The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Quality, if you believe Bob Lutz, is not only the absence of things gone wrong.”We shoot not only for absence of problems, but we especially shoot for a joyous owner experience,” proclaims the Car Czar in the latest “Case For GM” video at GM’s Fastlane blog. Which is a convenient way of taking attention away [...]
GM FastLane Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vice Chairman Bob Lutz discusses the high quality of today’s GM cars and trucks – and issues a unique challenge to compare our vehicles to our competitors’ – in today’s installment of our “The Case for GM” video series. As always, please let us know your thoughts and check back regularly for responses from our [...]
Think Progress (Free subscription) | yesterday
In February, GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz defended his previous remarks dismissing global warming as a “total crock of shit.” “My thoughts on what has or hasn’t been the cause of climate change have nothing to do with the decisions I make,” Lutz alleged. Yesterday, Lutz was interviewed by CBS, and again refused to back [...]
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | yesterday
... 200 miles between charges and requires four to thirty hours to rejuice. Hey did GM Car Czar Bob Lutz say Silicone Valley? I’m not sure. But Leslie’s happy to say “crock of shit” on TV– which is more than Maximum Bob was willing to do re: his opinion on gflobal warming. But Stahl’s real F-bomb comes when she glibly provides a reason why Silicon Valley might have the edge over Motown: “But...
Climate Progress (Free subscription) | yesterday
Just as McCain has tried to muzzle his Vice-Presidential denier, so too has GM tried to muzzle its Vice Chair denier. McCain didn’t succeed (see Palin on CBS: “I’m not going to solely blame all of man’s activities on changes in climate” and Palin in debate STILL gets global warming backwards ). And GM hasn’t done much better, at least on The Colbert Report (see GM’s Lutz is nuts ). Lutz...
Earth2Tech (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
General Motor’s vice chairman Bob Lutz is an outspoken guy — he’s not afraid of voicing is opinion on issues like how he doesn’t agree with the carbon theory of climate change (fun). Lutz also isn’t shy at offering his opinion on electric vehicle companies, specifically Shai Agassi’s startup Better Place — he told the [...]
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
According to Motor Trend, none other than Maximum Bob Lutz (or his mouth, which is independently operated) was behind plans to convert the C7 Corvette to a mid-engined layout. And from certain perspectives (albeit not the traditional one) such a move would have made a lot of sense. Besides putting Ferrari on notice, a mid-engined [...]
Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mr. Bob Lutz said that "everyone outside of Detroit thinks of Detroit as dumb". He was talking to the CBS correspondent, Lesley Stahl, about the Volt, Tesla Motors and its electric car, the Roadster. But I don't agree with Mr. Lutz. People outide of Detroit don't think Detroit is dumb, but people in and out of Detroit do wonder why Detroit has been unable to make fuel efficient vehicles...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
... range on battery power alone. And that claim was the main headline of General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz's presentation at the auto show. In early 2007, GM evaluated the aerodynamics of the concept vehicle and didn't like what it found. The body would need to be turned into something looking more conventional. “The coefficient-of-drag data that came back was not consistent with a vehicle...
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
... heading for the border? Of course, by “people” Wendy means the same sort of customer GM Car Czar Bob Lutz referred to when confronted by the fuel-suckage of the then-new GMT900 SUVs (i.e. rich people don’t care about the price of gas). Meanwhile, back in the world of mass motoring, GM Europe Prez dismissed the impact of his company’s Hail Mary plug-in hybrid Volt: “The ordinary guy has to...
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
... XLR is based on the ‘Vette, due for a 2012 re-do. “Not long ago, we flatly asked GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, ‘when the new C7 Corvette arrives, will the Cadillac XLR be along for the ride?’ ‘That is way too specific,” said Lutz.” Yeah, lay off, will you?
