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General Motors hasn’t yet started assembly of its highly-anticipated Chevy Volt electric car. It hasn’t put a bulk on the vehicle. It hasn’t arise if the Volt will be available, or what dealers will get the aboriginal models. It hasn’t told dealers what colors will be available, or whether the car will arise with a sunroof or a aeronautics arrangement or an options amalgamation including fog lamps and acrimonious mirrors for cold-weather states. It hasn’t done anything, in fact, but body a few prototypes and allocution with the columnist a abundant accord about what the beginning car might be able of.

But you can buy one on eBay.

One active Columbus, Ohio Chevrolet banker has started demography deposits. In its advertisement for the Volt, Jack Maxton Chevrolet explains, “We are now accepting deposits…..reserve castigation today BEFORE THEY ARE BUILT because these will go fast!”

The advertisement includes such abating specifics as “This car is getting offered with the Full Factory Warranty,” and “Although we haven’t said absolutely if the Chevy Volt will arise to market, we’ve set our centralized targets to complete the car by the end of 2010.”

Autoblog notes, “It’s not bright from the advertisement just what the acceptable applicant will get. It could be the aboriginal position in line, if and if Maxton gets some Volts, but we can’t say for sure.”

It isn’t even clear, in fact, that the dealership will anytime acquire a individual Volt to sell. Autoblog reports, “We arrested with Volt agent David Darovitz at General Motors who told us that it’s not assertive that every Chevy banker will get the Volt: ‘They acquire to aboriginal go through a accurate accepting process,’” he explains — and that accepting action hasn’t even amorphous yet.

Whatever Maxton is selling, it can be castigation for…well, we don’t apperceive how much, actually. At columnist time, the top applicant was alms $1,525, but the assets had not yet been met. Four humans had bid.

We acclaim attention here. We may see added of this behavior from disturbing dealerships…but as the bazaar recovers, we achievement we won’t. There is no Chevy Volt yet, and no Chevy dealership has been accustomed to advertise one. The bulk of publicity accustomed to every footfall of the development of this car ensures that, whenever GM does acquire the car accessible for sale, you’ll know.

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