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It's fall again, time for Bob Lutz to make headlines. Less than a month after "Maximum Bob" made his official comeback to General Motors as a consultant, the semi-retired car executive and onetime Marine pilot gave an in-depth interview to German monthly Manager Magazin.
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Bob Lutz is a car guy through and through, having served as a top exec in automakers like BMW, Ford, Chrysler and, more recently, General Motors. Even he, though, acknowledges that the new generation has no interest in driving and that soon cars will...
- Guess Who’s Back Again? Bob Lutz Returns To Gm As Advisor
No matter the age, a petrol head like Bob Lutz can't stay away too long from the car industry. In fact, even though GM's former vice president and product czar had retired in the May 2010, the 79-year-old has been providing advice to the firm's...
- Gm's Bob Lutz Says That Auto Execs Are "way, Way, Way Underpaid"...
Yes, you read correctly; auto executives earning six- or seven-figure salaries to run a company that went bankrupt and had to be bailed out by the government, (partially due to the incompetence of some of its high-ranking/paid officials), should be filling...
- Bob Lutz Backs Out On Pontiac G8 - Chevy Caprice Idea...
Just a week ago we told you that in an interview with Automobile Magazine, General Motors' Bob Lutz revealed that the Pontiac G8 would live on as the Chevrolet Caprice, in spite of the fact that GM CEO Fritz Henderson had previously announced the...
- Chevrolet Volt - Early Numbers
Although unable to testify to the impact the Chevrolet Volt is having on behalf of General Motors outside of North America, it is garnering plenty of attention on this continent. In fact, so called 'green' cars haven't generated hype like...
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Bob Lutz Says General Motors, Volkswagen and Hyundai are the World's New Big Three
It's fall again, time for Bob Lutz to make headlines. Less than a month after "Maximum Bob" made his official comeback to General Motors as a consultant, the semi-retired car executive and onetime Marine pilot gave an in-depth interview to German monthly Manager Magazin.
Lutz was questioned about a variety of subjects that mainly concentrated on Opel and its relationship with General Motors, but he was also asked about the future of the industry in general, and whom he sees as being the major players.
According to Captain Lutz, the new big three in the automotive industry are General Motors, the Volkswagen Group and –wait for it- the Hyundai Group. And what about Toyota and the rest of the Japanese carmakers like Honda? According to the GM exec, Japanese automakers have lost it… Follow the jump for his (translated) response as well as the original Q&A.
Read more »- Zr-1 V8 Destino To Cost Around $200,000, Deliveries Start Before Year’s End
Bob Lutz is a car guy through and through, having served as a top exec in automakers like BMW, Ford, Chrysler and, more recently, General Motors. Even he, though, acknowledges that the new generation has no interest in driving and that soon cars will...
- Guess Who’s Back Again? Bob Lutz Returns To Gm As Advisor
No matter the age, a petrol head like Bob Lutz can't stay away too long from the car industry. In fact, even though GM's former vice president and product czar had retired in the May 2010, the 79-year-old has been providing advice to the firm's...
- Gm's Bob Lutz Says That Auto Execs Are "way, Way, Way Underpaid"...
Yes, you read correctly; auto executives earning six- or seven-figure salaries to run a company that went bankrupt and had to be bailed out by the government, (partially due to the incompetence of some of its high-ranking/paid officials), should be filling...
- Bob Lutz Backs Out On Pontiac G8 - Chevy Caprice Idea...
Just a week ago we told you that in an interview with Automobile Magazine, General Motors' Bob Lutz revealed that the Pontiac G8 would live on as the Chevrolet Caprice, in spite of the fact that GM CEO Fritz Henderson had previously announced the...
- Chevrolet Volt - Early Numbers
Although unable to testify to the impact the Chevrolet Volt is having on behalf of General Motors outside of North America, it is garnering plenty of attention on this continent. In fact, so called 'green' cars haven't generated hype like...