Show the link please.

The “most” discount that I have heard is the $5k discount by dealer. $10k is combined with the current tax credits.

Please don’t make up lies.

Today, on the Drudge Report, I saw an article that claimed the recent strong sales of the Volt was driven by dealer discounts of about $10,000 off the MSRP. If you couple that with the $7500 tax break, the price falls to less than $25,000. Now they should sell briskly at that price!!!