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Old 07-11-2009, 05:36 AM   #1
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Post Bob Lutz "Unretiring" to Take Key Post at New GM

No doubt you've heard the news about GM emerging from bankruptcy. Bob Lutz is returning as vice chairman.

Old Hand Lutz "Unretiring" to Take Key Post at New GM

One of many articles on the new GM:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aaRDCZaKYJcY
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Old 07-11-2009, 01:11 PM   #2
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Default Re: Bob Lutz "Unretiring" to Take Key Post at New GM

So ... it's not April 1st.

Um, this is the new GM that taxpayers shelled out for.

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Old 07-11-2009, 01:13 PM   #3
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Does this mean he has to give back his retirement bonus?
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Old 07-12-2009, 07:33 PM   #4
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Default Re: Bob Lutz "Unretiring" to Take Key Post at New GM

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Does this mean he has to give back his retirement bonus?
Or maybe he got a signing bonus on top of the retirement bonus...
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Old 07-13-2009, 02:00 PM   #5
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Default Re: Bob Lutz "Unretiring" to Take Key Post at New GM



Oh bunny, here we go again ....

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Old 07-13-2009, 02:08 PM   #6
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Default Re: Bob Lutz "Unretiring" to Take Key Post at New GM

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Or maybe he got a signing bonus on top of the retirement bonus...
Of course he did - this is America, after all!
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Default Re: Bob Lutz "Unretiring" to Take Key Post at New GM

Tax payers got duped. I am very disappointed in Obama's auto task force.

When is Wagner coming back?
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Old 07-15-2009, 08:38 PM   #8
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Default Re: Bob Lutz "Unretiring" to Take Key Post at New GM

Just read this in USA Today..
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"He's been one of the chief boosters of the Chevrolet Volt," GM's electric car due on the market in late 2010, says DeLorenzo. "To label Bob as someone who's not appreciative of the green sensibility or where a lot of consumers' minds are going, I don't think is accurate or fair."
Still, Lutz stands by his skepticism on hybrids, which he says are having trouble selling in the current market because gas prices are too low and the cars are not cheap. People still want bigger cars, he says, with more power.
"Other than in the media, there is not a groundswell toward green vehicles in the United States," Lutz says. "In fact, they're a very hard sell."
They are a hard sell for GM because their product is crap.

Seriously.. you took my tax money and gave it to this company?
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Default Re: Bob Lutz "Unretiring" to Take Key Post at New GM

Maybe they brought him back so they know what not to do. That is, ask Bob, "Now, Bob, what would you do in this situation?" and then do the exact opposite. Might work
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Default Re: Bob Lutz "Unretiring" to Take Key Post at New GM

That's the only way bringing Lutz back would help GM
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