Bob Lutz Quotes
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There's a powerful sense of reality to our concepts, ... These are vehicles we think people would purchase and drive today.
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I think either party would have seen the wisdom in bailing out the American automobile industry, because one job in ten in the United States is either directly or indirectly connected to the automobile industry. You just could not let these companies go down.
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They've got a nice middle linebacker Justin Thacker and a good secondary. They run to the ball pretty well.
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There's no Toyota of America engineering group, there's no Volkswagen or Audi that engineers unique cars for the United States. All we're doing is we're learning how to do what everybody else does.
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All of those things are gradually coming true, so I'm cautiously optimistic about the way the business is developing in the United States.
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There's a lot of talk about their quarterback and he's a good one, but they have a lot of good skilled players who can run. They're not a one-man show. They spread the field and make you cover them.
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One colossal advantage of being in extra innings is that you can tell it like it is, say what you think, and largely eschew political caution.
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Hummer is a very profitable brand for General Motors, very profitable.
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There's enormous good will for the glory days of American cars, when they really were American and didn't try to be Japanese or German. We all recently discovered that was a gold mine we had left fallow for a couple decades.
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They're a little banged up, but so are we.
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Being able to ‘think out of the box’ presupposes you were able to think in it.
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They're very aggressive on defense. They have a smaller lineup on defense up front and they really get to the football.
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GM is definitely better off with Saab brand.
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There's no denying I believe GM's business in Europe is in the process of improving quite quickly.
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For us to go out with a half-baked system just to get a few months out, I don't think would be prudent.
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I think what happened was the manifest success of the Prius caused a rethink on everybody's part.
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You cannot buy a bad automobile any more from any producer. We have to do more products not because we're looking at a particular segment, but because it's a great vehicle.
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Saab has really turned the corner. It is close to making money as a brand.
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I'm happy about the weather, ... I'm happy about the turnout. I'm happy to see so many old friends and new faces as well.
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Right now, we're not where we ought to be on hybrids.