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Lotus Reportedly Interested in Bob Lutz and former Rolls Royce CEO, Tom Purves
We may not have heard the last of Bob Lutz yet. According to a report from Autonews, Lotus Cars is interested in hiring the former GM Vice Chairman together with ex-CEO of Rolls Royce, Tom Purves, as advisors to help the company on its five-year turnaround plan to boost worldwide sales from around 2,500 cars in 2009, to 8,000 in 2015.
Citing two people familiar with the matter, the report claims that Lutz, who left GM this past April at age 78, has been in talks with the British sportscar-maker but has not yet received an official offer.
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Bob Lutz Is Now Via Motors’ New Chairman Of The Board
Bob Lutz is sticking to his claims that electrified powertrains are more at home in trucks and larger commercial vehicles, not passenger cars, as that’s the stated goal of the company he’s been a part of for a few years now: VIA Motors....
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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...
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'baby' Rolls Royce Pr4 Named Ghost
In another first for the Shanghai Auto Show, Rolls Royce CEO, Tom Purves announced that the luxury automaker's new model series, which until now had been known either by its internal codename PR4 or as the 200EX Concept, will be called the Rolls Royce...
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Rolls Royce 200ex: Baby Rolls To Get New 6.6-liter V12 Turbo With Over 500hp
Rolls-Royce CEO, Tom Purves announced new details on the firm's forthcoming entry-level 'baby' sedan that was previewed in Geneva in early March as the near-production 200EX concept, at a press conference in New York where the car is currently...
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Rolls Royce Is On A Roll: Sales Up 42.8% This Year
Credit crunch, what credit crunch? Maybe for us, but not for the rich and richer. While most automakers are in the process of tightening their collective belt, Rolls Royce is seeing its sales soar this year and it's getting ready to hire more workers...
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