You can see this ad. Television viewers in the UK can’t. The Chevrolet Volt is sold in the UK as the Vauxhall Ampera, and its ad has been banned by the UK Advertising Standards Authority. It says the ad is misleading. The ad claims a 360-mile range. GM is a serial offender when it comes to alternate realities, and this ad is the latest installment. (Read More…)
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Tagged as advertising, Ampera, Bertel Schmitt, GM, lies, Marketing, UK, Volt
Tagged as advertising, Ampera, Bertel Schmitt, GM, lies, Marketing, UK, Volt
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skor - “The world really wasn’t ready for the truth.” Still isn’t. I wish someone had told me that when I was 17.
Hummer - Golden, that depends, One can easily get at or over 25mpg on a slightly tuned mid-late 90′s Dodge with the cummins, compared to the gas getting 8-10...
golden2husky - Zackman, the excessive bloat of cars is certainly not limited to American ones. All vehicles have simply gotten too heavy. Even Honda, while doing OK on...
Bowler300 - I would still be driving my Smart if it had three pedals.
Hummer - If the technology has potentional then manufacturers will make it, there is NO CAPITAL N_O reason to produce something that will not make...
golden2husky - Part of the problem with diesel is that although it give higher mileage from a tank of fuel, it costs notably more. I never ran the numbers but around...
Summicron - ” they relentlessly ground everyone else into the mud as their products improved” I wish Honda all possible success, but Gulfstream, Cessna, Embraer et al....
Xeranar - They could use a specially designed internal combustion engine but yes, odds on they’re using electric motors.
Shawnski - Market leadership can be admired and admonished – just look at F stock… Personally i like what Ford is doing,...
Xeranar - Seriously? Buyers? Have you wver seen how economics actually work? If you make desirable technology exceptionally more expensive people...