Brand New 2018 Chevrolet Volt Is Still For Sale In North Carolina
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The Chevrolet Volt wasn’t the Bowtie brand’s best-selling vehicle by any means. Annual Volt sales peaked at just 24,739 units in 2016 and dropped each subsequent year before General Motors finally decided to pull the plug on the unpopular hybrid in 2019.
The public’s lukewarm reaction to the Chevrolet Volt is perfectly exemplified in this brand new 2018 model year example that has been languishing on a dealership’s lot in North Carolina for nearly four years. The undesired Summit White hatchback has just 110 miles on the odometer, which are likely all delivery miles, and is priced at $29,792. That’s a $7,448 discount over the manufacturer’s suggested retail price, but is still a lot to pay for a three-year-old Chevy compact car – even with the potential fuel cost savings over a traditional ICE vehicle factored in.
As a reminder, the 2018 model year Chevrolet Volt is powered by a hybrid-electric powertrain consisting of a 1.5L L3A I4 engine, a pair of electric motors and an 18.4 kWh lithium battery. The Environmental Protection Agency awarded the hybrid with an impressive 42 MPG combined ciy/highway fuel economy rating for 2018, equating to $4,250 in fuel cost savings over five years compared to a new average vehicle.
This Chevrolet Volt will become even harder for the dealership to sell the longer it stays on the lot, in our opinion. With new electrified offerings coming from Chevrolet shortly, like the 2022 Bolt EUV and 2022 Bolt EV, customers will likely gravitate toward these newer pure EV models rather than the aging hybrid Volt. The new models are also comparable in price to this Volt, with prices starting at $31,995 for the Bolt EV and $33,995 for the larger Bolt EUV.
2022 Chevy Bolt EV
How much longer will this Chevrolet Volt remain without an owner? Drop your predictions in the comments below, readers.
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They should just let it go for about $20k. That’s really all it’s worth, IMHO.
Also, there is another one at Bob Valenti Chevrolet in Mystic, CT that they are asking $25,999 for.
And one at Victor Chevrolet in Victor, NY for $28,990.
I’d buy a 2018 Volt, but not for 30k.
Of the few people I talked to, all were very happy with their Volts. I believe range on battery alone was 53 miles with no range anxiety at all compared to BEV only vehicles. This automobile had an excellent reputation for reliability – never understood why the Volt did not sell well. I believe the Chinese Buick Velite (sp?) had essentially the same drivetrain as the Chev Volt.
It’s value as a low mileage “used” car is somewhat unknown – even though it would technically be classified as a very low-mileage 3 year old “new car.” I assume that the dealer is not ready to take the financial “hit” yet! Time will tell, since it is not considered to be a “collectible” vehicle yet. However, at the right price, it would probably be a very satisfactory automobile for daily use.
There is an old saying in the car business: “There is a seat for everyone!’
It didn’t sell well because it was basically a $20k Cruze for $35k.
not quite but nice try.
I’ve owned both a 2017 Cruze and a 2018 Volt. The Cruze is a piece of crap compared to a Volt.
This is a Sales manager that doesn’t want to book the loss and take a hit on his bonus. You Just gotta face reality and move it out by lowering the price until someone bites. Volt was a great solution for a lot of people and I would buy it, but with used 2018’s going for less half of that with under 25,000 miles, there is no way anybody would or should pay 30 grand for this one.
It didn’t sell because it was vilified by media that didn’t understand it, many dealerships didn’t want to sell it as they didn’t like EVs or did not want to spend money for the techs to be trained, the car occupied a place that was slowly fading away in the car market, and although it was sold in all 50 states advertising was more focused on either coast.
Initial price IMO only played a little factor in the slow adoption, with the right incentives and the knowledge that the car will pay you back in the long run it’s a great vehicle to get.
I’ve driven 3 Volts over the last 7.5 years and will be keeping my 2019 for as long as possible.
That’s a lot of excuses, and pretending it wasn’t mostly the price is ridiculous.
Lower the price to 18K and it will sell. The fact it hasn’t sold reflects more on a stubborn dealer and not on the capability of the car. Having said that, if it were a Volt Premier with adaptive cruise control, it would have sold back in the 2018/19 time period.
The 2019 Volt Premiers had the 7.2 kW charger and the 2019 Volt LTs had the option for the 7.2 kW charger which allowed for full charge in 2.25 hours vs. 4.5 hours which the 2018 was only capable of doing. Great car, only buy gas once a year which I could not do with a Cruze. Charge off hours at 1 to 2 cents per kW hour and charging the battery is a steal!
The saying actually goes “there’s an ass for every seat” and it would take a dumbass to pay thirty grand for this one
We had a 2014 Volt. It was a very economical car to own. Only traded it in because we needed AWD and something bigger. It was and still is based on some of the comments above a misunderstood car. In my mind it is was not even a competitor to the Bolt, the Leaf, or the Tesla. I would not want any of those. Why? because they all have long, but still a limited range! Yes, the Volts range was shorter, but then it just became a regular decent mileage car you could drive across the country like any other car. You can not do that with the others without worrying about charging stations The Volt had zero range anxiety. I remember some friends and I were going on a 500 mile trip one time and I suggested we take our Volt. They said how? isn’t the range only like 40 miles? GM did not do a very good job explaining how this car works in its marketing. Electric only for your daily commute, but a regular gas car for long trips when you need it. That message did not get through. Although even sales is subjective to context. The plug in hybrid Prius (not the regular one) the plug in hybrids from Ford and Mitsubishi none of them exactly lit up the sales chart either. In fact I am not sure any other plug in hybrid has even reached the 200,000 sales mark that ended the federal rebate for the Volt. Tesla, Leaf, Bolt etc are NOT plug in hybrids they are plug in electric cars with limited range. I think poor marketing was its biggest downfall.
