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11.23.09

GM Vice Chairman Calls Global Warming A "Total Crock of S**t"

Then why the push to develop the Chevy Volt?

By Seth Fletcher Posted 02.13.2008 at 6:05 pm 46 Comments

Heres an odd PR move making the blog rounds today: Bob Lutz, the General Motors Vice Chairman whos driving the charge to build the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid, was recently quoted in D Magazine calling global warming a crock of s**t.

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Random Questions forGM's Bob Lutz: On crossbreeding and more.

Turnaround maven (and auto veteran) Bob Lutz took the reins at General Motors last September. His first task: Create renewed enthusiasm for the world's largest automaker-and some better cars and trucks.

Posted 06.20.2002 at 1:03 pm 0 Comments

Popular ScienceWhy do you have such a passion for design?Bob LutzThe exterior is the first contact a potential buyer has with a car. If a person falls in love with the exterior, they'll go to a dealership, look at the interior, inquire about pricing-they're already on their way to buying it. Twenty or 30 years ago, people would say, "It's not very good looking, but the engineering is great and the quality is good." But now everything is great. Everything handles wonderfully. Everything has great brakes.

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Speed Record

The inside account of how GM stole the Detroit auto show by hustling its Pontiac Solstice off the sketchpad and onto the stage in record time.

By Don ShermanPhotographs by John B. Carnett Posted 04.24.2002 at 1:37 pm 0 Comments

Bob Lutz never minces dreams. The 70-year-old ex-BMW, ex-Chrysler, ex-Ford executive and ex-U.S. Marine Corps aviator joined General Motors last September with a no-nonsense, ambitious agenda. His immediate task as the automaker's vice chairman and product czar: to snap the world's largest vehicle manufacturer out of its longstanding, self-inflicted catatonia.

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