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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They've got a nice middle linebacker (Justin Thacker) and a good secondary. They run to the ball pretty well.
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There's enormous good will for the glory days of American cars, when they really were American and didn't try to be Japanese or German. We all recently discovered that was a gold mine we had left fallow for a couple decades.
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There's a lot of talk about their quarterback and he's a good one, but they have a lot of good skilled players who can run. They're not a one-man show. They spread the field and make you cover them.
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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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He's a pretty darned good quarterback. He's a good one.
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Right now, we're not where we ought to be (on hybrids).
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Saab has really turned the corner. It is close to making money as a brand.
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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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We've got one less day to heal. The other thing about winning a game like last week is the threat of a letdown the next week. We have to guard against being flat. If you're flat against this team, they'll zip right by you.
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That was a tough one for them to lose.
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Most business don't want to have a single-point backup.
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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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then we would have to take a look at a phase-out. I hope we wouldn't have to do that. What we've got to do is keep the brands we've got.