BARELY A WEEK ago, GM’s new product chief Bob Lutz was telling the world that the Pontiac G8 would be born again as a Chevrolet Caprice. Now, it appears that’s not the case.

Lutz has announced on his Fastlane Blog that the “G8 will not be a Caprice after all”, and that the idea of bringing [...]

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A severe drop in vehicle sales worldwide and the desperate need to restructure “for long-term viability” has forced General Motors to confirm that it will be cutting 10,000 jobs by the end of this year.

The job cuts will see the company’s global workforce fall from 73,000 to 63,000 -  3400 of these jobs will come [...]

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Maximum Bob has today announced his retirement from GM. Bob Lutz, the current Vice President, Global Product Development, will from the 1st of April assume the role of Vice Chairman and Senior Advisor, before retiring at the end of this year.

GM has promoted Thomas G. Stephens to the role being vacated by the cigar chomping, [...]

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