Good. I like him. He’s brash, and he knows his stuff…nice work under his watch.

Botox Bob will milk it to the living end! GM failed because of execs like Lutz, and now it will repeat the same path and additionally bilk the US taxpayer. The new GM? Hardly. More like Born Again Bilkers. I will never purchase another GM vehicle. Ever.

It’s becoming readily apparent that Leslie Nielson refuses to die and Bob just never was happy being his stunt double.

i agree Architect, he’s generally pretty funny too

Well, hopefully we can at least have the pleasure of the US government firing Lutz instead of watching him retire.

lol:-)) Way to go… Took my advice… Hmmm… A head start… TDF:-)))

DB9;-)

PS. Good one

LLL3. You are an idiot. GM is reaping what it sowed 30 years ago. Lutz is a part of the solution, and he’s responsible for much of their current excellent product. For you to write them off forever only shows your ignorance.

Bob Lutz is a PIECE OF CRAP, one of those greedy scumbag gm executives who dumped their relatively tiny amounts of stock when the going got a little tough (before bankruptcy became inevitable), further ensuring GM’s demise and putting the nail in the coffin to kill GM as force it into bankruptcy. He should be made to pay out of his own pocket for the stock price dump that he PERSONALLY CAUSED,

Then again GM pretty much deserves this kind of ilk. They never learn.

^Oops, almost forgot, what about the ‘rec’ feature? Do it, it would…;-))

DB9;-)

communications huh?? So does he have something to do with the green logo???

Loco #3 – Botox Bob, etc. is not all that funny. He has been an asset to GM and, like LLN points out, is largely responsible for GM’s recent product renaissance. While you may be inherently biased (I mean, you swear NOT to buy any GM vehicle EVER in almost all your posts), there are people out there who are actually fair and consider both the foreign and domestic automakers when buying a car. It is because of Lutz that the CTS, SRX, Lambdas, G8, Malibu, Camaro, and many others happened and it will be those kinds of “good” cars that will be responsible for drawing buyers back into GM showrooms. Maybe you will never be back but, hey, no one will miss you. For every biased idiot out there that has sworn to buy Toyotas and Hondas for the rest of their lives, there are 100 people that are not loyalists

theo – how is he greedy for selling his stock?? He sold it days before bankrupcy when the stock is worthless. Almost everyone who owned GM stock sold it when Lutz did or way before that. It isn’t greed, its just common sense. Would you keep your money invested in a common that will obviously go into CH 11 in a matter of days?

Bob Lutz is 2 fold. He’s responsible for contributing to some winners. But it’s the very nature if his brashness that’s been a detriment. Toyota quietly worked to make cars that were reliable and in trend with the market. How well would Toyota do if they designed gas guzzlers and told the world global warming is (and I quote Lutz) “A crock of sh*t”?

They could do this without him. If he was that great, they wouldn’t have filed bankruptcy.

Maybe even FOX couldn’t wrap their heads around the idea of Bob Lutz, Lee Iacocca, Rick Wagoner and Carol Shelby as the Golden Guys.

Yes netguru2000 all that is good and green toyota would never build something like a full size pick up truck that gets 19 hwy with a v6 or a huge gas guzziling SUV…. oh wait!!!!! they do!!!!! come on they even built a brand new assembly plant specifically for those vehicles in Texas. Because like every other company in the world Toyota wants to make money, and in the auto industry no vehicle makes more money than trucks and suv’s. At least GM makes good trucks and SUV’s rather than Toyota’s peice of crap trucks. Maybe you should try to be a little less ignorant next time u post.

