Consummate 'Car Guy' and Former Chrysler President Bob Lutz To be New General Motors 'Product Czar,' Reports TheCarConnection.com And its New, Direct-to-You Daily Edition

    DETROIT, Aug. 2 He's been called the ultimate "car guy,"
and can claim credit for engineering the early 1990s turnaround at Chrysler
Corp.  But can former Marine fighter pilot Bob Lutz pull off another miracle
at General Motors?  Last night's issue of the new, direct-to-readers Daily
Edition, and today's special report on TheCarConnection.com revealed that Lutz
will sign on as GM's "product czar."  It puts the charismatic 69-year-old
executive in a position to reshape the global line-up of the world's largest
automaker.
    TheCarConnection.com explores the Lutz legend, and the challenges the
Swiss-born former fighter jock will face in his new role.  After watching
nearly half its market share evaporate in recent decades, GM has finally begun
to reverse its momentum.  It's been scoring impressive productivity gains,
according to the latest Harbour Report, and quality has soared well above the
industry average, says the latest Customer Satisfaction Index from J.D. Power
& Associates.  Yet despite some solid new products, like the midsize Chevrolet
TrailBlazer SUV, GM still has more than its share of duds, like the
woe-begotten Aztek.  Can Lutz put General Motors back on track?  Daily Edition
readers got the first word.  Readers of TheCarConnection.com will get the
complete story.
    Those with an interest in industry news can sign up for TCC's FREE Daily
Edition simply by pointing their browsers at:
http://www.thecarconnection.com/subscribe.asp .  It's delivered every morning
direct by e-mail.  Of course, there's no charge to visit TheCarConnection.com,
either, for a complete mix of industry and consumer automotive news.
    In other stories, TheCarConnection takes readers for a ride in the last of
its era, the soon-to-vanish Dodge Viper R/T10 roadster -- a pet project of Bob
Lutz.
    Then go behind the scenes in the battle over federal fuel economy
standards.  Will Congress okay an increase in the Corporate Average Fuel
Economy?  And will oilman George Bush sign a law aimed at saving petroleum?
    You'll find an assortment of other reviews, news and spy shots of the '04
Mercedes SLK, buying tips, pricing guides, even real-time traffic reports for
most every big city in the country ... all from the Web's Automotive
Authority, http://www.TheCarConnection.com .
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