Ed Montgomery replaced Steve Rattner.
So then, THIS never happened:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24876.html
I thought Montgomery was the Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers.
http://jalopnik.com/5192264/who-the-hell-is-ed-montgomery
That position was called the Car Czar by some, but later Rattner was appointed Car Czar and then replaced, in July, by Bloom.