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Business News // 1 decade ago

Lutz at GM says it's time to retire

U.S. automaker General Motors Co. said Wednesday that Vice Chairman Robert Lutz would retire on May 1 after nearly 50 years in the automotive industry.

Business News // 1 decade ago

GM names designer to head Cadillac

General Motors has named a designer to be the next general manager of Cadillac, GM announced.

Business News // 1 decade ago

GM to cut 10,000 salaried jobs

U.S. auto giant General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it would cut 10,000 salaried positions to adjust to a prolonged sales slump.

Business News // 1 decade ago

GM sees electric, other cars sharing parts

General Motors Corp. hopes to launch a family of electric vehicles sharing mainstream GM parts, its vice chairman said in Germany Tuesday.

Business News // 1 decade ago

GM exec: Fuel-efficient cars follow $6 gas

U.S. gasoline prices will need to be $6 a gallon before General Motors can afford to make cars as fuel-efficient as its European models, a GM executive said.

Business News // 1 decade ago

GM has low hopes for its new SUVs

General Motors Corp. doesn't think its next-generation sports utility vehicles, even with improved fuel efficiency, will do particularly well.

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If America really wants more fuel-efficient cars, which will mean more smaller models, it's up to the government to establish parameters in which that market will work
GM exec: Fuel-efficient cars follow $6 gas Mar 07, 2007

I can confidently say that the job I came here to do more than nine years ago is now complete -- the team I have been fortunate to lead has far exceeded my expectations
Lutz at GM says it's time to retire Mar 03, 2010

Robert A. "Bob" Lutz (born February 12, 1932) is a vice chairman at General Motors Company. On July 10, 2009 Chairman Fritz Henderson announced that Lutz will come out of retirement.

Lutz was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He was the son of a bank director and left Switzerland at the age of seven, returning ten years later for a period at school in Lausanne.

Lutz received a bachelor's degree in Production Management in 1961 followed by an MBA in 1962, both from UC Berkeley. He is a member of the board of the Marine Corps University Foundation and the Marine Military Academy.

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