The Top 11: Guys We'd Put In Charge of New GM

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[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: The Top 11: Guys We'd Put In Charge of New GM

hmmm WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN or MAO TSE TUNG

[Brian Lohnes]

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Patton = Sherman with tanks.

[terry russell]

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The world is to P.C. (a word for suck a!@ pansies) for that to work.
terry

[std]

Re: The Top 11: Guys We'd Put In Charge of New GM

How about Bunkie Knudsen and Roger Penske. Bunkie seemed to know what people wanted and Roger doesn't do anything that doesn't make money.

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: The Top 11: Guys We'd Put In Charge of New GM

alfred p sloan
ed cole
semon e [bunkie] knudsen
harley earl
zora
dick keinath [2 things -rams horn manifolds and mark IV BBC ]
charles [boss ] kettering
john z deloreon [had a big hand in the packard ultradrive trans which morphed in th400]
william crapo durant
vince piggins and paul prior can run the racing end again
mauri rose [ multi indy 500 winner was a key man in sbc racing in the 50s ]

oh yeah - those slobs dominated the auto industry for 50 years

[SpiderGearsMan]

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Patton = Sherman with tanks.

burning atlanta was like a nuke in 1860s

[realsteelfreak]

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Marketing and all around morale booster- Humpy Wheeler
Executive Leadership- Warren Buffett
Just my humble opinion

[Mr4Speed]

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Do I have to state the obvious?

Chuck Norris!






Bob Lutz FTW. With Maximum Bob staying on they just might make it after all.

[Thackdaddy]

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Charles Kettering, and a board room with ash trays and spittoons.

[BlackoutSteve]

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Smokey would get my vote.

Adolf Hitler.. I wonder if he could do for GM what he did for Volkswagen.
By 2018 the Volkswagen Group aims to be the worlds largest car maker by sales volume and revenue and be the most profitable.

[milkovich]

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How about Bunkie Knudsen and Roger Penske. Bunkie seemed to know what people wanted and Roger doesn't do anything that doesn't make money.

Right on man! And DeLorean, yeah, his name is attached to the epic failure that is the Renault engined DeLoreans but that guy is one of the contributors to the razor clean marketing machine that was 60's pontiac.

Lutz has never impressed me. Name one thing besides the Camaro (still un-proven but probably a winner) that he ever did right for the average consumer. Every platform he was ever involved with was priced out of the hands of the people it was designed for. He has a basement full of vintage sporty cars but he's NOT a blue collar muscle car guy.

[studemax]

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Penske is a great choice.