{"id":210470,"date":"2010-01-21T19:27:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T00:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/21\/report-marketing-manager-responsible-for-chevy-volt-dance-reass\/"},"modified":"2010-01-21T19:27:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T00:27:00","slug":"report-marketing-manager-responsible-for-chevy-volt-dance-reassigned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/210470","title":{"rendered":"Report: Marketing manager responsible for Chevy Volt Dance reassigned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/hybrids\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hybrid<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/sedans\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sedan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/hirings-firings\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hirings\/Firings\/Layoffs<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/marketing-advertising\/\" rel=\"tag\">Marketing\/Advertising<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/videos\/\" rel=\"tag\">Videos<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/hatchbacks\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hatchback<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/chevrolet\/\" rel=\"tag\">Chevrolet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/gm\/\" rel=\"tag\">GM<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/electric\/\" rel=\"tag\">Electric<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/21\/report-marketing-manager-responsible-for-chevy-volt-dance-reass\/#continued\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/green.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/chevy-volt-dance.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>Chevrolet Volt Dance &#8211; Click above to watch the video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/21\/report-marketing-manager-responsible-for-chevy-volt-dance-reass\/#continued\">after the break<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nRecall that Susan Docherty, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/04\/breaking-whitacre-reportedly-to-announce-management-shakeups-at\/\">recently appointed<\/a> VP of marketing, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/17\/gm-chevy-volt-dance-a-major-marketing-gaffe-sure-lets-move-o\/\">responded<\/a> shortly after seeing the so-called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/14\/video-gm-commissions-chevrolet-volt-dance-to-go-with-song-yes\/\">Chevy Volt Dance<\/a> for the first time, &#8220;Our <a href=\"http:\/\/autoblog.com\/model\/volt\">Chevrolet Volt<\/a> advertising, marketing and go to market strategy will be as innovative as the car. We may have missed on this one, but we won&#8217;t going forward.&#8221; Apparently, she was serious.<\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t say for certain just how much Maria Rohrer&#8217;s reassignment from serving as the marketing manager for the hotly anticipated Chevrolet Volt had to do with the ill-conceived <a href=\"http:\/\/autoblog.com\/make\/chevrolet\">Chevy<\/a> Volt Dance, but we hear through the grapevine (actually from our friend <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/johnvoelcker\">@johnvoelcker<\/a> via Twitter) that Rohrer will now serve as director of Chevy truck advertising instead.<\/p>\n<p>We did note that there was no song and dance routine to go along with the 2011 Chevy Volt&#8217;s appearance at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/detroit-auto-show\/\">Detroit Auto Show<\/a> earlier this month, which was certainly fine by us. After all, once that song gets in your head, it&#8217;s pretty tough to get out&#8230; But if you&#8217;re truly a glutton for punishment, feel free to watch the video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/21\/report-marketing-manager-responsible-for-chevy-volt-dance-reass\/#continued\">after the break<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/blog\/1041858_gm-marketing-manager-behind-awful-volt-dance-is-reassigned\">Green Car Reports<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/johnvoelcker\">@johnvoelcker<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/21\/report-marketing-manager-responsible-for-chevy-volt-dance-reass\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Report: Marketing manager responsible for Chevy Volt Dance reassigned<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/21\/report-marketing-manager-responsible-for-chevy-volt-dance-reass\/\">Report: Marketing manager responsible for Chevy Volt Dance reassigned<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:27:00 EST.  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