Less Drama in Detroit as Lutz Leaves the Stage
He claims to have driven and crashed his first car, a flathead Ford, at age 8 in Switzerland, where he was the car-obsessed son of a Swiss banker.
Lawrence Urich – NYTIMES – Mar 18, 2010
Interesting time still ahead for GM –Ed.
The departure of Robert A. Lutz as vice chairman of General Motors may provoke an emergency call to the paint department: the color is leaking from G.M.s headquarters.
In an auto industry characterized by public apologies, hairshirt humility and bland company men, Mr. Lutz was more in the vein of the late Henry Ford II, whose lasting epigram was, Never complain, never explain.
Famously blunt, occasionally stubborn and blessed with a knack to lead, inspire and provoke, Mr. Lutz, a onetime Marine aviator, will wrap up a 47-year career when he retires on May 1…. [Read More]
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