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Motor Racing Now A Waste Of Money: Bob Lutz

Bob Lutz is never short of an opinion, and when he expresses it, he usually isn’t short of an audience either. The former General Motors senior executive has declared in the past that his onetime employer should have built the Chevrolet (Holden)


Bob Lutz is never short of an opinion, and when he expresses it, he usually isn’t short of an audience either.

The former General Motors senior executive has declared in the past that his onetime employer should have built the Chevrolet (Holden) Volt as a pickup rather than a premium hatch, and that electric vehicles will consign the petrol engine to the pages of history.

Now, Lutz has turned his attention to motorsport, declaring in a piece he wrote for Road And Track in the US that the sport has become a waste of money - at least for carmakers.

Lutz said he was once a “huge advocate” of manufacturer-sponsored race teams, singling out Opel models in the Monte Carlo Rally and the C3 Corvettes at Le Mans.

GM has always maintained a corporate stance against using its cars in competition, but Lutz said the company’s individual arms never had trouble finding ways around it.

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