Car's a clunker

According to the Detroit News, Consumer Reports took a look at the Chevy Volt and scratched its head:

"When you are looking at purely dollars and cents, it doesn't really make a lot of sense. The Volt isn't particularly efficient as an electric vehicle and it's not particularly good as a gas vehicle either in terms of fuel economy," said David Champion, the senior director of Consumer Reports auto testing center at a meeting with reporters here. "This is going to be a tough sell to the average consumer."

Well, I'm surprised by this assessment since everybody knows that the combination of a corporate model set in the 1950s mixed with an entrenched union (see 50s model) then infused with government intervention always produces gold.

Extra – Patterico "Great news about that Government Motors car": "So it’s not very good, but it is very expensive...And when this car fails, will GM need a bailout to pay for this boondoggle?"