Wild-Ass Rumor Of The Day: The Bob Lutz Era Ends On May 1
Published: March 3rd, 2010
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Unnamed sources tell Reuters that the Maximum era at GM will end on May 1, when Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz will announce his retirement. Unless this is one of those Brett Favre things. Needless to say, TTAC appreciates the month of notice, and will struggle to put together a fitting tribute to the man we call Maximum.
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It was self evident there would be room at GM for only one egocentric old bull. Whitacre has the right to build his team, and to the extent he builds it mostly from the outside he might succeed. But the cars Lutz heavily influenced were dramatic improvements and for that I give him a lot of credit.
Maybe now GM can get on with the business of running a business and not just putting on dog and pony shows such as the long drawn out sagas such as the Camaro and Volt. The Camaro design looks old already to me because we saw it on the show circuit for nearly three years before they actually built it. Not to mention it just looks bad from behind. Just stand behind one and look at it before you put on your flame throwers.
somewhere, the one-handed typists at GM inside news must be crying, and other automotive "analysts" such as Global Lack-of-sight's Rebecca Lindland and Arron Bragman."the putz" will probably return to GM as an "advisor", just like "harder, faster" Henderson.
When the Volt finally arrives there will be no upper mgt. GM people left to take responsibility if (when) it flops. But wait, those now gone never took responsibility for their actions or lack thereof anyway.