GM's Lutz, retiring after 47 years, says hybrids, electrics are futureWARREN, Mich. — General Motors Co. will keep making big trucks and SUVs because U.S. buyers demand them, but a major portion of them will be gas-electric hybrids in the near future, retiring Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said Friday ...

For decades, post war Europe and North America had two different ideas of the motor car as Europeans opted for small Beetles, Minis and Cinquecentos while Americans chose something much, much bigger. "My generation grew up with huge cars, long Cadillacs, things that looked like aircraft carriers going down the ...

Bob Lutz, GM vice chairman and longtime auto industry executive, says he will retireBob Lutz, the longtime auto industry executive who led nearly a complete overhaul of General Motors' lineup, will retire May 1. "My work here is done," the 78-year-old executive said in an e-mail to The Associated Press ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, an executive credited with bringing an urgency to the automaker's efforts to revamp its vehicle line-up and shake off negative consumer perceptions, will retire on May 1, General Motors Co <GM.UL> said on Wednesday. Lutz, 78, had been serving ...