Motor Trend releases annual industry Power List
A lot has changed for automakers in the last year, not the least of which would be General Motors. Just last year, GM CEO Rick Wagoner managed to grab the top spot on Motor Trend's list of most powerful people in the automotive world. As you might imagine, it's tough at the top and a bankruptcy that was barely avoided thanks to a set of last-minute, low-interest loans from the Feds has, not surprisingly, prompted MT to move Wagoner down from his perch as numero uno. In fact, Wagoner has fallen completely out of the top 25 and been lapped by Ford's Alan Mulally and even Bob Lutz, Ed Welburn and Tom Stephens – all men who report up to Wagoner. Ouch. Chrysler execs are also conspicuously absent from MT's latest Power List of People Who Matter. Wondering who managed to make the cut? There are the usual suspects, such as Carlos Ghosn and Takeo Fukui, along with a few others that you might not expect to see. We don't want to spoil it all for you, though, so click here to see the whole shebang.
[Source: Motor Trend]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Will 2:49PM (12/30/2008)
Is that Gary Busey?
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RLQ 6:04PM (12/30/2008)
LOL good one.
Sea Urchin 3:02PM (12/30/2008)
Wagoner? That guy should also win Moron of the year award, crook of the year, thief of the year, cluelessness of the year. But hey, at least GM has the G3 coming out.
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Mazda FTW! 3:27PM (12/30/2008)
Really? In the same year as the Wall Street stars? I don't think so.
moyoi 3:57PM (12/30/2008)
Sorry, all 4 of those awards were given to persons in the financial sector.
Sea Urchin 4:02PM (12/30/2008)
Well the wall street crowd made billions for themselves and investors prior to say August of 2008. Wagoner made millions for himself, but since he took over GMs stock should basically be worthless (thanks to Bush it isn't)
The most powerful person in Auto industry in 2008 is you................. THE BLOGGER.
moyoi 4:17PM (12/30/2008)
the wall street crowd destroyed our economy > Wagoner getting paid too much and doing too little for 1 company.