Bob Lutz
Bob Lutz
Swiss American automotive executive who has worked in high-level positions at GM, BMW, Ford, and Chrysler during his five decade career. He starred as in himself in the 2011 documentary, Revenge of the Electric Car.
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth12 February 1932
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There's no denying I believe GM's business in Europe is in the process of improving quite quickly.
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There's no Toyota of America engineering group, there's no Volkswagen or Audi that engineers unique cars for the United States. All we're doing is we're learning how to do what everybody else does.
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Adams is a pretty good back. He adds a lot to their offense. It hurt them when he went out last week.
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Saab has really turned the corner. It is close to making money as a brand.
ought
Right now, we're not where we ought to be (on hybrids).
We'll take them any way we can get them.
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I think the Cadillac should be set to classical music.
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For us to go out with a half-baked system just to get a few months out, I don't think would be prudent.
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GM is definitely better off with Saab brand.
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Hummer is a very profitable brand for General Motors, very profitable.
design kirk
Kirk Kerkorian has not been through the design dome,
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He's a pretty darned good quarterback. He's a good one.
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Being able to think outside the box presupposes you were able to think in it
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The Chinese are technologically among the most capable people in the world. There is no doubt in my mind that in another five to ten years China will have a massive and capable automobile industry and will export.