It's true - everytime I read
It's true - everytime I read an article complaining about how expensive the Volt is they always compare it to cheaper vehicles. When I bought my Volt I wasn't deciding between a Cruze and the Volt, I was deciding between an Infiniti G and the Volt. There is no shortage of $40,000 cars on the road. It keeps being mentioned that the price differential "buys a lot of gas" but that's a silly argument to use against vehicles which are designed to limit the use of gas. I drive 20,000 miles a year...after 6 years, the money I save on buying gas as compared to my retired Maxima put towards the payments on the Volt will have it costing me less than $20,000. After 11 years the car will have roughly paid for itself in gas savings. What other ICE based vehicle pays for itself? New technology is always more expensive...remember when a 42" plasma television was $10,000 or a DVD player was $1,000. If early adopters were not willing to absorb the higher costs of new technology it would not survive long enough to become mass market affordable. Point is, I love my Volt and you're welcome.