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Speculation on who or if there would be a Car Czar (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/09/gm.auto.bailout/index.html)

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/bob_lutz.jpgAP - Dec 8, 2008

This would be Lutz' worst nightmare (http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/09/obama.gore/index.html) (as Car Czar) -- Ed.

There's no indication when -- or if -- the White House and congressional leaders will reach agreement on the Democrats' proposal to give troubled U.S. automakers a financial lifeline.

General Motors Corp. and Chrysler could get $15 billion in federal loans as soon as December 15, according to a working Democratic draft of proposed legislation and a senior Democratic congressional aide.

Meanwhile, one key GM official already is talking about the need for more help from the government -- even before this package's approval.

In an interview Tuesday on CNN's "American Morning," Bob Lutz, GM vice chairman of global product development, told anchor John Roberts that he expects the industry to go back to Washington next year for more money… http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/09/gm.auto.bailout/index.html

It must be nice working in a job where the reward for two decades of utter incompetence is to get obscenely large handouts from the taxpayers.

An interesting read on other past Lutz remarks (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sassoon/call-for-resignation-of-g_b_149252.html)

I think it's absolutely ridiculous that congress is thinking about giving GM any money when they're spending their current money on advertising for it. C'mon GM spend your money doing something real for your company!

I'm wondering if anyone in Congress quoted Lutz in front of the CEO's with remarks like "we'll have to add another $6K to our cars to reach a fleet CAFE of 35mpg?"....just add he said that last year and inquire if this is an admission GM utterly does not know how to make a profit?

is it me or does he strike anyone else as a complete f***ing moron?

Another possibility: he takes us for morons

Living proof that you can't teach an old dog new FE tricks

The very first thing the "Car Czar" should do is can Luddite Lutz.

That idiot has got to go...no way around it.

Harry

It's this kind of comment that makes me, someone who grudgingly supports the bailout, question that decision. So, we give you the money to help make your company profitable, and you won't become profitable and you'll be begging again next year. What?

Lutz, do you really want this image?

If you clicked the link in my comment in the article, punishment for Lutz would be making the Car Czar Al Gore.

It's this kind of comment that makes me, someone who grudgingly supports the bailout, question that decision. Me too. I've also come around to grudgingly this bailout as it stands, but I'd feel a lot better about it if one condition of the bailout was that Lutz lose his job.