Bob Lutz changes mind about retiring - will stay on at GM

Janitor might be a good position.

What's up with obsolete old men clinging to their positions? There are countless young and (more) qualified people who can do his job...

sorry to disagree there dudes, but Mr. Lutz sure knows his craft and can definitely help in getting the General back on its feet. He is one of very few really car-oriented people in top positions in the industry, even more so in the case of the USA.

Anybody who underestimates Lutz is a fool, there was a reason he worked at BMW and why even Porsche wanted him during the late 70s and 80s. He knows what hes doing. What he did at GM was just try to keep them in line with the classic ideals of an American car corporation, hence their large volume of highest quality trucks. GM didn't bite it because their trucks weren't the best in the business,they bite it largely because construction of all manner of buildings and homes grinded to a halt for reasons everyone on the planet should be aware of. Lutz helped make the Corvette the world beater it is, at a fraction of the price of european cars, it competes competently in every regard.

Lutz is a true car guy and GM needs him now more than ever. He is responsible for the hits GM has had in the last couple years like the CTS, Malibu, the G8 and the ZR1. If they keep producing cars like these then GM will survive and succeed.

Maybe so...but I still kind of think it was shady that he decided to retire when things were going bad....then all of the sudden sees the light when the bankruptcy activity is all clear..... I will admit though...his support for high performance vehicles does keep the bean counters at bay. Fishes, Narco.

Big Bob go home. Enough is enough. And actually all of the executives and managers should go home. Let younger people with engineering expertise and genuine passion for the automobile take over and you'll see a whole new GM.

lutz is a putz...out with the old in with the new. do you guys agree?

They need someone that doesn't need to use viagra to get some creative thoughts going. Times are changing right now the money market is young ppl like myself in their 20s-30s, we want fun attractive fast cars with plush interiors with heated rear seats for taking back a girl after the club on a cold winter night. They need to start looking at current trends, men want thin big breasted blondes, energy drinks with coke in them, crazy nightclubs, we want to live our lives like every day was our last and spend our $ the same way. Women want the macho man big spender with the David Beckham hair cuts, wallets full, and fast cars. What does GM offer that meets today's trends? The generation that GM has been catering to has been the one that was 20-30 in the 70s and now they are 50-60, retired people don't buy new cars. They should been trying to convert us young people and build brand loyalty, now they wake up and find themselves with nobody buying their cars, the ppl they depended on retired, and the youth switched to Euro/Jap that has been paying attention to what we went and has given it to us..

Bye bye Lutz. The biggest disappointment to his credit are the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky. GM's most hyped cars of the decade but dud on balance sheets.

Radmeister just because you haven't seen a ZR1 in your neck of the woods doesn't make it a flop. Using your same lame theory just because i never see one of your beloved Audi A8L where i live does that make them a flop?? i see heaps of 7series & Sclass' but no Audis.

All I know is that if I was Lutz, I'd skip town w\ my bonus bailout money. Then I'd laugh as some poor young sucker attempted to fix my insolvent company.

i see all sorts of crazy were i live my nighbor has a zr1 and a r8 and still lives with his parrents stupid rich people buying there kids 100k dollar cars just because there spoiled. gm does make a gti market car the astra gtc but we dont get the good european spec anything here in the states. like no one here buys saabs either which is a shame. i dont get why americans hate the american brands so much. if we brought opel and vauxhall here and brand them as chevys and buicks and cadillacs than they might sell well.