-Is Ferdinand Piëch a man that Bob Lutz would have liked to work for? No, says the former General Motors executive in his signature, no-BS manner. He calles Piëch “the autocrat’s autocrat” but then explains that when you set aside the man’s “personal idiosyncrasies,” it is impossible to argue with his brilliance as a product genius with no tolerance for mediocrity.
It’s all in an exit interview that Lutz did with journalist David Kiley for Popular Mechanics in 2010 after he retired from GM:
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You can watch the full interview over at Popular Mechanics.
-This story originally appeared on roadandtrack.com.
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