Bob Lutz, big boss of General Motors' product management, announced this week that he will be stepping down after eight years with the company. Lutz joined GM in 2001 and is responsible for improving design quality and raising the standards of product quality.
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Bob Lutz, General Motors' vice chairman of product development, spoke to Automotive News Staff Reporter Jamie LaReau today after GM announced Lutz will retire this year at the age of 77. Edited excerpts:
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Health care for UAW retirees is looming as a major controversy in crucial bailout negotiations at General Motors.
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Bob Lutz, General Motors' vice chairman of product development, spoke to Automotive News Staff Reporter Jamie LaReau today after GM announced Lutz will retire this year at the age of 77. Edited excerpts:
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In announcing that he will leave General Motors at the end of this year, product czar Bob Lutz bows out gracefully and elegantly and does it in the style that forged his legend.
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Dealers and analysts sound off on Bob Lutz's decision to leave General Motors after almost eight years as its product development chief. GM announced today that Lutz, 76, will become an adviser on April 1and retire by year end.
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General Motors' 'product czar' Robert (Bob) Lutz, officially vice chairman - global product development, will become vice chairman and senior advisor from 1 April, at 76, where he "will provide strategic input into GM's global design and key product initiatives until his retirement at the end of 2009".
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GM-AvtoVAZ, the Russian joint venture between General Motors and local carmaker AvtoVAZ, has resumed one shift production after a two month break, a plant spokesman said on Monday.
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Editor's note: This story comes from 100 Years: How General Motors Changed the World, published by Automotive News to commemorate the 100th anniversary of GM.
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The US government may force General Motors and Chrysler into bankruptcy to assure repayment of US$17.4bn in federal bailout loans, a report said on Monday, adding that automakers claim such action would destroy them.
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Industry legend Bob Lutz, General Motors' head of product development, will retire from the company at the end of the year.
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General Motors is in discussions to take back large parts of Delphi, its one-time in-house parts supplier spun off a decade ago, reports have said.
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General Motors is preparing to produce a second passenger car at its joint venture with Wuling, China, industry sources say.
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Bob Lutz, the former Chrysler Corp. president who was hired at age 69 to lead a product renaissance at General Motors, is retiring at the end of the year.
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General Motors product czar and often colorful spokesman, Bob Lutz, will retire at the end of this year. Lutz, 76, is currently GM's vice chairman of global product development.
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Bob Lutz, the charismatic industry veteran General Motors hired in 2001 to lead an overhaul of its product lineup, is stepping down as GMs vice chairman and global product guru and will retire at the end of this year.
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General Motors Corp is in talks to take back large portions of Delphi Corp, the parts supplier spun off by the auto maker a decade ago, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people involved in the negotiations.
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General Motors is in talks to take back large portions of Delphi Corp., the parts supplier spun off by the automaker a decade ago, a source with direct knowledge of the talks said today.
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General Motors is launching a program to whittle inventory by enticing dealers with bonus cash for taking more stock. But some dealers fear GM is trying to push vehicles on them that they can't sell.
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Late this week, Saturn dealers likely will get a narrowed-down list of options for the troubled General Motors brand.
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