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Report: Cadillac Converj Headed for Production Says Lutz
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Cadillac reps won’t say as much, but General Motors Vice Chairman and product boss Bob Lutz has said that the Cadillac Converj will see production. Similar in many ways to the Cadillac CTS Coupe, the Converj gets more futuristic styling and is powered by a similar drivetrain to the Chevy Volt. According to a report…
Breaking: Saab Shutting Down Says General Motors CEO
It’s been said several times before, but GM Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre today told reporters that the company is shutting down its Swedish Saab unit. “We’re closing down Saab,” he said. “We’re winding it down.” Recently GM hired on wind-down firm AlixPartners, but continued to say that it was evaluating proposals from several interested…
Report: GM Product Boss Says Turbocharged Camaro a Possibility
When asked if a turbocharged version of the Camaro might make it to market, GM product boss Bob Lutz said, “perhaps.” The immediate response to this is to get all excited and start saving up your pennies for the car. Then again, Lutz may have used the “perhaps” word in the same way parents do…
Report: Next Impalla Will be Front-Drive With a Hybrid Option
Despite continued rumors to the contrary, the next iteration of the Chevrolet Impala will not be rear-wheel drive. In an interview with InsideLine, GM’s product boss Bob Lutz, definitively stated that the car will put power to the front wheels. Lutz would only give vague details about the car, which is probably all he has,…
Report: Don’t Rule Out High-Performance Volt SS says GM Marketing Boss Bob Lutz
When it launches, the Chevrolet Volt is poised to become the next Toyota Prius, the poster boy for environmentally responsible motoring. And while it might be what mother earth and the Obama Administration want, you can be sure it’s not what the 77-year-old Camaro-loving head of GM’s marketing department wants. No, Bob Lutz wants high…
Breaking: GM’s U.S. Sales Boss Resigns
In the latest chapter of the ongoing sage of corporate restructuring at General Motors, the company’s head of U.S. sales has announced his resignation. Mark La Neve, who became VP of sales and marketing in 2005, has said he will leave on October 15th. La Neve’s position has been in question since industry veteran Bob…
Report: Still Hope For Full-Sized, Rear-Drive Chevy and Cadillac Models
With yesterday’s announcement of the Chevrolet Caprice police cruiser, General Motors was clear to indicate that a civilian version of the car would not be offered. According to a report by the GM know-it-alls at GMInsideNews, however, that doesn’t necessarily mean that no rear-drive full-sized sedans are coming. With GM back on track, the company…
Report: New Buick Billboards Don’t Hold Back in Targeting Lexus
One of the stories you might have missed during all the recent hub-bub surrounding the Frankfurt Auto Show, was a piece that included Buick’s new marketing push. With Bob Lutz now in charge of marketing for all of General Motors, he isn’t holding back, and while the new Buick slogan, “The new class of world…
Report: Lutz Confirms Cadillac CTS-V SportWagon?
As unlikely as it seems, Cadillac may be preparing to launch a high-performance V version of the CTS SportWagon. The rumors of a 556hp CTS wagon re-emerged when an Autoblog reader reportedly had an email exchange with GM’s product boss Bob Lutz where he asked Lutz if a manual transmission version of a CTS-V wagon…
Breaking: Future General Motors Product Plans Tweeted
If you’re a car junkie, Twitter is the place to be today. Ahead of a webcast tomorrow morning by GM CEO Fritz Henderson, the General arranged for a select few media to meet with its PR folks and get a preview of what the New GM has to offer. Many of those folks have been…
Report: Upcoming Chevy Orlando May Get Voltec Plug-in Hybrid System
GM’s new communications boss has confirmed that the automaker is looking at equipping the upcoming Orlando MPV with a plug-in hybrid system similar to the one used in the Chevy Volt. Jon Lauckner, VP of global program management at GM hinted at this earlier this year and now Lutz is being more specific telling GM-Volt.com…
Report: Pontiac G8 Has No Future at New GM Says Lutz
Yesterday we urged GM CEO Fritz Henderson to sit down with his new Vice Chairman Bob Lutz to get their stories about the future of the Pontiac G8 straight. Now they have, and the news isn’t good. Bob Lutz posted on GM’s corporate Fastlane Blog that the G8 will not live on as the Chevrolet…
Report: Pontiac G8 Future as Chevrolet Caprice Back in Doubt
Perhaps General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson and his newly appointed Vice Chairman Bob Lutz should sit down, have a talk and get their stories straight. After consistently saying that the Pontiac G8 would be eliminated with the rest of the Pontiac brand, it seemed as though Henderson had a change of heart after his newly…
Report: Cadillac CTS-V Coupe is Planned Says Bob Lutz
When General Motors emerged from bankruptcy protection and announced that it would unretire Bob Lutz, it seemed like an odd move, considering Lutz’s interest in performance cars and the fact that he’s 77 years old. Enthusiasts, however, rejoiced and with good reason, as over the weekend the former product boss and now Vice Chairman let…
Report: Pontiac G8 to Live On as Chevrolet Caprice
Calling the Pontiac G8 “Too good to waste,” GM’s new product boss, Bob Lutz, has just announced that the car will live on, rebadged as a Chevrolet Caprice. The news comes as a surprise, considering GM’s CEO Fritz Henderson has been unwavering in his insistence that the car would be eliminated from the New GM. Apparently…
New GM Emerges from Bankruptcy
Today the sun rose on a New General Motors, a move which will also see the sun set on a lot of people’s careers. GM emerged from bankruptcy protection at 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time with news of a serious corporate restructuring plan that will take effect over the next few months. Due to leadership (and…
GM Exectives Sell Off Stock As Sign That Bankruptcy Certain
GM Vice Chair Bob Lutz Kisses a Saturn Astra. Recently he kissed-goodbye to all his stock in the company. In a move that should probably be illegal (but isn’t) six General Motors executives recently sold off all their shares in the company. That’s right, those same guys who helped drive GM into bankruptcy traded in…
Bob Lutz to Retire at End of ’09
Bob Lutz with the Cadillac ConverJ at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show Bob Lutz, Vice Chairman of Global Product Development at General Motors, is stepping down from his current position at the company and will retire at the end of 2009. According to a press release posted on the company’s website, Lutz, one of the…
No Takers for Saab
According to a report in Automotive News, General Motors is looking to sell Saab but no one is looking to buy. Apparently Saab was put under “strategic review” by General Motors as part of its bailout proposal to Congress. The article quotes GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz as saying that “strategic review” is “’code for…
Kiss My Astra
With almost 8,000 out of 25,000 votes, Dana Roberts of Gilroy, CA was chosen as the “cheeky” winner of Saturn’s “Kiss my Astra” photo contest. As the Grand Prize Winner Dana was awarded a brand new Saturn Astra. Several other prizes were also awarded, with $300 gift cards going to the first five runners up,…
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