Bob Lutz

Icons and Idiots

Book Review: Icons and Idiots by Bob Lutz

Full Metal Autos readers generally tend to be more in tune with the car business than the average person is.  My wife has no idea who Bob Lutz is, but if I were standing around...

GM’s Bob Lutz to Retire on May 1

General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, who is perhaps the most active septuagenarian in the auto industry, and a man who has forgotten more than most others in the business will...

Bob Lutz, the Original ‘Car Czar’

By Sam Boni 12.25.2008 They called him Mr. Horsepower. Born in Switzerland, he is the only top executive who worked in that capacity (in alphabetical order) at BMW, Chrysler,...

Building the 2011 Chevy Volt

By Sam Boni 10.17.2008 With little more than two years to go to before they are expected in showrooms; can they do it? You know it takes seven years to get a new car ready for...

GM Has Oopsie, Releases Production Volt Images Early

By Chris Haak 09.08.2008 Today, GM accidentally posted several high resolution photos of the exterior of the forthcoming (early in the next decade, two years from today)...