It’s part of the mad world we live in that car makers have to make hybrids or, as former BMW executive Bob Lutz once said, “We’ll look like the gang that can’t shoot straight.” The BMW gang has proved they can shoot very straight indeed. Verdict:...

Ohio and Tennessee. Some Republicans have criticized Romney's insistence that federal intervention was wrongheaded as an example of what they see as his willingness to say anything to win over skeptical conservatives. "He's playing the same song as Rush...

Romney argued in the latter essay that without a bailout, GM and Chrysler would be as healthy as they are today, but unions wouldn't have gotten such a nice "sweetheart deal" out of it. But that's not how many in the auto industry in Michigan see it,...

“He’s playing the same song as Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck,” said Bob Lutz, a former vice chairman for General Motors who said he was still so upset with Mr. Romney that he had cast his absentee ballot in Michigan for Rick Santorum. “I think all of us...

Lutz, former vice chairman of General Motors Company, offered his opinion on clean energy and innovation to participants of the Michigan Clean Energy Venture Challenge Showcase before the final results of the entrepreneurship competition were revealed...

General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz on Friday sharply criticized Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, defending the rescue of GM and Chrysler as a "necessary government intervention." "He thinks we didn't try" to borrow money from the banks,...

Discussing whether President Obama can take credit for saving the auto industry, with Bob Lutz, fm GM vice chairman, and "Car Guys vs. Bean Counters" author. Related Links: Business & financial news headlines from msnbc.com Top of page

Former General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz speaks to reporters at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit a few years ago. “Clean energy must, at some point, for long-term success, be the most efficient solution,” he said. “It cannot...

Kevin Hall wants to be known for more than being an acrobatic center fielder, capable of making highlight-reel plays with every baseball hit his way. He wants to be known for more than being the really smart guy on the team, the one who is a three-time...

Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championship, as it did Wednesday night. There’s more, starting with an interesting BracketBusters matchup Saturday on the road at Davidson, which won its 20th game Wednesday night by beating Samford. Davidson...

That includes a number of Republican "car guys" who say Romney got it wrong on an issue close to home. Bob Lutz, a former vice chairman at GM who remains an adviser, said he was "infuriated" by Romney's charge this week that the 2009 government-funded...

As the years went on, whatever the Grand Slam venue, fans were treated to the sight of such doubles teams as Maria Bueno-Althea Gibson, Navratilova-Billie Jean King (probably the two best doubles player in the history of the women's game), Margaret...

After a bit, Gipson made contact with Robinson and it was Gipson who was called for the technical, much to the displeasure of the crowd and to Wildcats coach Frank Martin. Withey made both foul shots to put the Jayhawks up, 51-41. Kansas, obviously, is...

Lutz has just turned 80. The Swiss-born U.S. citizen, who has held leading positions at General Motors, Chrysler, Ford and BMW during a long auto industry career, has been enjoying semi retirement since 2010. But Lutz is still managing to stay very...

OMAHA — A record crowd of 18,735 showed up at the CenturyLink Center on Saturday, sure they were going to see Creighton break from the offensive shackles of the past two games and establish, once again, that it is cream of the Missouri Valley...

The Challenge, established by the University of Michigan and DTE Energy, encourages students from Michigan colleges and universities to grow clean-energy solutions into thriving businesses. Bob Lutz, retired General Motors vice chairman, will speak at...

But GM would still sell that problematic vehicle to a dealer, who was expected to sell it to a customer "as is." There would be no warranty claims allowed to remove that incorrect dash and replace it with the right one. GM's former vice chairman, Bob...

I was interested yesterday when some former City League basketball players got on Facebook and debated my Top 50 list of CL players I’ve seen since the early-1960s. That, after all, is what this is all about – friendly debate. As I’ve said from the...

By the time people finish talking about Perry Ellis and Conner Frankamp, they’re out of breath. So how would you like to be the third best basketball player in the City League this season? It’s a league in which Ellis and Frankamp are stealing the...