GM has made a point of making sure the public knows its Saab brand is proudly ‘born from jets.’ Not to be left out, GM vice chairman Bob Lutz wants to highlight his aviation background, too. Mr. Lutz reportedly printed up a set of business cards that show him standing next to a fighter jet, flight helmet in hand. The cards simply read “Bob Lutz — Fighter Pilot.” The former Marine owns two fighter jets and a MD-500 helicopter, which he sometimes flies to work, according to the New York Times.
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04/24, 12:13 AM
posted by:
Mookie
Was he in the German Airforce? Cause that plane is.
04/24, 4:12 AM
posted by:
e30e
How many phone calls and emails is this guy goin to get?
04/24, 7:12 AM
posted by:
nick
Hey Mookie, can’t you read. Former “Marine” Pilot.
04/24, 9:26 AM
posted by:
Anonymous
I wonder if one of his planes is an OPEL? Lutz the Putz … This blowhard geezer thinks it’s all about HIM.
Who the F__ cares if SAAB came from jets?! If that meant anything; Oldsmobile would be getting design assistance from Boeing… Oooops?! Did I say Oldsmobile..
Do SAAB jets have a Worldwide market? Are their planes in demand anywhere? Nope. Planes never made money and neither have their cars – no matter who owns them.
I did think the 2-stroke, 3-cyl, freewheeling, little sedans were pretty cool tho’.
j i m
04/24, 9:54 AM
posted by:
Downshift
I wonder what the effective fuel mileage is for his chopper commute?
04/24, 1:04 PM
posted by:
Chris G
Maybe BMW should do an add campaign entitled “Born from Props.”
04/24, 3:55 PM
posted by:
gsh
is that copter made by GM? cuz if it isnt, lutz will have to park that thing out in the fields where all the other non GM cars park…
04/24, 4:22 PM
posted by:
Anonymous
I wonder what Bob’s reaction would be if he has exploding intake manifold in flight? Maybe he could blame it on a media conspiracy against airplanes?
At least Bob doesn’t have to deal with the clueless service dept. when his jet breaks down for the umpteenth time.
04/25, 9:49 PM
posted by:
Brian Compton
Not cool. That looks like his home address and phone number. You should have obscured them. It wouldn’t have hurt your “news” story.
04/28, 1:54 PM
posted by:
Mookie
Nick, you are a retard! Look at the plane! Do you see a Star on the side or a friggin German Iron Cross? That plane is from the GERMAN AIRFORCE. monkey spank!