USA Today: Motor Trend fires back at Rush Limbaugh on Chevy Volt award

[Omaha Steve]

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/11/motor-trend-fires-back-at-rush-limbaugh-for-knocking-volt-award/1

Nov 24, 2010

Rush Limbaugh took a shot at Motor Trend magazine for last week making the coming-soon Chevrolet Volt its 2011 Car of the Year. Now Motor Trend has blasted back in its blog, and just to show it wasn't personal, the magazine's Todd Lassa ends the post with a shot at Limbaugh for his past legal and rehab troubles: "Just remember: driving and Oxycontin don't mix."


Chevrolet Volt electric today at the GMs Flint Engine Operations plant where the company announced it will spend $160 million to increase production of the Ecotec 4-cylinder engine used in the Volt and Chevy Cruze.
By Bill Pugliano, Getty Images


MT quotes Limbaugh as starting it, saying on air: "Folks, of all the cars, no offense, General Motors, please, but 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. The Volt is the Car of the Year."

Since Limbaugh already is on record as no fan of the General Motors bailout and government ownership, GM spending on the Volt or government rebates to sell electric cars, his criticism isn't exactly a shock.

But Lassa questions whether Limbaugh has driven a Volt, notes that Rush once confused the Volt's 40-mile electric range with its total range (unlimited on gas), and questions whether Limbaugh, known to rides on the order of Daimler's $400,000-plus Maybachs, knows about anything less-rarefied: "You've made two king's ransoms by convincing legions of dittoheads to tune into you every day. I wonder, do you ever ride in anything that's not German or Anglo-Saxon?"

Defending MT's choice, Lassa writes:

"All the shouting from you or from electric car purists on the left can't distort the fact that the Chevy Volt is, indeed, a technological breakthrough. And it's more. It's a technological breakthrough that many American families can use for gas-free daily commutes and well-planned vacation drives. It's expensive for a Chevy, but many of those families will find the gasoline saved worth it. If you can stop shilling for your favorite political party long enough to go for a drive, you might really enjoy the Chevy Volt."

-- Fred Meier/Drive On

[geckosfeet]

1. You have to admit, it's like shooting fish in a barrel.

RW radio jock opens mouth. Lies and complete fabrications pandering to misinformed low information hate mongers issue forth.

Rinse and repeat.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Good for MT - it's about time someone went after him.

His arms couldn't reach the steering wheel because of his fat belly, anyway.

[Darth_Kitten]

3. Yeah, Rush STARTED it.

I love this. :)