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    Bob Lutz joins board of Transonic Combustion     1274733180

    We all knew that when Bob Lutz finally stepped away from General Motors he wasn't ging to fade away into the sunset. Just days after his going away party at the Renaissance Center, Transonic Combustion Inc, has added Lutz to its board of directors. While Lutz helped shepherd the Chevrolet Volt ...

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    Lutz considers Chevy Cruze a triumph of his ten-year stint at GM     1272045420

    2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco – Click above for high-res image gallery
    As Bob Lutz begins to close the latest chapter of his long automotive career, he's still managing his legacy. Like him or not, Lutz is always quick to highlight his achievements no matter how comparatively mundane they may ...

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    Lutz denies reports of early release for Chevy Volt, development going as planned     1270750500

    2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery
    The Chevrolet Volt hit a milestone last week as the first vehicle rolled down the assembly line. With the vehicle launch scheduled for November, rumors of an early release circulated, but were consistently swatted down. The rumors ...

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    Once and For All? Lutz text message reportedly confirms Cadillac Converj is dead     1268855820

    2009 Cadillac Converj Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Although previously the subject of some early obituaries, it appears that the future of the Cadillac Converj showcar is indeed at a dead-end. According to Automotive News, a production future for the rakish ...

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    Bob Lutz retires (again), calls Chevy Volt his "proudest achievement"     1267657080

    When Bob "crock of s*!t" Lutz first announced his retirement from General Motors a little over a year ago, he said he would not be around to see development of the Chevrolet Volt. Of course, he returned to the company before he ever really left (becoming vice chairman last December) and kept on ...

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    Report: Lutz says hybrids unlikely to grab more than 10% of US market     1266339180

    General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz spoke to the convention of the National Automobile Dealers Association this past weekend and, as usual, he was good for a few quotes. Of particular interest, he told the gathering that he didn't expect hybrid vehicles to ever comprise more than 10 percent of ...

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    At Witz' End - Detroit 2010: Detroit recovers, Lutz pontificates     1264207860

    Bob Lutz speaking at the 2009 LA Auto Show
    Attending the 2003 Detroit Auto Show, my first as a journalist in 15 years, I was stunned by the excitement and optimism of the people involved and the depth and breadth of the product on display. "This is the Golden Age of the Automobile," I ...

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    Detroit 2010: Caption Contest - What the heck are Bob Lutz and Elon Musk talking about?     1263401820

    Bob Lutz has been an important guy in the auto industry since before most of us were born. Elon Musk is the reason your eBay transactions go so smoothly (he was the co-creator of PayPal). Together, they don't seem to make much of a team. Well, they wouldn't make much of a match if Musk weren't ...

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    At Witz' End - What Bob Lutz said in Detroit back then     1262969820

    Bob Lutz speaking at the 2009 LA Auto Show
    Given what Bob Lutz said at the last two Detroit Auto Shows, what will he say this year? Preparing for the first Detroit North American International Auto Show of the new decade (press days Jan. 10-11, public show Jan. 16-24), I needed to clear space on ...

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    LA 2009: Bob Lutz keynote: "The automobile industry simply can no longer rely on oil"     1259859240

    The news from Bob Lutz's opening keynote address for the LA Auto Show was that GM would be working with some California utilities to test a fleet of 100 Volts. But there was a lot more delivered in that speech and, in the best Lutz-ian tradition, the message was clear and simple: the Volt is GM's ...

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