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GM’s Lutz: Toyota Scored a Major Coup with Hybrids

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  1. prius04

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    GM’s Lutz: Toyota Scored a Major Coup with Hybrids

    During a session at the Morgan Stanley Global Automotive Conference in New York, Bob Lutz, GM Vice Chairman, Product Development, and Chairman, GM North America, gave his take on the importance of a number of technologies in the auto industry.

    Hybrids, he noted, are of growing importance:

    Whether the market becomes giant for them or whether it flattens out to, say 300,000 units per year— which in the context of the entire American market is a pittance—BUT it has become

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    Lutz says:
    We call that "vision", Bob.
     
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    Hey Bob, you can do it.

    Not having a business case for the Corvette never stopped GM. Can you say Mustang? Minivan? Product quality (Acura, Lexus)? 6 Sigma? Supplier integration?

    So the business case for SUVs with $6,000 worth of incentives that get 13MPG is what again?

    Come on Bob, you can do it! Think diesel hybrid Tahoe that gets 30MPG; aerodynamic, quiet, functional, adaptable and in demand. Sounds good doesn't it?
     
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    It seems absolutely amazing that GM would cut production of the middle market to INCREASE production of the Mountain of Metal genre. Get a grip guys, those Behemoths are going down the terlet!
     
    #4 Ron Dupuy, Mar 24, 2005
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    Will GM lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way? I know what I'm betting on...
     
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  6. TonyPSchaefer

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    Hybrids are good. Full-sized SUVs are better.
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