By Leftlane Staff
Friday, Apr 7th, 2006 @ 5:39 pm

GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz should take over as General Motors CEO if Rick Wagoner steps down, says Forbes columnist Jerry Flint. “Will GM replace Wagoner with a leader of the Carlos Ghosn type, someone who understands the auto business and can lead effectively?” asks Flint. “Or will it be another business-school M.B.A. from the financial side of the company, the type that has led GM so ineffectively for decades?” Flint says that if there is no turnaround at GM soon, something will have to change. “If it were up to me, Bob would be the new GM boss,” writes Flint. “Lutz knows the car business as no other American [...] He isn’t a college-trained engineer–for which some snub him–but a self-taught car guy.” However, one should not expect Lutz to push for his own promotion to CEO. “Lutz is not a backstabber, and this is a business in which backstabbing is fine art,” writes Flint. “He’s loyal to the core, and he won’t push Wagoner down the stairs.”

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