{"id":384809,"date":"2010-03-03T14:31:07","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T19:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=52317"},"modified":"2010-03-03T14:31:07","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T19:31:07","slug":"breaking-bob-lutz-to-retire-may-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/384809","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Bob Lutz to retire May 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52318 aligncenter\" title=\"Bob Lutz\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bob_lutz_wide_main_a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"395\" \/><\/p>\n<p>General Motors has just announced that Vice Chairman Bob Lutz will retire effective May 1, 2010. Lutz, 78, will end his 47-year career in the global auto industry after holding senior leadership positions at four of the world&#8217;s leading automakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe influence Bob Lutz has had on GM\u2019s commitment to design, build and sell the world\u2019s best vehicles will last for years to come,\u201d GM CEO and Chairman Ed Whitacre said.  \u201cI, along with many other men and women in GM and throughout the industry, have greatly benefited from his passion, wisdom and guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lutz said that he decided to retire now in part because hot-selling vehicles like the Buick LaCrosse, Cadillac SRX, GMC Terrain, Chevrolet Equinox and Chevrolet Camaro, along with the growing strength of GM\u2019s four core brands, prove that a product-focused mindset inside the company is in place for the long term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can confidently say that the job I came here to do more than nine years ago is now complete \u2013 the team I have been fortunate to lead has far exceeded my expectations,\u201d Lutz said.  \u201cOur product lineup is as strong as it has been in GM\u2019s history.  The perception of our products and brands is beginning to catch up with reality. And most importantly, the absolute commitment to being a product-driven company is engrained throughout the organization \u2013 from the top down \u2013 and I am confident that, under Ed Whitacre\u2019s leadership, the straightforward, singular focus on product will endure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lutz has also worked at BMW, Chrysler and Ford.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Omar Rana<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/5ZLHpJaU9DexzZwaSNbg4j7gXnc\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/5ZLHpJaU9DexzZwaSNbg4j7gXnc\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/5ZLHpJaU9DexzZwaSNbg4j7gXnc\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/5ZLHpJaU9DexzZwaSNbg4j7gXnc\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=J3LowvJUtyg:9OIs4QtZdM0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=J3LowvJUtyg:9OIs4QtZdM0:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=J3LowvJUtyg:9OIs4QtZdM0:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=J3LowvJUtyg:9OIs4QtZdM0:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=J3LowvJUtyg:9OIs4QtZdM0:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=J3LowvJUtyg:9OIs4QtZdM0:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=J3LowvJUtyg:9OIs4QtZdM0:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Motors has just announced that Vice Chairman Bob Lutz will retire effective May 1, 2010. Lutz, 78, will end his 47-year career in the global auto industry after holding senior leadership positions at four of the world&#8217;s leading automakers. \u201cThe influence Bob Lutz has had on GM\u2019s commitment to design, build and sell the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-384809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}