Bob Lutz

We visited this issue in February, when Winding Road speculated Pontiac would get a Camaro spinoff, but now Car and Driver is weighing in. With the imminent return of the Chevy Camaro, many Poncho fans have wondered about a possible return of the screaming chicken, as well. Pontiac's last attempt at reviving a storied model (GTO) met with mixed results. The GTO was supposed to be

The Cadillac Sixteen concept from 2003

It didn't take long for Bob Lutz to respond to the Detroit News report that GM was backing off on the Volt. In a post yesterday on the GM Fastlane blog reiterated that General Motors is fully committed to developing the Volt into a production vehicle. They aren't ready to commit to a date, but they plan to keep the media in the loop about developments with technology briefings like the recent

As we told you back in January, there's a new Opel/Vauxhall Corsa OPC overseas that's attractive, fun and athletic to boot. For now it remains the exclusive property of our friends in Europe, but with GM stating that Opel will essentially equal Saturn by 2014, and Bob Lutz telling us we sho

While deftly avoiding the General Motors buyout of Chrysler issue, GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz did say that he can see one of Detroit's Big 3 dying off in the not-too-distant future. Citing increased market pressures and too much capacity, he said in Geneva that present trends lead to only one conclusion, that one of the domestic automakers will be squeezed out. It won't be GM, however. "Right now, we're in the best position," he said. "We're approaching the end of the beginning of the transformat

In a move some would say is similar the the U.S. automakers stance on revised CAFE standards for light trucks and passenger cars, the major German automakers are in opposition to a requirement to lower emissions standards by producing smaller cars with smaller engines. Just as Lutz was quoted on his blog as stating that "Forcing us to alter the fleets to hit some theoretical average

Yesterday I posted a story that originated at Just-Auto.com about GM Vice-Chairman "Maximum" Bob Lutz riding off into the sunset next year. Josh Oliver over at the TheGMSource.com went straight to the man and got the truth. According to Josh, when queried about the story, Mr. Lutz said, "The whole thing is utter and complete BS."

Bob Lutz is crying foul on the special treatment Toyota seems to be getting from Washington, D.C. lately. GM's vice chairman for product development, Lutz was quoted as saying he thinks Toyota is spending a lot more on politics nowadays because they seem to have even more clout than world number one GM in lobbying power. Political power is important when government regulations are being considered and can mean a great deal in advancing certain innovations, or steering automotive development tow

After the unveiling of the Chevy Volt Concept GM Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz took some time out of his schedule of continuous interviews to talk with a group of about a dozen bloggers.

OK, so Bob Lutz might be doing a lot to save GM (or not, depending on who you ask), but one GM division that is really trying to regain its former glory is Buick. Chevy is the mainstream division. Pontiac is performance. Saturn is the import beater (but with all the Opels in their showrooms, they are migrating towards the old Olds territory of Euro alternative). Cadillac is the American Mercedes and BM

When Bob Lutz became GM's car czar last year, he kept telling workers that they couldn't keep doing things the same way if they wanted different results. Seems obvious, and that philosophy is considered one of the litmus tests for being sane. Although there's still a long way to go, and GM might slip to the #2 spot in global production before it gets sorted, it seems the message is getting through.

"This is all complete and utter B.S. 100 percent fiction from A to Z," said GM's vice chairman of product development told The Detroit News. "I'm not going anywhere."