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FINAL ASSEMBLY In Lutz's view, Eaton did a bang-up job at Chrysler 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013  Former Chrysler CEO Bob Eaton is commonly said to have finished his career in disgrace. But in his new book, Icons and Idiots: Straight Talk on Leadership, former Chrysler and General Motors exec Bob Lutz leaves Eaton out of the "idiot" category.... Read More »
THE LAST QUARTER CENTURY -- THE PETEY AWARDS As retirement approaches, Publisher Peter Brown honors some of the best, and worst, automotive adventurers 12:01 am U.S. ET | April 22, 2013  In his 25th year as editor or editorial director of Automotive News, Peter Brown says he can now state with conviction that in the automotive industry, about every three years, everything you know is wrong. As he nears the end of his tenure, he revives his periodic Petey Awards citations for achievement, failure or significance.... Read More »
FINAL ASSEMBLY Lutz: Watch for CAFE hybrid games 12:01 am U.S. ET | April 22, 2013  Speaking at the SAE World Congress in Detroit last week, Bob Lutz told an audience of automotive engineers that plug-in hybrid powertrains, like the one in the Chevrolet Volt, will be crucial to the survival of high-performance cars.... Read More »
Lutz, 3 other former Chrysler execs lose pension appeal 4:15 pm U.S. ET | March 13, 2013  A federal judge has rejected an appeal by four former Chrysler executives, including Bob Lutz, over the automaker’s decision to reduce retired executives’ pension benefits as part of its 2009 restructuring plan, said Mayer Morganroth, the lawyer for the plaintiffs.... Read More »
NICK BUNKLEY Whitacre-as-savior concept gets the Lutz lash 11:58 am U.S. ET | March 6, 2013  So Ed Whitacre thinks he saved General Motors. Bob Lutz thinks that claim is a total crock of (rhymes with part of “Whitacre”).... Read More »
NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW Lutz, GM end consulting deal 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 21, 2013  General Motors has parted ways with former product boss Bob Lutz, 80, who had been a paid part-time consultant for GM since September 2011.... Read More »
Lutz, GM end consulting pact 2:50 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 15, 2013  Bob Lutz's 15-month stint as a paid consultant for GM has come to an end, the former GM product czar said today.... Read More »
NICK BUNKLEY Why Day 1 of the show was just a bit odd 6:11 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 14, 2013  Day 1 of the Detroit auto show had its share of odd, confusing and sometimes cringe-worthy moments.... Read More »
NICK BUNKLEY Chevy keeps things short and simple... for a change 10:32 am U.S. ET | Jan. 14, 2013  Most carmakers unveiling new models at the Detroit auto show use up their allotted 25 minutes of time, and then some. Chevrolet, having already held a huge off-site reveal for the 2014 Corvette Stingray the previous night, apparently decided it had little else to say Monday.... Read More »
JAMES B. TREECE Old and new GM parties like it's .... 10:30 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 13, 2013  A car as significant as a redesigned Chevrolet Corvette is cause for a party for General Motors.... Read More »
JAMES B. TREECE Corvettes that might have been 10:30 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 13, 2013  It's a fair bet that every designer at General Motors wants to work on the iconic Chevrolet Corvette.... Read More »
2012: THE YEAR IN PHOTOS Names & faces 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 24, 2012 Here's a look at some of the people who made news this year.... Read More »
Lutz joins NanoSteel board, latest in long list of posts 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 15, 2012 Life has hardly slowed for Bob Lutz, the 80-year-old retired vice chairman of General Motors. Last week, Lutz joined the board of NanoSteel, a steel materials design company in which GM has invested.... Read More »
Lutz joins board of steel materials supplier 12:17 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 10, 2012  Former GM Vice Chairman Robert Lutz has joined the board of a private steel materials design company in which the U.S. automaker has invested. NanoSteel has created a technology for the manufacture of a new class of high-strength steel that it hopes to eventually license to steelmakers for use in the auto industry.... Read More »
EDWARD LAPHAM The new Lutz? Not me, says Marchionne 12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 3, 2012  There has been some talk around Chrysler that its CEO has an eye for design details and likes to get involved in the vehicle design process -- even occasionally suggesting changes -- the same way Bob Lutz did Edward Lapham is executive editor of Automotive News.... Read More »
GM seen planning global reorganization to tackle 'fiefdoms'Aug. 17, 2012 10:34 CET  GM CEO Dan Akerson is planning a reorganization of the automaker that would move it away from long-entrenched regional authority toward a structure built on global functions, said two people familiar with the planning.... Read More »
Nissan says Ghosn may retire before start of next business plan 11:19 am U.S. ET | June 21, 2012  Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn is considering stepping down before the company's next mid-term business plan begins in about five years. Ghosn, 58, doesn't plan to commit to Nissan's next mid-term plan and investor-relations officials at the company have been telling investors and analysts this year that there is a succession plan in place, spokesman Koji Okuda said.... Read More »
FINAL ASSEMBLY Ex-basher Lutz does a flip-flop on Romney: 'All is forgiven' 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 18, 2012  So does the federal bailout of General Motors and Chrysler ensure that Barack Obama will carry Michigan in November? Well, at least one high-profile Michigan auto guy -- who vociferously blasted Mitt Romney for opposing the bailout -- has made peace with the presumed GOP nominee.... Read More »
Lutz supports Romney despite opposition to GM bailout 1:53 pm U.S. ET | June 14, 2012  Even though Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney opposed the government bailout of General Motors, he still has won the support of one of the automaker's former top executives.... Read More »
RICHARD JOHNSON Lutz/Poling: 2 ways of seeing the auto world 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 21, 2012  In the 1970s, when Red Poling was chairman of Ford of Europe and Bob Lutz was president, they each took the Myers-Briggs personality test and came out as complete opposites. Poling, who died last week, was 100 percent numerate. Lutz was a feel player Richard Johnson is managing editor of Automotive News.... Read More »
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