I just tried to buy it but now they want 31k and won’t budge. I’ll buy an 18 with low mileage for a lot less.
The Chevy Volt had two electric motors, not one. Look up its special transaxle specifications.
I had a 2016 Chevy Volt. Loved it, filled the gas tank three times in two years. Great commuter car. Charging was free at work, got a discount on my bridge commute and used regen braking to gain mileage and save the mechanical brakes. Gave it to my son and got the 2017 Bolt, also a great car. My wife has an ICE wagon for longer trips, but I still thought the Volt hybrid conception rocked, and represented an ideal transition to the future. Agreed, marketing and dealer resistance posed huge problems, and kept the car from being a mass success.
Completely agree.
The Volt had one of the poorest marketing I´ve ever seen in a car. Specially in such an excellent car that was even european car of the year in 2012. As owner of a Chevy Volt, one of the best cars I ever had by the way, I would never trade it for a Bolt for the simple reason that the Bolt is a crossover. I don´t like SUV´s and crossovers and am not willing to buy one no matter what. I´ll keep it as long as possible but when the time comes to trade it, I´ll go probably for a Tesla Model S or a Model 3 unless GM produces an affordable sedan, coupe or hatchback EV or EREV like the Volt. The Cadillac Celestiq is a car I want to see. Until now, the only GM EV product that I really find interesting.
Jorge I would agree with you except, the Volt was never marketed.
Love my 2016 Volt. Hardly buy gas because of use around town. Fun to drive with summer performance tires. Has convinced me electric is the only way to go. Solar is my electric source. Such cheap fuel in SoCal.
Some dealers will never take a loss!! Here the dealers were using them as loaner cars and taking the tax break. Only reason to hang on to is now is if Biden can reset the tax bonus.
The Volt was a victim to GM poor or non existent marketing. 53 miles of all electric power with no range anxiety…. also witness the fate of the diesel Chevy Cruze with its 48mpg highway (9 speed automatic) and 52 mpg highway with the 6 speed stickshift. Most Chevy salesmen I spoke to didnt even know this vehicle existed. There should be room in the GM product lineup for both of these vehicles, instead the automakers and govt. are trying to force us to buy EVs with their multitude of limitations and expense. Very sad and misguided.
The Volt cost too much for what it was. They even admitted they were losing money on every one of them they sold when they finally killed it off.
Why would they want to spend even more money to market a car that they were losing money on?
It didn’t sell well because NOBODY WANTS AN OVERPRICED ECO GOLF CART THAT NEEDS A HOME DEPOT GENERATOR!!!!!!!
I had a 2012 Volt for 7 years and put about 100,000 miles on it. Although I drove it mostly locally so as not to use a lot of gas, I made 3 or 4 long trips (usually Atlanta-Michigan-Atlanta) without any difficulty. I foolishly sold it due to age and mileage since it was new technology and I worried about a major failure or need to replace a battery pack. Recently talked to the guy I sold it to and he has put another trouble free 25,000 miles and 20 months. There are so few duel motor (electric motor and internal combustion engine) cars out there, but apart from expense of manufacture they are eminently practical and useful, I had such a good experience with the Volt that I found and bought a 3 year old, 6,500 mile Cadillac ELR (a coupe version of the Volt in Cadillac dress). Once again, no problems and a joy to drive and to own. I fear companies will stop making the ice/electric combos and we will be at the mercy of charging stations. Hopefully my ELR (Volt) will give me another 7 years of service so I can charge only at home and buy gasoline when I need to (on trips).
I’ve been enjoying driving my Chevy Volt since I bought it new in 2013. Even before Covid, I would go months without having to burn any gasoline. And it worked magnificently for our several trips cross-country to Chicago, getting 41 miles per gallon. It’s a fun and comfortable and powerful car. Hardly anybody understands how this car works, though. I believe I have more than made up for the initial cost of the car in reduced fossil fuel purchases.
With my 2019 Volt Premier, running 90% in EV mode, 10% in Hybrid mode. Summer EV range is around 65 miles while in the dead of winter around 42 miles. Hybrid mode is typically 41 to 43 MPG depending on city vs highway driving. 2019 Volt Premiers with Adaptive Cruise Control were still in high demand after the car was discontinued in November 0f 2018. GM pretty much killed off all of their Sedans except for the Malibu.
The Volt was going to lose its $7,500 Tax Credit in April of 2019 coupled with it relationship to the Cruze which was also discontinued. As far as sales numbers are concerned, the Corvette has low sales numbers as well with high performance expectations and a high price and more than likely higher profit margin which keeps it alive as a halo car. Would have been wise to release a 2020 of 2021 Volt as all electric to compete head to head with the Tesla Model 3.
GM’s is in Pick-Up, SUV and Cross-Over mode right now. The Cadillac Lyric is the car to watch as it’s going to be built on the newer BEV3 platform replacing BEV2 used on the Bolt and Bolt EUV. The Bolt EUV looks like a nice vehicle but is slow DC fast charging rate and lack of an all wheel drive option will handicap it popularity.