At 85, Bob Lutz still speaks what’s on his mind

At 85, Bob Lutz still speaks what’s on his mind:

Q: What’s your take on Elon Musk and Tesla?

A: I don’t know why it is that otherwise intelligent people can’t see what’s going on there. They lose money on every car, they have a constant cash drain, and yet everybody talks as if this is the most miraculous automobile company of all time.

Couldn't agree more.

This is not your father's General Motors

Good for GM. Hopefully GM is becoming trendy and due time a darling of the industry and the media.

"Barra, 52, named to the top position at GM last month, attended Monday’s North American Car and Truck of the Year awards. At the event, which GM swept with the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, she was flanked by bodyguards and GM public relations aides as dozens of reporters and photographers from around the world pressed toward her."

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140114/AUTO04/301140030/1148/auto01/GM-s-Barra-gets-star-treatment-Detroit-auto-show

Barra, 52, named to the top position at GM last month, attended Monday’s North American Car and Truck of the Year awards. At the event, which GM swept with the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray