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Old 10-26-2012, 01:32 PM
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I don't see what all the fuss about the price of the Volt is. $40,000 won't buy a fully optioned, 4x4, extended cab, Chevy half ton truck nowadays, and there are a whole bunch of them on the road here.
OTOH, you can buy a new Mazda3 for ~$18K and get an honest 40 mpg in a fun-driving package.
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Old 10-26-2012, 02:48 PM
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OTOH, you can buy a new Mazda3 for ~$18K and get an honest 40 mpg in a fun-driving package.
You could make that case for pretty well every car that costs more than a Mazda 3. The one thing you don't get with the Mazda is the opportunity to buy American.
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