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Todd Lassa Motortrend Editor vs Rush Limbaugh: Chevy Volt Spat
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by NowPublic Staff | November 23, 2010 at 03:54 pm
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Motortrend Editor Todd Lassa Blasts Rush Limbaugh For Chevy Volt Remarks: Volt Named Motortrend Magazine Car Of The Year For 2010
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Motortrend magazine has fired back, slamming Rush Limbaugh for his ill-informed critique of the Motortrend Car of the year for 2010 the Chevy Volt by General Motors (GM).
Talk show blow hard, Rush Limbaugh has been on a few tirades against GM's Chevy Volt, saying,
Of all the cars in the world, the Chevrolet Volt is the Car of the Year? Motor Trend magazine, that’s the end of them. How in the world do they have any credibility? Not one has been sold [and] the Volt is the Car of the Year.
That prompted this charged response from Motortrend Magazine, editor Todd Lassa
So, Mr. Limbaugh; you didn’t enjoy your drive of our 2011 Car of the Year, the Chevrolet Volt? Assuming you’ve been anywhere near the biggest automotive technological breakthrough since … I don’t know, maybe the self-starter, could you even find your way to the front seat? Or are you happy attacking a car that you’ve never even seen in person?
The Motortrend blog continued its trenchant take down of Rush Limbaugh's irrational arguments against the Chevy Volt, ending with a nasty left hook,
I’m sure GM would be happy to lend you one for the weekend. Just remember: driving and Oxycontin don’t mix.
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at 23:12 on November 23rd, 2010
First off - this should be tagged with "Motorsports" - second off, I have some of the same troubles with the Volt being named car of the year when the plan is to produce ONLY 10,000 of these citizen owned/Government owned white elephants that require an even bigger giveaway of our tax dollars ($7,500 incentive discount from the $41,000 list price) just to try to shove them, dare I say, down our throats?!
They should be selling this car as a car that has a 300 mile range on current infrastructure fuel with a pure electric power extension of maybe 40 miles.
The Volt was also named Green Car of the year at the LA Auto Show all on the same day that GM issued its IPO stock offer. We call this monetizing our tax dollar debt. I already have money in GM, why would I wish to invest more money in this joke of a Government and Union owned enterprise when there are choices that I CAN make to invest in companies that are owned by people who actually have a connection to what they make?
Ford was named the first ever as the Automotive Green Marketer of the Year by Nielsen ... now there IS a company that has a legacy to its product that one could invest in without having to look over one's shoulder!
This is what the press release had to say about Ford:
“The Automotive Green Marketer of the Year award is not just about great creative, although we all know that’s a crucial element of any effective ad campaign,” said Lois Miller, President, Nielsen Automotive. “However, this is bigger than one creative. This award is for the auto marketer who was most effective at leveraging its brand to further the ‘green’ movement and create positive awareness for all the auto industry is doing to drive fuel-efficiency and eco-friendly practices. This was best exemplified by Ford.”
Basically, this is where the rubber meets the ol' green road ... Ford's contribution takes into account REALITY! ... something Todd Lassa and Motor Trend may have lost touch with a few egos ago.
at 12:28 on November 24th, 2010
Dear Todd Lasa: Good for you Mr. Lasa. This Limbaugh guy is certainly not my cup of tea. Listen to him. All you hear is Bad Mouth about somebody or some program. What is this guy for, except lower taxes for mega millionaires like himself? He said he hoped our current president would "fail". What kind of American would say that? I am "for" every president to succeed for our country's sake. Hoping a President will fail is not politics. It is very much like some kind of treason. I hope Obama is a success. I hope GM is a success and employs more and more Americans. I hope the Volt is a dynamite success. I want America to succeed.
at 14:19 on November 24th, 2010
For the record, Rush is for America to succeed. The more Obama fails, the more America succeeds - as the voters agreed last election.On the Volt - isn't "Car of the Year" a bought spot? How much did GM pay for it?
at 00:06 on November 25th, 2010
The far right gets their panties in a bunch over this, the crybabies. Especially Rush, the big fat slobbering, disgusting, piece of filth, attacking people with Parkinson's, jumping around hopped-up on drugs at political conventions, now he has to pick on a little electric car? Of course while he has hid behind the flag, his mother's skirt during nam, gm has been producing the best equipment to help our soldiers and sailors defend the country. While he has been heating up a microphone and probably stinking up his office with chronic flatulence. Its hard to tell which end of this critter stinks the worst. I will buy a Chevy Volt, I will hardly ever buy gas, it will help my budget, something Mr. Fat Ass Richy Rich could never understand. Plus, I will dump my gas swizzling import and buy American. Yay for GM. Yay for America, trade in your gas guzzler and get free of oil dependence!