The New GM needs new blood in all areas of car design& production when the company emerges from banckrupcy. The days of doing things are going have to go out the window. GM needs to engineer, & produce compelling, reliable designs that catches the buying publics interest. While I respect Mr. Luts for his many years as an auto executive. It’s time he steped as aside in a consultant type role to give someone else (hopefully younger) to have the oportunity to influence GM products in the future. GM as a company needs to rid itself of the internal oplitics that delay and compromise the final product when it comes to market. Each division of the “new GM’ should lock their desighers in a room with out the bean counters and let them reinvent Buick, GMC, Chevrolet & Cadillac to go into areas not traditionaly know for each division. Bucik needs shed the “old Man’ car image with alienating thier long time customers. It’s too bad that GM couldn’t figure out how to go ahead with Pontiac. Niche products are interesting but hey don’t make $. Buick needs more than 3 models (New Lacrosse, Lucerne, & Enclave. I hopep the Insignia based Regal is offered in the U.S. I also believe Buick should go back to exclusively having turbocharged four cylinder engines 24.l with directing injection, auto startstop at redlights , regerative breaking with an optiona turbo 2.8L v6. in 3 body styles coupe, sedan & wagon. Buick needs s ‘halo” car” so bring back the Reviera nameplate with a retractable hard top some more affordable than a Lexus LSC or Infinity G37. I thing expanding the buick line with a sedan’hatch that is a cut above the Honda Civics, Corrollas, Imprezzas, Mazda 3 & Volskwagen Golf/Jetta is a good idea. Offer that car with more standard features without competing with other GM prducts. For them so show the world An American company can produce a truely desireable car that is distinctive but instantly recognizable as a Buick. (It won’t be easy. GM tried it with Oldsmobile & the customers didn’t follow the new direction so the brand died. Now on th Chevrolet: I hope the new Spark does well, but I don’t see that car having the mass appeal that the new GM is hoping for (unless gas goes back over $4:00 a gallon. the Aveo is old, it needs to be replaced with a car that gets better gas milage is safer & offers new inovation in a small car &, beat the Honda Fit at it’s on game to become the “media darling” that Fit is. GM has the talent to do this but the ‘bean counters” just don’t allow the designers to make it happen. What a shame. I llike the new Malibu but there are a fue “rough edges” with that car. While the dash isn’t as “busy’ as the new Accord the interior could use a major upgrade in the interior materials, better fuel economy& offer first ammenties for the market segment. The Impala everyone wants it to go RWD but I serioulsy don’t that will ever happen. It should share the new Epsilon !I platform with the 2010 LaCrosse & come with more powerfule & better fuel efficent engines than the Camry/Accord/Altima & other cars in the class.

Botox Bob probably was the brainchild behind the new GM green-look logo.

Continued.. The Camaro is a hit & I’m glad but with the future of the Zigma platform having a limited presence in North America after the demise of the Pontiac G8 I just can’t see how profitablel the Camaro will be in the long term. this may sound like screledge but I hope they make the next generation Corvette with a lighter chassis and smaller dimensions with a base V6 with over 375 horse power with an optional V8 for a higher priced model with distive styling cues to set it apart from the v6 version. GM should have copied Ford with ther Fiesta Movement for the Cruze to drum up excitement for the car that is presumably due out in Spring 2010. I fail to see why GMC survived they are nothing more that reskinned Chevrolet trucks that compete with one another. And now for Cadillac. Caddy needs to stay RWD with it sedans & Be the true Lexus/BMW/Mercedes they should be.. Why can’t they just buld a larger more luxurious version of the CTS? If this FWD XLS car comes along I feel it will leave the CTS as a ‘lame duck model” with a short future in the market place. Build the Alpha sedan as a cometetor to the G37, BMW 3 series/ Lexus IS 250/350/Audi A4 ectera & blow thier socks off in the process. GM has tried to lure in buyers with the failed Allante & XLS but they never just couldn’t seem to get the cars right. with the buying public.

I will get off my soap box now. What do I know I’m just a car enthusiast that would liek to see GM & Chrysler emerge from the recent troubles s stronger companies building the cars the American public actually wants to own so they can pay back the goverment the money they borrowed or the goverment shluld at least give each American taxpayer shares in the new companies.

Sorry for the rambling…

Go away Bob! It’s because of people like you that GM is bankrupt

Does anybody know of a blog/site that talks intelligently about automobiles using factual information instead of totally biased comments?

@ carstuff

I have yet to find one. Let me know if you find this magical place.

Anybody who knows anything about cars and the car biz knows that Bob Lutz is the opposite of everything that was bad about the old GM, and has a hand in all the good things that are happening at GM. But the anti-GM bias is clearly evident here and a problem with a large percent of the population.

Lutz, you’d better be on your toes cause if you don’t cross every t and dot every i the American public, and mostly the government, will come down with an iron fist on your every move.

I don’t mind Botox Bob. This whole situation that GM is in was the result of something that started a long time ago, maybe 30 years back or so? Something like this whole bankruptcy thing is a few decades in the making. I don’t think Lutz is to blame for this, that said though I’ve never been a big fan of GM vehicles.

