Bob Lutz as GM's savior
Is the Volt's grandfather the dude?I hate Bob Lutz. Then again, I love Bob Lutz. Long time Hybridcarblog followers, such as KP, have often criticized my Lutz affection.
What can I say? I just love his gun-slinging, say-it-as-he-feels-it attitude.
Unfortunately, I disagree with most of what he says. Yet, from a business perspective, I'd argue that Lutz is much more attuned to Detroit success that I am.
Nonetheless, Lutz is now more in control of GM than ever. Considering Lutz's history on global warming and hybrid cars, is this really the right move for GM?
Is fuel efficiency really that important to the real world survival of GM? Or, is Lutz correct in assuming that fuel efficiency - when push comes to shove - is really only important to about just 5 percent of America?
Labels: Foreign Oil Dependency, fuel efficiency, Hybrid Vehicles
posted by Dahcredyns at
2:50 PM
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Will the last one gone please remember to close the door at GM ?
Yawn..........
Lutz may be entertaining to watch sometimes, but he's a terrible face to put publicly on the new GM. He comes off as old, bumbling, unable to make it through a sentence without saying "ah", and is solidly in the old guard that helped drive GM into the ground. GM needs new blood and a new public face.
The Detroit News has an interesting story this morning on just how little GM has actually changed in terms of its executives.
It's a bit disturbing that there seems to be little acceptance of any responsibility for the fact that GM needed a massive government bailout. It's as if GM did nothing wrong, it was everyone else's fault
They should just buy a Honda exec. Put Lutz out to pasture. He's like adding more iron to a sinking ship. How about putting the gas to the floor to avoid the cliff. Take your pick. His ignorance is the source of the problem, not the solution. The only worse person to run them now might be someone leading Goldman Sachs. Then they could suck the govt money in even faster. What a cryin' shame ...
again, it's as if GM, as a corporation, doesn't take any responsibility for the failings of the company. somehow GM's losses had nothing to do with its executives. it was all just external issues.
for a few years now, at least since GM' centennial, gm has been trying to reinvent itself. how can you reinvent yourself if it's all the same people?
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