Lutz says G.M. smarter now???

[MACMANIAC]

"I can't believe that we were so stupid," Lutz said of GM. "People talk about Toyota overtaking General Motors (in global sales), as if GM were one company. But the truth is that we had not been one company for decades. We were different companies, each doing its own thing with little regard for the other. How can you run a global company like that? You can't. It was stupid. No wonder Toyota was cleaning our clock." Read the entire article here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/...1.DTLIf they want to introduce a new Pontiac small car, I think they should route the opel astra to pontiac instead of saturn. They even have a turbo ecotech version with over 200 hp (240)! http://www.rsportscars.com/eng/cars/ast ... /p...72688

[NSimkins]

I'd love to see some of the vehicles GM produces for countries overseas make their way over here. The one you pictured is sharp!

[Mavrik]

yeah that looks hot.its about time GM started figuring out whats wrong lol

[northvibe]

hahha every thread that says lutz makes me think its about me yea i wonder why the heck american car companies dont bring their foriegn cars over to the states, they are so much better!! like fords UK focus, the aus. cars etc. such a shame

[MrRich]

Quote, originally posted by MACMANIAC »"I can't believe that we were so stupid," Lutz said of GM. "People talk about Toyota overtaking General Motors (in global sales), as if GM were one company. But the truth is that we had not been one company for decades. We were different companies, each doing its own thing with little regard for the other. How can you run a global company like that? You can't. It was stupid. No wonder Toyota was cleaning our clock." Read the entire article here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/...1.DTLIf they want to introduce a new Pontiac small car, I think they should route the opel astra to pontiac instead of saturn. They even have a turbo ecotech version with over 200 hp (240)! http://www.rsportscars.com/eng/cars/ast ... .72688Well actually that 240HP Astra is a failure for Opel. The car can't handle the power so it has big torque steer. It is so bad even the Stig from Top Gear wasn't able to handle it.

[northvibe]

ah i love top gear, hey ill take a shot at handling that baby...

[ColonelPanic]

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »i wonder why the heck american car companies dont bring their foriegn cars over to the states, they are so much better!! like fords UK focus, the aus. cars etc. such a shame I wonder if they're wondering why the American car companies are bringing their foreign cars to Europe. This new Opel GT sure looks familiar, but I just can't place it. At a time when GM really doesn't need to badge engineer somethin', uhhh... http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/i...p.jpg

Attached files

[NascarXprt]

maybe if gm actually brought over a who company i.e. Holden or Opel. if not then bring sertain models over

[scherry2]

Quote, originally posted by silverawd26 »And to GM getting smarter, I was just crusing around Saturn's website and they are coming out with a cross over called "Outlook".didn't GM say they were building too many products?

[northvibe]

I also thought they said they wanted to stop cross platforming ever model? I might of made that up but i swear i read it in a news article.

[scherry2]

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »I also thought they said they wanted to stop cross platforming ever model? I might of made that up but i swear i read it in a news article."We now have one, single global design and engineering budget. We've put an end to badge engineering," said Lutz, referring to GM's discredited practice of making cosmetic changes to, say, a Cadillac and calling it a Pontiac." same article.