Dont buy lutz,dont buy american! GM has the best quality old men flushing the company down the toilet.

Bob Lutz is my hero.

Bob, while not perfect, has brought GM from a company afraid to spend money on product to one that is putting out the best vehicles. It took him a few years to turn around the mindset but it has happened.

The current LaCrosse is the first example. He did not get hired in time to change the styling (OK but too plain) but did force the best materials for the interior in all GM at that time. The Solstice was the 2nd. He was able to get a beautiful styled vehicle but could not get the money put into the interior(cost targets) and it shows it.

Past these two products time period everything has been top notch in their segments. Styling, Interior materials, quality, even MPG. I know many of you will say I’m drinking the kool aid but if you actually LOOK at what is being produced you would see it. The SRX is just the latest. Now you personally may not like the styling but everything has gotten kudos.

Malibu, SRX, full size trucks/SUV’s, vette, Lambdas, LaCrosse, CTS, Cruze

Forgot the Equinox/Terrain

Also need to talk about a few not so good products which I would throw in the semi hybrid cars. Just too expensive for what you get.

Please bring back Pontiac – G8 sedan, wagon and ST. Firebird. Trans Am.
G6 sedan, wagon and comnvertible. All RWD. Perfect lineup right there.

And keep it non-luxury. Big engines, no electronic gizmos/toys. Maybe offer Navigation as a stand-alone option for a fee, but don’t tie it to other packages.

Thats the way Pontiac should be – and the way it would sell.

Hey big i’m not the spelling police or anything but DAM DAWG get some spell check BRO.

I think that Botox Putz either has a drug or gambling problem. There is no definition for what he does, so there is no blame to assign to his failures. On another hand the guy is not a spring chicken, but need cash to feed some form of habit. I think he is a modern day vampire: he will not retire until he will suck suck life out of the country: he already succeeded with one of the largest companies on earth.

I thought civil servants faced mandatory retirement at 67 or so

To saske_202:

Of course Toyota make pick ups, that’s part of the market, IN ADDITION to petrol misers. I think what you’re missing is they SURPASSED GM as the #1 automaker. You have no legs to stand on. I appreciate your comments, but you’re bowing to peasants when the king is in the castle. Keep in mind I would buy a GM over a Toyota. I think you missed my point: APPARENTLY, there’s more to surviving (and leading) than making great cars. From what played out right in front of our eyes (i.e. undeniably measurable results), in this industry you keep you’re mouth shut and you’re actions humble and responsive. Actually let me ask you what went wrong at GM and right at Toyota. (Unions?, Pensions?. health care?) Yes, all of those had impact and yet Ford is showing survival in an other words mucked market with the same restrictions. Telling someone they’re ignorant doesn’t conform with the fact they died.

I like Bob Lutz and what he has done for GM, as well as Chrysler. I think every exciting new car lately that GM has produced was because of him. I was sad to see him go from Chrysler, although I think the Germans had something to do with that if I recall…

…And stop calling him Shirley.

I’m still unsure why everyone hates on Lutz when hes the #1 reason GM has cars as good as they do right now.

YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Bob – anyone on here who doubts this man is wrong. All the good things about there new product relate directly back to this man.

Cool – Maximum Bob is da man! Anyone who flies a P-51 Mustang for fun, and blesses cars like the Viper, ZR1, and CTS-V is alright with me.

*******NETGURU2000*******

This is so hard to take. PLease please do your research before you start talking.
While I wouldn’t put it the way Lutz did, global warming is total garbage.

The world IS warming up!! but not due to green house gas emmisions. You know NASA… those really smart guys…. that run and fly the most complicated things built…. rocket scientists with arguably the best equipment in the world… they studied global warming and the climate change. Guess what they found out? Go read the article I won’t spoil it for you

It’s funny how all you keyboard CEO’s think you know better how to call the shots at GM. I would think a guy like Bob Lutz, who has overseen the best makeover in GM’s history, would know alot more about the car business than you fraudulent import snobs. Go back to driving your fruitcake Toyotas, you twinkle-toed import fairies.

***Nightblack_97***

Did they do a study after this?

