DETROIT, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The owners of the restructured General Motors Co. want a Detroit outsider to lead the automaker as chief executive, but that's risky, analysts say.
GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has said the board is looking for an outsider to replace President and CEO Fritz Henderson, who resigned suddenly last week -- much along the lines of how outsider Alan Mulally was hired by Ford Motor Co. and succeeded in leading a turnaround there. But Ford's experience was the exception and not the rule when it comes to bringing non-automaker execs into Detroit, analysts told Sunday's Detroit News.