Remember WAY back in 2009 when Audi of American's President, Johan de Nysschen, called out the 2011 Chevrolet Volt?
Well, we do.
If you're not familiar with what he said, de Nysschen predicted that the Volt would not be a sales success and said -- I am paraphrasing here -- that the Volt wouldn't attract enough fools to buy it.
Then -- yes, there's more -- he went on to bash the U.S. government for not supporting diesel products -- he's CAN'T be bias, right --, which were at the ready in 2009. Ironically, Audi went on to develop hybrid and electric vehicles shortly thereafter.
That said though, was de Nysschen right? Did the Volt flop and is the auto industry being steered in the wrong direction by the government?
The Chevy Volt is a car that only appeals to preening schmoes and will fall flat on its face.
Or so says Audi of America president, Johan de Nysschen, who went off on the Chevy Volt and electric cars in general, with Lawrence Ulrich of MSN's Exhaust Notes.
Nysschen tells Ulrich, “No one is going to pay a $15,000 premium for a car that competes with a (Toyota) Corolla...They’re for the intellectual elite who want to show what enlightened souls they are...so there are not enough idiots who will buy it...
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