Spurred by a jolt of last-minute bids, the first Chevy Volt built for sale by GM fetched $225,000 in an auction to benefit Detroit Public Schools. That’s some pricey joule-ry. [Freep] More »
First Chevy Volt For Sale Auctioned For $225,000 [I Feel Gassy]
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@Isetta: The R8 would be a great road trip car. Its fast enough to escape the uncanny valley.
underwear-ninja
HA HA!
philibuster
@imaeffinginger: On the original concept it was crazy windows that apparently can’t roll down. I guess they liked the look or something.
StuLTissimus
Okay, let Pantera do the talking.
GeeHalen
@rotaryfreakjoe: Not if we keep printing money.
alan505
@jalopnikfan:
… They still haven’t touched them?
Are they like the Roman’s with the Spartacus uprising? Kill them in the most public way possible to show “The stance of the nation”?
*/fuming*
Xelmon
@anitesh.jaswal: extra smug?
I jest.
Super Traction Engine
@jodark: you forgot the five aerial atoms
KillerRaccoon
@Brian: Cogito Ergo ZOOM!: Who knows, maybe as the first one it will gain collector’s value.
KillerRaccoon
@whatclutch?: Well played.
maximum_sarge
@xcalibr: Aint that the truth…
Fat Tire
i think there are one too many zeros in that price…
rotaryfreakjoe
If the Volt turns out to be a game changer (as in it ushers in a new era of electric vehicles), than it could be worth some major cash in the future.
Rtoups
yoda2
@Scorpio GTX1: a few less laps but while firing a .50 out the sunroof
skloon
@Triborough: and the Detroit Lions.
Death By Cornbread
@From a Buick 6:
2xwishbonz
Dab O’ Swine
Paying the asking price of 40 grand is total CP, but the bids were for charity for the Detroit public shcool system, not just the car itself, nothing CP about that. They need the cash.
DeadBuick
@whatclutch?: Hahahahaha I seriously want to know this bro’s story. What happened to him after he backed out? Who is he? Why did he bid? Etc.
LappingLuke
@Triborough: What half assed?
Dboy23
@Triborough: At least the Detroit public schools are not a cost burden to the other 49 states.
Kangaru
@imaeffinginger: I am not sure myslef, but its safe to say that the stripe cost the general public around $100,000 to design/engineer!
Kangaru
@superflanker00su: At least if you burned the money, your only out the $225,000.
The owner will have to maintain the vehicle, insure it, and pay that hefty monthly OnStar® fee every month!
Kangaru
They should have sent the proceeds to Detroits biggest charity…
…GM
Kangaru
@2xwishbonz: Yep, and no amount of money is going fix that. The heartbreaking truth is that with no one to care for these kids at home, most of them just don’t have a chance.
And it’s not just poor kids either. Deadbeat parents are deadbeat parents.
From a Buick 6
@Dirt Pirate:
Studebaker even had an electric bus in 1908? (Easy to believe if I’m wrong.) called the Omnibus.
WheezyWindsor302
CarRamrod
FORDboy357
@Xelmon: GM’s EV-1
jalopnikfan
@From a Buick 6: Almost every school in the country gets federal funding. Unfortunately, the effects of severe poverty and drug abuse on cities like Detroit mean that most kids start school way behind where they should be and can’t catch up because nobody at home gives a shit about their education, there are no books in the house, and the TV is turned up all the way to drown out the gun shots.
2xwishbonz
@jalopnikfan:
What are those? Insights?
Xelmon
I’m guessing someone’s team of accountants advised them to make a healthy charitable contribution, and make it happen before the end of the year.
powermatic
One born every minute.
xcalibr
@Lysol (No Homo):
Upon winning the car a GM representative collected the payment, threw the keys at the winner, and ran away laughing.
xcalibr
Shocks me how hateful Jalop is over this, regardless of our vitriol these will sell and the general public (which we don’t represent) will be happy with it.
anitesh.jaswal
@MR2_FTW: It went to charity…
anitesh.jaswal
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@VTECalex: They probably bought it for charity, not really ’cause they wanted the car, asshole.
TheMightyTexMex
$225k! That’s like 2 Teslas! Wait…um…
Lysol (No Homo)
What was the Gov’t rebate on it? like 20k?
hoonthatsc may or may not be considering building a Mazda Super20 clone
@jalopnikfan: We can only hope.
HUMONGUS