On Friday, February 2, 2007, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—the leading international group of climate scientists—published a 20-page summary of a much longer scientific report, The Physical Basis of Climate Change [pdf], which confirms global warming is now “unequivocal” and states with more than 90 percent certainty that human activity “very likely” has been the primary cause of rising temperatures worldwide since 1950.

The report included the following human factors:
By driving cars, using electricity from coal-fired power plants, or heating our homes with oil or natural gas, we release carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere. Deforestation is another significant source of greenhouse gases, because fewer trees means less carbon dioxide conversion to oxygen.

While your at it ask your doctor why you have to limit fish intake. You’ll find we were the cause of that too. De Nile aint just a river…

Sorry ***Nightblack_97***, one more comment…

On the June 5 edition of Fox News’ Glenn Beck, guest host and Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano mischaracterized a year-old NASA report on solar variability to deny that humans are causing global warming. Claiming that NASA “made a remarkable discovery,” Napolitano referred to a June 4 DailyTech article headlined, “NASA Study Acknowledges Solar Cycle, Not Man, Responsible for Past Warming,” and said: “So, basically — are you ready for this? — the sun heats the Earth.” However, as the DailyTech article itself acknowledged, in its May 7, 2008, report, NASA does not dispute that human activities are responsible for global warming. In fact, it said the opposite, noting that while “[t]he sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate,” greenhouse gases now have a “significant influence on Earth’s climate.”

I think he’s one of the very few GM execs that SHOULD stay. He understands cars and customers.

And I thought he was going to join a Christian publishing firm… Funny ttie in – Vines worked under Lutz at Chrysler

All you global warming freaks are going to be in for a shock because you refuse to look at the data. The Earth’s temp peaked in 1998 and steadily declined in the early 2000’s and has since stabilized. Efforts that could possibly lower global temps could have the opposite effect desired: triggering an ice age. This was a real concern during the 1980’s when the Earth had cooled due to reduced solar activity (the exact same thing that’s happening now). Then the sun had some big flare up (remember all the hub-bub about how serious solar flares were to electronics) and the Earth started warming.

Another ironic thing is that for tech such as solar and wind to be most efficient the sun must be more active and heating up the Earth more. Isn’t it something that to achieve the green electricity generation goals of our “President” that the Earth must first be warmed up?

BTW, the whole thing where the world agreed to not allow global warming to cause more than a 4.5F increase is an absolute crock. The fact that Earth isn’t warming (remember, study the facts) just makes it inevitable that these clowns will declare victory and give their global Ponzi Scheme the credit it doesn’t deserve.

Of course, some enterprising mad man, Let’s call him Dr. Evil, could shoot a giant laser at the sun and cause a massive solar flare that would heat the Earth way past the threshold and we can declare cap and trade a complete failure.

PS. The last paragraph was a joke. If you had to read this sentence then you need to turn in your Greenpeace membership for a ticket to the loony bin.

And those knuckle heads at the G-8 summitt made it one of thier top priorities. What idiots! I’m voting for Dr. Evil.

******NetGURU2000******

I am fully aware that there are several groups claiming that green house gasses are causing global warming. Remeber first, that it was supposedly diminishing out oxone layer whcih was the cause. After a couple years of harping on that it was disproved as the ozone layer magically closed up again. Turns out the ozone layer cycles. I can provide the documented research for that if you don’t trust me.

Now it’s greenhouse gasses trapping heat. That article you quoted was not the Nasa report but an independant online source reporting on it. Nasa found that the great majority of climate change resulted from a change in the sun’s temperature.

remember, all those scientists that work on the “Board of climate change”… their jobs rest on the fact that they’re needed. If there isn’t a problem, there would be no board. I would love to believe that every scientist had a pure heart, but I’m sure they have families and need salaries. NASA is a far less biased source.

Example… ethanol got pushed and still is even though it is causing all sorts of problems. Take a look at the reports from the scientists in the corn states. Glowing reviews

he decided not to retire just to spite you people here on LLN.

Bob Lutz if the ****ing man, i just read on another auto-site that he said the G8 will live on as a Chevy Caprice
he also said the CTS-V coupe is still in the works, along with the possibility of a CTS-V wagon… the wagon may be a bit of a stretch, and a CTS-V coupe was inevitable (at least in my ‘v’ driven mind), but i am over the top with the confirmation of the G8 living on..