Bob Lutz

No matter the age, a petrol head like Bob Lutz can't stay away too long from the car industry. In fact, even though GM's former vice president and product czar had retired in the May 2010, the 79-year-old has been providing advice to the firm's executives without pay ever since. Now, GM decided to formally hire Lutz as an advisor to provide counsel to the senior leadership team of the company. "Lutz will be available to executives on a part-time consultancy basis effective immediately," GM...Read Full Story

DETROIT (Reuters) - Bob Lutz, the outspoken former product development czar at General Motors, has been hired as a part-time adviser to the top U.S. automaker.Lutz, 79, retired from GM in 2010. A charismatic figure known for his blunt criticism of GM's worst cars and slow-moving bureaucracy, he both questioned global warming and pushed for the development of the plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt.During a 47-year career in the auto industry, Lutz also held senior positions at Ford Motor Co...Read Full Story

The man nicknamed “Maximum” isn’t completely retired yet. General Motors has announced that it has retained Bob Lutz as an advisor. Executives at GM will be able to reach out to Lutz and tap into his knowledge base, which was garnered from a career in the automotive industry lasting over four decades. Since retiring from GM in 2010, Lutz has supplied information to executives on an informal basis. Now the assistance will be provided on an official retainer, presumably on a more frequent...Read Full Story

Carscoop It's fall again, time for Bob Lutz to make headlines. Less than a month after "Maximum Bob" made his official comeback to General Motors as a consultant, the semi-retired car executive and onetime Marine pilot gave an in-depth interview to German monthly Manager Magazin.Lutz was questioned about a variety of subjects that mainly concentrated on Opel and its relationship with General Motors, but he was also asked about the future of the industry in general, and whom he sees as being...Read Full Story

egmCarTech General Motors announced today that it will be keeping former Vice Chairman Robert A. "Bob" Lutz to provide counsel to the senior leadership team of the company.'Lutz will be available to executives on a part-time consultancy basis effective immediately,' GM said in a statement. 'He brings a wealth of experience built over the course of more than 40 years in the industry, including two stints at GM. He has also been a senior executive at Ford, Chrysler, BMW and was CEO of Exide...Read Full Story