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Lutz won't retire after all
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Lutz won't retire after all
 Bob Lutz originally said he would retire at the end of 2009
Tim Higgens - FREEP - July 11, 2009
A move to keep him out of the way? --Ed.
Bob Lutz returned invigorated after back surgery this past spring and began to question his previously announced plans to retire from General Motors later this year, GM CEO Fritz Henderson said Friday.
Lutz had been in charge of GM's product development but moved to a senior adviser role in April, allowing Tom Stephens to become vice chairman of global product development.
After Lutz expressed interesting in sticking around, Henderson began talking about a new role for him.... [Read More] |
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Re: Lutz won't retire after all
I wouldn't want to be marketing GM right now. Ok, I'd do it because it pays well, but I don't think it is going to be an easy job (understatement).
How about this for the new GM slogan:
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Re: Lutz won't retire after all
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I wouldn't want to be marketing GM right now. Ok, I'd do it because it pays well, but I don't think it is going to be an easy job (understatement).
How about this for the new GM slogan:
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Maybe not quite as bad as peddling ice water in Hell, but close.
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Maybe not quite as bad as peddling ice water in Hell, but close. |
There is a voracious market for that product in that location. Unlike GM marketed anywhere.
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Re: Lutz won't retire after all
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There is a voracious market for that product in that location. Unlike GM marketed anywhere.
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My Starbucks franchises are doing wickedly well there.
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Re: Lutz won't retire after all
Not only should Bob Lutz be out of a job forever, he should have been tried for treason after selling the EV1 patents. That act puts a block on practical, affordable EV cars to this day. Meanwhile, terrorist nations get rich from us still having to buy oil from them. Thanks a lot, Bob!
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Re: Lutz won't retire after all
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Not only should Bob Lutz be out of a job forever, he should have been tried for treason after selling the EV1 patents. That act puts a block on practical, affordable EV cars to this day. Meanwhile, terrorist nations get rich from us still having to buy oil from them. Thanks a lot, Bob!
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Whatever you say about him, he had nothing to do with the EV1. In fact, he joined GM in 2002. 
Robert Lutz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Re: Lutz won't retire after all
I don't know about GM, but most places I have worked for or with have marketing driving what products and product features will be produced. I'm not sure that he isn't exactly where he was before, just with a different title.
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Re: Lutz won't retire after all
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Originally Posted by Indigo
Not only should Bob Lutz be out of a job forever, he should have been tried for treason after selling the EV1 patents. That act puts a block on practical, affordable EV cars to this day. Meanwhile, terrorist nations get rich from us still having to buy oil from them. Thanks a lot, Bob!
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I thought it was Rick Wagoner that did that? Also, did Wagoner sell the EV-1 patents or Ovonics and its patents, the maker of the NiMH battery that gave the EV-1 that exceptional range, to Texaco?
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Re: Lutz won't retire after all
Yeah, I think this one is on Wagoner - not Lutz
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