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...manifestations of Tesla CEO Elon Musk's "production hell" with my own eyes. ut, when next to the car, I was stunned. Not only was the paint without any discernible flaw, but the various panels formed a body of precision that was beyond reproach. Gaps from hood to fenders, doors to frame, and all the others appeared to be perfectly even, equal side-to-side, and completely parallel. Gaps of 3.5 to 4.5mm are considered word-class. This Model 3 measured up. ...I once described one American employer's cars as "looking like a squadron of related panels going down the road in loose formation."...

When General Motors shut down Pontiac, it left a lot of enthusiasts wondering why. It was primed with a lineup of powerful, rear-wheel drive models, and seemed like it had a bright future ahead of it. It turns out that GM killed it on government orders, according to former GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz.

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Now, here's our buddy Bob Lutz. He was on with Larry Kudlow last night, the Kudlow Report on CNBC. Kudlow said, "Do you believe that business believes that Romney will be really much better for business? Business has been very profitable under Obama, some of 'em. I know they're not hiring, and I know it's an anemic economy in terms of growth rate, but business has made a lot of money under Obama, Mr. Lutz." LUTZ: All of the businessmen I talk to are worried about this administration, worried about where the country is going, and they're...

Anyone following the intriguing Chevy Volt story has seen the internet headlines trumpeting the blog by General Motors' Bob Lutz in which he blasts Bill O'Reilly, Fox News and what he calls, "the rabid, sadly misinformed right." It remains a mystery as to why GM would take a politicized stance and join up with those on the left that want to complicate the story on the poor sales for the heavily subsidized and even more heavily hyped Chevy Volt and somehow connect the lack of demand to a Republican political conspiracy. Before moving on to the Lutz offensive defense,...

Also video interview link below in comment on Gov't Conflict of Interest on Chevy Volt Probe? Well-respected car guy and General Motors supporter, Bob Lutz, posted a piece on Forbes that attacked "right-wing" criticism of the Chevy Volt. With all due respect and noting that I have nowhere near the credentials of Mr. Lutz, I feel it appropriate to respond to the ridiculous defense that we have seen of a vehicle that is costing taxpayers billions of dollars while offering little in return. I also have some questions of my own for Mr. Lutz and GM. First, let's address the...

General Motors Co. has hired the ultimate car guy out of retirement to advise its senior leadership. Bob Lutz, 79, a former GM vice chairman for product development, left the company last year, but never really ended his 47-year career in the auto business. Lutz had been informally advising GM on its new products for the past 16 months from his home near Ann Arbor, Mich. The move by GM CEO Dan Akerson should help the company because its top-selling new products were conceived and designed under Lutz’s leadership. The new models like the Chevrolet Cruze compact and the GMC...

It seems that what is new is old again at General Motors. New GM has rehired Old GM executive, Bob Lutz, to advise New GM executives on how to run a car company. Certainly, the new executives could use the help as GM share price has fallen about 40% year to date. While there are some negative aspects of having one of the leaders of a failed company giving advice on how to run the business, Mr. Lutz (unlike current GM leadership) at least knows the auto industry. While Bob Lutz is generally well regarded in the auto world,...

Bob Lutz tells us what happened to General Motors and how he helped put it back on track just in time for the Crash of 2008.- General Motors has been an American emblem for decades. It has produced many iconic vehicles during that span from the classic Chevrolets of the late 1950's to muscle cars of the 1960's and the quintessential American sports car, the Corvette. For someone who grew up in the 1960's and 1970's GM vehicles were a dominant part of American culture and a distinctive part of what transportation was all about. Despite all this success, something...

Detroit — What if the vehicles of the future don’t make money? General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz continued his habit of talking truth to power last week — despite the fact that his company is now a subsidiary of the U.S. government. GM owners Barack Oama and Nancy Pelosi routinely claim that America is transitioning to a green transportation future, but Lutz stepped all over their lines at an industry event Friday when he said that hybrids will never comprise more than 10 percent of the U.S. market. Lutz was only expressing an industry consensus that hybrid-electrics are niche...

NEW YORK - Retirement ill suits the legendary Lee Iacocca, but he finds himself unable to reclaim his former throne. So, like Shakespeare's King Lear, he rages at the people who inherited his kingdom, these upstarts who flatter him but spurn his advice and shunt him aside. It's an old story and it will end in the usual way, with the former chief executive roaring in vain as his successors go about their business without his input. Iacocca, the former Chrysler chairman, is now free to talk after the expiration of a five-year vow of silence that was part of...