The Los Angeles Times reports:
"Robert A. Lutz, an outspoken and colorful industry veteran who has worked for all of the major American car companies, said Wednesday he will retire May 1 from his post as vice chairman of General Motors Co., ending a 47-year career in the industry.
Lutz, 78, started a second stint at GM in 2001, charged with revitalizing the automaker's vehicle lineup. He stayed with the company through its brief sojourn into bankruptcy last year and has seen a new generation of GM autos -- including the Buick LaCrosse, Cadillac SRX, GMC Terrain, Chevrolet Equinox and Chevrolet Camaro -- start to take hold in the marketplace.
Those models helped power GM to a 32% gain in vehicle sales in February compared with a year earlier, after adjusting for the Pontiac, Hummer, Saab and Saturn brands that the automaker shed as part of its recovery plan..."
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