GM's Lutz, retiring after 47 years, says hybrids, electrics are future WARREN, Mich. — General Motors Co. will keep making big trucks and SUVs because U.S. buyers demand them, but a major portion of them will be gas-electric hybrids in the near ...
For decades, post war Europe and North America had two different ideas of the motor car as Europeans opted for small Beetles, Minis and Cinquecentos while Americans chose something much, much bigger. "My generation grew up with huge cars, long Cadillacs, things ...
Bob Lutz, GM vice chairman and longtime auto industry executive, says he will retire Bob Lutz, the longtime auto industry executive who led nearly a complete overhaul of General Motors' lineup, will retire May 1. "My work here is done," the 78-year-old ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, an executive credited with bringing an urgency to the automaker's efforts to revamp its vehicle line-up and shake off negative consumer perceptions, will retire on May 1, General Motors Co <GM.UL> said on Wednesday. ...
Embattled US automaker General Motors on Wednesday announced its vice chairman and industry veteran Robert Lutz would retire in May, amid a shakeup of the firm's senior managers. "Lutz will retire effective May 1, 2010, capping a 47-year career in the global ...
FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2010 file photo, General Motors Co. vice chairman Bob Lutz talks to reporters at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Lutz, the longtime auto industry executive who led nearly a complete overhaul of General ...
Global car makers brushed off a crisis year with a glitzy array of new models at the Geneva Motor Show on Tuesday, pinning their hopes on compact, clean and economical luxury to woo an uncertain market. Newcomers included the Audi A1, the ...
US car making giant General Motors is no longer intent on wresting the world number one spot from recall-hit Toyota of Japan, a senior executive said Tuesday. Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz said at the Geneva Motor Show that GM was now setting its ...
<div id="subtitle">Product chief says there's no room for flops as GM tries to woo customers with new vehicles</div><div><p>As the new chief of product development for General Motors Co., Tom Stephens knows he has no margin for error.</p><p>Gasoline, he ...
<div><h1> BOB LUTZ, GM SALESMAN </h1><p>At 77, General Motors Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz was just named GM's global marketing chief as the automaker emerges from Chapter 11. BusinessWeek senior correspondent David Kiley talked with Lutz about what he'll bring to the job--and how ...
