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• 	KatiePuckrik February 18th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
  My opinion of “Crock of Lutz” is a mixture of “Overhyped and overrated” and “The leader who finally brought a product conscience to GM”. Although, Lutz was a bit of a walking disaster, for all his failings he did give GM some semblance of a decent line up of cars. He never hit the mark all the time, but he hit the mark more often than his recent predecessors. Look at it this way, what was GM’s line up before Lutz came along?
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• 	Colinpolyps February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
  What planet were the 13% from?
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• 	Bunter1 February 18th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
  Change that from how he will be remembered to how he should be remembered. Bunter
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• 	Robert Schwartz February 18th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
  The list of pool alternatives does not include: “pothole on the road to liquidation”.
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• 	Richard Chen February 18th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
  The current poll at Automotive News is about what the Obama administration should do. Prepackaged C11 for GM leads at 38%. Other choices in descending order of popularity are: 1) Honor GM’s latest request $16.6 billion in additional aid, 2) Require steep concessions from creditors, suppliers, workers and executives in exchange for help, 3) Focus on boosting auto sales, as no automaker can recover in this environment.
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• 	no_slushbox February 18th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
  Richard Chen: Nice find. It’s up to 50% now.
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• 	86er February 18th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
  In 2001, GM made among the best trucks and SUVs in the industry, and its passenger cars were sorely lacking. The C5 Corvette was a fine sports car with unbeatable value. In 2009, GM still makes among the best trucks and SUVs in the industry, and its passenger cars remain, in the A, B, and D segments, still behind the curve. The C6 Corvette is a fine sports car with unbeatable value. Many years ago, Lutz said this: “There’s no doubt that a design-driven philosophy is the only one that will work. People who are not sensitive to design, people who don’t care about vehicles, people who view a vehicle as an appliance, they just default to Toyota. We will never win that one.” GM knew that Lutz held these views when they hired him, and was aware of his propensity for niche models. They were cognizant that this approach, while attractive, was not going to save the company. I’ll say that, if anything, the reason 46% found Lutz overrated was because they were ascribing things to him that he isn’t “built” to accomplish. Too high of expectations, in my opinion.
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• 	onewheeldrive February 18th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
  Colinpolyps : February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm What planet were the 13% from? Planet RenCen. Only 13% because the “planet” is experiencing rapid die off.
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• 	jkross22 February 18th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
  “A caricature of himself”
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• 	wsn February 18th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
  86er said: Many years ago, Lutz said this: “…People who are not sensitive to design, people who don’t care about vehicles, people who view a vehicle as an appliance, they just default to Toyota. We will never win that one.” That’s probably why GM is heading for C11. Lutz never truly understood that cars are indeed appliances. An appliance is a electro-mechanical structure that performs a certain set of duties. Where’s Toyota is building the Panasonic-equivalents, GM is building the Kenmore-equivalents. More prestigious brands such as Porsche, are simply less common and more expensive appliances. Something like Thermador.
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• 	akear February 18th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
  Putz’s rebadged Opels destroyed Saturn.
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• 	reclusive_in_nature February 19th, 2009 at 3:42 am
  52% had a positive view of him. Not to shabby considering the negative press he gets.
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• 	Rday February 19th, 2009 at 6:49 am
  Maximum Bob needs to disappear and leave his golden parachute behind for the shareholders to dispose of. He is kind of a cartoon character type guy. He has had some good ideas but nothing a couple million other car guys couldn’t have thought of, for alot less money. Take GM with you when you disappear, Bob.
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