Dealer gouging puts Chevy Volt price above $60,000

these dealers make situation even worse , GM should do something about them

That is open heist.

I thought the GT-R gouging in 2008 was bad, but this one beats it. Close to 50% premium...good job

It's a world of supply and demand. The LF-A was priced to the stars but sold out almost instantly (the ones that weren't leased anyway) because there were that many people willing to pay the price. While I agree that the dealer is being unreasonable, business is business.

I agree with dbehmoaras

ALL said and done... one has to be a complete JERK to buy a VOLT for that kind of Money. Better buy a slightly used M3 and use the rest of the money on fuel for life.

yeah its complete crap that they are charging a 20,000 premium, but hey, if they can get away with it good for them. They said they are only getting about 9 cars this year, I bet they'll find that many people willing to pay more. The price is based on what people will pay for it, so if they can get 60,000 for then its worth that to some people.

Remember the gouging with the Dietrich. Remember the gouging with the Fierro

What goes around comes around. Remember the Fierro

add chrome, put a Caddilac badge on it. people will buy it

With the volt, you are already getting less of a car. Jacking up the price 20k...I would really feel sorry for the losers who actually end up buying it for that much.

Just lease at 350/month which takes the risk out of buying

For that price, you dealers just go right on ahead and keep the cars.

If the stealerships can make that premium I'll be happy. Every time I see someone driving a volt I'll be comfortable knowing how badly they were ripped off just so they can have their "Green" ego boost.

as much as this can be percieved it is not the dealerships that are at fault, it is the consumers that are willing to do business with these establishments that make this possible. I used to work for a Vw dealer that had a no-addendum policy, and had a dealer across town that did charge addendums. When the Touareg came out we stuck to MSRP and the dealer across town wanted $5,000 above MSRP. The thing that drove me mad was wehn someone would come to my dealership after leaving there being told that they needed to pay $5,000 above sticker. I would tell them that they did not need to pay above sticker but the MSRP was not negotiable and they would not be happy with that. They would go back to the other dealer and say I would sell the car for MSRP and the other dealer would beat that by a few bucks and they would give that dealer their business. When does the consumer realise that when a business is not taking advantage of them that business should be entitled to the fair profit in the product. The consumer is whole heartedly responsible for the way car sales is done in the United States. If they wanted to be treated fair then they must also reciprocate fairness in return.

I never got why people act like dealers are the scourge of society. The dealer can only charge as much as a client will pay. If u dont like it.....dont buy the product. Its as simple as that. Car dealers have to put up with people not trying to pay them an ounce of profit on anything so they will obviously make it up when they can. They, after all, are a business too and need to turn a profit just like any other establishment. I dont see anyone complaining about starbucks charging upwards of 5 bucks for a latte that costs them pennies to make. All of this wouldnt be necessary if dealers all had set pricing and u had to take it or leave it but consumers want to be able to "wheel and deal" but dont like it when the tables are turned and the dealer has the upper hand. SMH

Thus the reason why American cars do not sell. I fully believe the dealers are the problem, NOT the cars. Every hot car the US makes, the dealer gouges on the price and the customers go else where and complain the sales are not what they expect. Why not do what the germans do; If the dealer gouges revoke the allocation. Here are a list of US cars that dealers gouged consumers on on the last 5-10 years: Corvette ZR1 & Z06 Chevy Camaro Chevy SSR Ford Raptor Ford Shelby GT500 & GT350 Ford GT Dodge Viper Plymouth Prowler Dodge Challenger SRT8 Chrysler PT Cruiser (can you believe people paid $10k+)

Time for a Consumer Protection Law to put these ppl in their place!!