$250,000 Chevy Volt - the new Trabant


GT38

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Apparently, $250K is just the total of the subsidies.

“This might be the most government-supported car since the
Trabant,” said Hohman, referring to the car produced by the former Communist state of East Germany.

http://www.mackinac.org/16192

 

gtjoey

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Apparently, $250K is just the total of the subsidies.

“This might be the most government-supported car since the
Trabant,” said Hohman, referring to the car produced by the former Communist state of East Germany.

http://www.mackinac.org/16192

Its the greatest car ever built from the greatest administration the country has ever seen..........I love it, best built dependable car ever built...to bad Ford missed out......gtjoey1314
 

Empty Pockets

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I'd never heard of the Trabant, so I figgered others may not have as well. Therefore:



http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1658533_1658030,00.html
 
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GT38

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I'd never heard of the Trabant, so I figgered others may not have as well. Therefore:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1658533_1658030,00.html

Trabant with the tow package (the fun begins at 0:45):

[video=youtube;KA-G4XutgwA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA-G4XutgwA[/video]
 

Empty Pockets

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Those darn things had front wheel drive?????? :eek
 

GT38

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Those darn things had front wheel drive?????? :eek

Yup..., and it makes the Lada look like a limo!
 

Empty Pockets

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Well then, shoot, I gotta get me wunna those!!! :thumbsup